TikZ/PGF is a flexible and powerful package for creating graphics in LaTeX. It’s syntax can be somewhat overwhelming at the beginning. In this post I show the basics of tree drawing using TikZ and LuaLaTeX. The following code only works with LuaLaTeX. Make sure you use the lualatex engine rather than standard tex/latex for … [Read more…]
While writing a thesis or working on a large project, the number of files in the main project directory can be overwhelming. A number of metafiles are generated by LaTeX itself, for glossaries, or for bibliographies. Often, the author doesn’t touch these files. In this article, I discuss a neat way to hide these files … [Read more…]
I wrote an article about font sizes in LaTeX, which has become a hugely popular post. Other features of a font can be summarized as its style. The font style describes whether a font is with decorations (serif) or without (sans serif) as well as other features of its appreance (bold, italic, etc.). These features … [Read more…]
The number of symbols that can be produced with TeX/LaTeX and the packages providing them is quite impressive. Often, I know the command by heart or a quick check on Google is sufficient to produce a specific symbol. However, it might happen that I don’t know the name of the symbol nor how to describe … [Read more…]
I have been diving quite a bit during the past few months. Like most divers I met, I log my dives in a small booklet, a dive log book. Many dive shops sell their own dive log books, usually at around US$5-10. The motivation for creating my own dive log book is not so much … [Read more…]