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- Font used in physical review 1939by Tim on June 25, 2026 at 12:33 am
Does anyone know the exact font, and latex style used in this paper?
- command within tikz does not workby Sven on June 24, 2026 at 8:05 pm
I need to set multiple rows in tikz-matrices that are different ranges from the alphabet. \documentclass[tikz]{standalone} \usepackage{etoolbox} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{matrix} \newcommand{\setrowA}[1]{% \let\myrowA\empty \foreach \j in {#1}{ \begingroup\edef\x{\endgroup \noexpand\gappto\noexpand\myrowA{ \j \&}}\x }% \gappto\myrowA{\\}% } \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \setrowA{A,...,Q,Z,...,R} % here it works \matrix (a) [ampersand replacement=\&,matrix of nodes ]{ % \setrowA{A,...,Q,Z,...,R} % here it does not work \myrowA }; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} I would like to insert multiple rows into the matrix. But even if I move a single \setrowA{A,...,Q,Z,...,R} into the matrix, latex hangs.
- LaTeX index formatting: left alignment of multi-line entriesby test on June 24, 2026 at 7:48 pm
I want the index entry to remain left-aligned even when it breaks onto a second line. How can I achieve that? \documentclass{scrbook} \usepackage{imakeidx} \usepackage{hyperref} \makeindex \begin{document} \section{First section} Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam rutrum aliquet elit in pellentesque. Proin nulla eros, consequat nec convallis vel, vulputate vitae purus\index{purusu rusuru surus Schönheitswahnsinn}. Pellentesque consequat euismod sapien, ac porttitor diam laoreet id. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus\index{senectus} et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Sed vehicula magna orci, nec congue sem congue ac. Sed fringilla aliquam interdum. Nullam quis commodo massa. \printindex \end{document}
- checkhyphens environment causes compiler to hangby Psychonaut on June 23, 2026 at 9:10 pm
I can't seem to get the testhyphens package to work on my TeX Live 2026 installation. The following minimal example causes whatever compiler I use (pdflatex, xelatex, lualatex) to hang while using 100% of the CPU: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{testhyphens} \begin{document} \begin{checkhyphens} malfunction \end{checkhyphens} \end{document} Below is the terminal output with pdflatex. The part before the ^C is where the hang occurs; everything after is what is printed after I use Ctrl+C to kill the process. $ pdflatex check_hyphenation.tex This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.29 (TeX Live 2026) (preloaded format=pdflatex) restricted \write18 enabled. entering extended mode (./check_hyphenation.tex LaTeX2e <2026-06-01> L3 programming layer <2026-06-18> (/opt/texlive/2026/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls Document Class: article 2025/01/22 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document class (/opt/texlive/2026/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo)) (/opt/texlive/2026/texmf-dist/tex/latex/testhyphens/testhyphens.sty) (/opt/texlive/2026/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def) No file check_hyphenation.aux. ^C! Interruption. \hook_use:n #1->\if_cs_exist:w __hook #1 \cs_end: \cs:w __hook #1\use_i:nn \f... l.4 \begin{checkhyphens} malfunction \end{checkhyphens} ? Before I report the problem to the package maintainer, I wanted to ask here if it's possible that there's something wrong with my minimal example or TeX environment. And if not, does anyone have a quick workaround I can use until the package is fixed? (I need to check hyphenation points of several long word lists in various languages, which is why I wanted to use the convenient testhyphens package rather than the standard \showhyphens approach.)
- Page numbers and serial letters using datatoolby user1 on June 23, 2026 at 11:25 am
I am generating a serial letter, but I want the page numbers in the header to ignore the fact that multiple letters are generated. Bonus question: I am getting LaTeX Warning: Label 'my_label' multiply defined.. How do I solve this? \begin{filecontents*}[overwrite]{my_db.csv} FieldA,FieldB ValueA1,ValueB1 ValueA2,ValueB2 ValueA3,ValueB3 ValueA4,ValueB4 ValueA5,ValueB5 \end{filecontents*} \documentclass{scrartcl} \usepackage[headsepline=true]{scrlayer-scrpage} \clearpairofpagestyles \ihead{Page\space\pagemark/\PreviousTotalPages} \usepackage{datatool} \DTLsetseparator{,} \DTLloaddb{entry}{my_db.csv} \begin{document} \DTLforeach*{entry}{% \FieldA=FieldA,\FieldB=FieldB}{% This header should show \textit{Page 1/2}. \FieldA{} \FieldB: This is the first page for each entry.\label{my_label} \clearpage This header should show \textit{Page 2/2}. \FieldA{} \FieldB: This is the second page for each entry. See \ref{my_label}. \clearpage } \end{document}
- Coloring a region of a sphere in 3D using the tikz packageby John on June 23, 2026 at 11:15 am
I have just started using the 3d library in tikz (and I'm quite new to tikz itself). I am modelling a physics problem; I want to draw a sphere that represents my system. The particularity of that sphere is to have regions delimited by parallel circles around the North and South poles; I would like to color these regions in a different shade than the rest of the sphere. I have been looking everywhere and I can't find how to do this (if it is possible); using \path and \fill doesn't seem to work. Sorry if it's a stupid question, thanks for your help! Here is my code (I'm also showing the θ,φ parametrization in my sketch; in commentary, my failed attempts for coloring the North Pole): \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tikz-3dplot} \usepackage{pgfplots} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=3,tdplot_main_coords] \def\rvec{1.2} \def\thetavec{55} \def\phivec{35} \def\thetaRC{10} \shadedraw[tdplot_screen_coords,ball color = white] (0,0) circle (\rvec); \coordinate (O) at (0,0,0); \tdplotsetcoord{C}{\rvec}{\thetavec}{\phivec} \tdplotsetcoord{UD}{\rvec}{\thetaRC}{90} \tdplotsetcoord{UG}{\rvec}{\thetaRC}{-90} \draw[thick,->] (0,0,0) -- (1.7,0,0) node[anchor=north east]{$x$}; \draw[thick,->] (0,0,0) -- (0,1.7,0) node[anchor=north west]{$y$}; \draw[thick,->] (0,0,0) -- (0,0,1.7) node[anchor=south]{$z$}; \draw[-stealth,very thick,color=green!60!black] (O) -- (C) node[above right=-2] {P}; \draw[dashed, color=green!60!black] (O) -- (Cxy); \draw[dashed, color=green!60!black] (C) -- (Cxy); \tdplotdrawarc[color=green!40!black]{(O)}{0.4}{0}{\phivec}{anchor=north}{\(\varphi\)} \tdplotsetthetaplanecoords{\phivec} \tdplotdrawarc[color=green!40!black,tdplot_rotated_coords]{(0,0,0)}{0.7}{0}{\thetavec}{anchor=south west}{\(\theta\)} \draw[dashed] (\rvec,0,0) arc (0:360:\rvec); \draw[thick] (\rvec,0,0) arc (0:110:\rvec); \draw[thick] (\rvec,0,0) arc (0:-70:\rvec); %\tdplotdrawarc[fill=green!40!black]{(0,0,.995*\rvec)}{.0998}{0}{360}{anchor=south west}{\(\theta\)}; %\path[fill=red,fill opacity=0.5] (0,0,\rvec) -- plot[variable=\t,domain=0:360] (xyz spherical cs:radius=\rvec,longitude=\t,latitude=90-\thetaRC); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}
- Beamer: The innertheme `rounded` makes the blocks' title bar very narrow under the `beamerposter` pkgby myhsia on June 23, 2026 at 10:41 am
When I load the rounded inner theme, the title bar of the blocks will become very narrow After I comment the line, everything went well. IMHO: The radius of the corenes should also be scaled under the beamerposter pkg. \documentclass{beamer} \usepackage[width = 45, size = custom, height = 90, orientation = portrait]{beamerposter} % \useinnertheme{rounded} \usecolortheme[named = teal]{structure} \setbeamercolor{block title} {use = structure, fg = structure.fg, bg = structure.fg!20!bg} \setbeamercolor{block body}{% use = block title, parent = normal text, bg = block title.bg!50!bg } \begin{document} \begin{frame} \begin{block}{bar} bar \end{block} \end{frame} \end{document}
- Beamer `columns` environment cause a wider total width [duplicate]by myhsia on June 23, 2026 at 9:59 am
The columns environment contains two column environment is wider than two minipage environments. How to solve the problem? The following is the MWE. \documentclass{beamer} \usepackage{lipsum} \usecolortheme[named = teal]{structure} \setbeamercolor{block title} {use = structure, fg = structure.fg, bg = structure.fg!20!bg} \setbeamercolor{block title alerted} {use = alerted text, fg = alerted text.fg, bg = alerted text.fg!20!bg} \setbeamercolor{block title example} {use = example text,fg = example text.fg, bg = example text.fg!20!bg} \setbeamercolor{block body}{% use = block title, parent = normal text, bg = block title.bg!50!bg } \setbeamercolor{block body alerted}{% use = block title alerted, parent = normal text, bg = block title alerted.bg!50!bg } \setbeamercolor{block body example}{% use = block title example, parent = normal text, bg = block title example.bg!50!bg } \begin{document} \begin{frame} \begin{columns}% \begin{column}{.45\linewidth}% \begin{block}{foo}% foo \end{block}% \end{column}\hfill \begin{column}{.45\linewidth}% \begin{block}{bar}% bar \end{block}% \end{column}% \end{columns}% \noindent \begin{minipage}{.45\linewidth}% \begin{block}{foo}% foo \end{block}% \end{minipage}\hfill \begin{minipage}{.45\linewidth}% \begin{block}{bar}% bar \end{block}% \end{minipage}% \begin{block}{bar} bar \end{block} \end{frame} \end{document}
- Fraction bar crashes into superscript exponent in manually-drawn TikZ fractionby Oregon Math Tutor on June 22, 2026 at 9:38 pm
I'm reproducing this educational graphic for my Algebra 1 students: I'm drawing fractions manually (separate nodes for numerator, bar, denominator) rather than \frac{}{} so I can control individual font sizes and colors. Two spacing problems I can't fix: 1. The fraction bar crashes into the 2 superscript on the denominator 5² 2. (where a ≠ 0) has no breathing room below the denominator aⁿ Both stem from the bar and note being placed at hardcoded absolute y-coordinates with no structural relationship to the surrounding nodes. MWE (problem area marked): % ── PROBLEM 1: bar hardcoded at y=1.88, unrelated to midfive.north ── \node[font=\bfseries\fontsize{38}{38}\selectfont] (midfive) at (11.70,1.03) {5}; \node[font=\bfseries\fontsize{22}{22}\selectfont] at ($(midfive.north east)+(0.08,0.10)$) {2}; \draw[line width=1.8mm] (11.18,1.88) -- (12.22,1.88); % bar too close to "2" % ── PROBLEM 2: note hardcoded at y=0.78, unrelated to aden.south ── \node[font=\bfseries\fontsize{41}{41}\selectfont] (aden) at (5.76,1.52) {a}; \node[font=\bfseries\fontsize{24}{24}\selectfont] at ($(aden.north east)+(0.10,0.12)$) {n}; \node[font=\bfseries\fontsize{15}{15}\selectfont] at (4.22,0.78) {(where a $\neq$ 0)}; Full MWE: \documentclass[tikz,border=0pt]{standalone} \usepackage{fix-cm} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{lmodern} \usepackage[scaled=0.98]{helvet} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \usepackage{xcolor} \usetikzlibrary{calc} \definecolor{bggray}{HTML}{ECECEC} \definecolor{purpleA}{HTML}{6B2FEA} \definecolor{purpleB}{HTML}{8B43F5} \definecolor{purpleText}{HTML}{7A34F0} \definecolor{greenText}{HTML}{43D400} \definecolor{redExample}{HTML}{FF2946} \definecolor{textMain}{HTML}{202020} \newcommand{\Avar}{\textcolor{purpleText}{\textbf{a}}} \newcommand{\Nvar}{\textcolor{greenText}{\textbf{n}}} \newcommand{\NegNvar}{\textcolor{greenText}{\textbf{-n}}} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[x=1cm,y=1cm] \path[use as bounding box] (0,0) rectangle (16,9); \fill[bggray] (0,0) rectangle (16,9); \shade[left color=purpleA,right color=purpleB] (0,6.82) rectangle (16,9); \node[text=white, font=\bfseries\fontsize{28}{30}\selectfont] at (8,8.18) {Negative Exponent Rule}; \node[anchor=north west, text=textMain, align=left, text width=15.0cm] at (0.56,6.47) {% {\bfseries\fontsize{12.6}{18}\selectfont Any nonzero number, \Avar, raised to a negative exponent, \NegNvar,\\[5pt] equals one over that number raised to the positive exponent, \Nvar.} }; \draw[black, line width=1.1mm, rounded corners=1.2mm] (1.02,0.35) rectangle (7.42,4.34); \node[text=purpleText, font=\bfseries\fontsize{53}{53}\selectfont] (abase) at (2.08,2.56) {a}; \node[text=greenText, font=\bfseries\fontsize{26}{26}\selectfont] at ($(abase.north east)+(0.18,0.16)$) {-n}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{34}{34}\selectfont] at (4.18,2.62) {=}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{36}{36}\selectfont] at (5.78,3.42) {1}; \draw[line width=2.0mm] (5.12,2.63) -- (6.44,2.63); \node[text=purpleText, font=\bfseries\fontsize{41}{41}\selectfont] (aden) at (5.76,1.52) {a}; \node[text=greenText, font=\bfseries\fontsize{24}{24}\selectfont] at ($(aden.north east)+(0.10,0.12)$) {n}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{15}{15}\selectfont] at (4.22,0.78) {(where \Avar\ $\neq$ 0)}; % PROBLEM 2 \fill[redExample] (8.86,3.10) rectangle (14.78,4.20); \node[text=white, font=\bfseries\fontsize{21}{21}\selectfont] at (11.82,3.65) {Example}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{44}{44}\selectfont] (fivebase) at (9.62,1.70) {5}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{24}{24}\selectfont] at ($(fivebase.north east)+(0.08,0.12)$) {-2}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{34}{34}\selectfont] at (10.58,1.85) {=}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{34}{34}\selectfont] at (11.70,2.53) {1}; \draw[line width=1.8mm] (11.18,1.88) -- (12.22,1.88); % PROBLEM 1 \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{38}{38}\selectfont] (midfive) at (11.70,1.03) {5}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{22}{22}\selectfont] at ($(midfive.north east)+(0.08,0.10)$) {2}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{34}{34}\selectfont] at (13.18,1.85) {=}; \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{34}{34}\selectfont] at (14.35,2.53) {1}; \draw[line width=1.8mm] (13.86,1.88) -- (14.84,1.88); \node[text=textMain, font=\bfseries\fontsize{36}{36}\selectfont] at (14.35,1.00) {25}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} What is the canonical way to: Position a manually-drawn fraction bar so it reliably clears a denominator's superscript, using node anchors rather than hardcoded y-coordinates? Add vertical space above a text node relative to the node above it?
- Does LaTeX Offer Any Fonts Similar to These Two Pinocchio Fonts? [duplicate]by Jethro on June 22, 2026 at 8:35 pm
Does anyone know if either of these two Pinocchio fonts (or a reasonable facsimile thereof) is available in LaTeX (font cataglogue)? Does anyone know the name of these two fonts by which the word "Pinocchio" is typeset in white?
- Structuring text in multiple lines / How does TeX interpret newline?by user1 on June 22, 2026 at 7:49 pm
I want to be able to easily comment out selected parts of my document, e.g., „Sentence two“ in the following example. It seems that, TeX interprets a newline as a space (except if the previous line ended with a comment) ignores double spaces (ex. 6) and thus also newlines preceded by a space (ex. 2) Does this hold for every scenario? Is there anything I should be aware of? Or can I replace all of my spaces by newlines? So example 3 is the best way to go? \documentclass{article} \begin{document} % 1. Normal written Sentence one. Sentence two. Sentence three. % 2. Space at end of every row Sentence one. Sentence two. Sentence three. % 3. No spaces at end of row Sentence one. Sentence two. Sentence three. % 4. Comment at end of every row Sentence one.% Sentence two.% Sentence three. % 5. Space and comment at end of every row Sentence one. % Sentence two. % Sentence three. % 6. Double spaces (bonus) Sentence one. Sentence two. Sentence three. \end{document}
- tables wrapped by "\tagstructbegin{tag=Part}" and "\tagstructend" can't pass veraPDF test error content"caption should be first or last child"by amelia jia on June 22, 2026 at 7:42 pm
Me and my friends are currently following a LuaLaTeX/PDF-UA accessibility workflow that recommends wrapping floating elements such as figures and tables using \tagstructbegin and \tagstructend. However, we have encountered an issue with tables. When we wrap a table with “\tagstructbegin{tag=Part}” and “\tagstructend”, veraPDF reports structure-tree errors and the document fails PDF/UA validation. However, if we remove the tag structure entirely, the table passes veraPDF validation and is read correctly by screen readers (VoiceOver in our testing). Because of this, we are unsure which approach is correct. Should we remove the manual tag structure for tables, or is there a recommended way to use tagpdf with tables that avoids these validation errors? Below is a simplified example of the table structure we are using: \tagstructbegin{tag=Part} \begin{table}[H] \caption{Sample data for Cu powder pattern} \makebox[\textwidth][c]{ \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline $sin^2\theta$ & $sin^2\theta/0.1369$ & $(sin^2\theta/0.1369)*3$, rounded & hkl \\ \hline 0.1369 & 1 & 3 & (111)\\ 0.1809 & 1.32 & 4 & (200)\\ 0.3642 & 2.66 & 8 & (220)\\ 0.5012 & 3.66 & 11 & (311)\\ 0.5455 & 3.98 & 12 & (222)\\ \hline \end{tabular} } \label{XRD:table2} \end{table} \tagstructend The VeraPDF error report is: "When present, the Caption element shall be the first or the last child of the structure element". Thanks for your help!
- inline enumerate broken with \DocumentMetadataby user20478285 on June 22, 2026 at 12:48 pm
Without the \DocumentMetadata, everything works fine. I also tried tagging=off but that makes no difference. Similarly, using the paralist package with inparaenum instead of enumitem with enumerate* yields pretty much the same errors. MWE: \DocumentMetadata{ lang=en-GB, pdfversion=2.0 } \documentclass{article} \usepackage[inline]{enumitem} \begin{document} \begin{enumerate*} \item foo \item bar \end{enumerate*} \end{document} Compiling with a recent enough lualatex: This is LuaHBTeX, Version 1.24.0 (TeX Live 2026) (format=lualatex 2026.6.1) 22 JUN 2026 12:42 system commands enabled. Yields the following errors: ! LaTeX Error: Lonely \item--perhaps a missing list environment. See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.12 \item f oo Try typing <return> to proceed. If that doesn't work, type X <return> to quit. ! LaTeX Error: Lonely \item--perhaps a missing list environment. See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.13 \item b ar Try typing <return> to proceed. If that doesn't work, type X <return> to quit. ! Too many }'s. \enit@endinlist ...x \fi }\color@endgroup \egroup \ifdim \wd \enit@inbox =\z... l.14 \end{enumerate*} You've closed more groups than you opened. Such booboos are generally harmless, so keep going. ! Package enumitem Error: Misplaced \item. See the enumitem package documentation for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.14 \end{enumerate*} Either there is some text before the first item or the last item has no text ! Undefined control sequence. \enit@endinlist ...@itemerror \fi \fi \enit@after \global \advance \@listdep... l.14 \end{enumerate*} The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. ! LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item. See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.14 \end{enumerate*} Try typing <return> to proceed. If that doesn't work, type X <return> to quit. ! Undefined control sequence. \enit@endinlist ...ax \else \ifnum \enit@resuming =\@ne \enit@setresumekeys ... l.14 \end{enumerate*} The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> = l.14 \end{enumerate*} A number should have been here; I inserted `0'. (If you can't figure out why I needed to see a number, look up `weird error' in the index to The TeXbook.) ! Undefined control sequence. \enit@setresumekeys ...xpandafter {\enit@savekeys }\xdef \enit@afterlist {#2... l.14 \end{enumerate*} The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. ! Undefined control sequence. \enit@setresumekeys ...it@toks }\ifnum \enit@type =\z@ #3\def \enit@noexcs {... l.14 \end{enumerate*} The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> = l.14 \end{enumerate*} A number should have been here; I inserted `0'. (If you can't figure out why I needed to see a number, look up `weird error' in the index to The TeXbook.) ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> enit@resume@series@\enit@series l.14 \end{enumerate*} The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. ! You can't use `\relax' after \the. <recently read> \c@ l.14 \end{enumerate*} I'm forgetting what you said and using zero instead. ! Undefined control sequence. \enit@endinlist ...list \fi \ifnum \enit@resuming =\thr@@ \enit@setresumekey... l.14 \end{enumerate*} The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> = l.14 \end{enumerate*} A number should have been here; I inserted `0'. (If you can't figure out why I needed to see a number, look up `weird error' in the index to The TeXbook.) ! Undefined control sequence. \enit@setresumekeys ...xpandafter {\enit@savekeys }\xdef \enit@afterlist {#2... l.14 \end{enumerate*} The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. ! Undefined control sequence. \enit@setresumekeys ...it@toks }\ifnum \enit@type =\z@ #3\def \enit@noexcs {... l.14 \end{enumerate*} The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> = l.14 \end{enumerate*} A number should have been here; I inserted `0'. (If you can't figure out why I needed to see a number, look up `weird error' in the index to The TeXbook.) ! You can't use `\relax' after \the. <recently read> \c@ l.14 \end{enumerate*} I'm forgetting what you said and using zero instead. ! LaTeX Error: \begin{document} ended by \end{enumerate*}. See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.14 \end{enumerate*} Your command was ignored. Type I <command> <return> to replace it with another command, or <return> to continue without it. ! Extra \endgroup. \end ...end#1\endcsname \@checkend {#1}\endgroup \UseHook {env/#1/after}\if... l.14 \end{enumerate*} Things are pretty mixed up, but I think the worst is over. [1 {/usr/local/texlive/2026/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}] (./output.aux) *********** LaTeX2e <2025-11-01> L3 programming layer <2026-05-26> *********** )
- \xypolynode/\xypolygon without holesby Sebastiano on June 22, 2026 at 10:46 am
In relation to this answer of mine, I would like to understand, considering the cryptic code of xy, how the bullets can be joined together without leaving any gaps, with the tip and tail of the vectors. How to automatically label through the dodecagon with TikZ elegantly? \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage[all]{xy} \xyoption{poly} \begin{document} \def\alphanum{\ifcase\xypolynode\or A\or B\or \overset{a_{10}}{\bullet}\or \overset{a_{11}}{\bullet}\or E\or F\or G\or H\or I\or J\or K\or L\fi} \def\alphalati{\ifcase\xypolynode\or \alpha\or \beta\or \alpha_{10}\or \alpha_{1,11}\or \epsilon\or \zeta\or \eta\or \theta\or \iota\or \kappa\or \lambda\or \mu\fi} \[ \xy/r6pc/: {\xypolygon12{ ~><{} ~*{\alphanum} ~>>{_{\alphalati}} }} \endxy \] \end{document} With the option \xymatrix with \xymatrix{ *=0 I can have the vertices/arrows without holes.
- moderncv — The To field is empty when the email link is clickedby Sourav on June 22, 2026 at 10:37 am
I have been working with the moderncv document class. Here is a code : \documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv} \usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref} \moderncvcolor{purple} \moderncvstyle{classic} \name{Abc}{Xyz} \email{\link[xyz@gmail.com]{xyz@gmail.com}} \begin{document} \makecvtitle \section{M.Sc Project} \cvitem{Subject}{Episode 111} \cvitem{Supervisor}{\link[Prof. CID]{https://youtu.be/lq-uW8NrlUU?si=ZK5JictkCnpC6Owt}} \end{document} The problem is when someone clicks on the email, it takes him/her to the Compose email interface but the To field is empty. I want the To field to be filled with my email name, as they click on the link available on the cv document. How can I resolve this ?
- csquotes: displayquote in LaTeX. How to set right margin? [duplicate]by Thierry Dumont on June 22, 2026 at 9:08 am
I need to use \begin{displayquote}...\end{displayquote}. Default produces left and right margins. I would like to remove the right margin (fix it's size to zero). How to do this ? -Thierry-
- How to offset two bezier paths with specific ratio elegantly?by Explorer on June 22, 2026 at 8:44 am
Description: I want to plot the following result: Now I have the following code with visual TikZ editor: \documentclass[tikz,border=2pt]{standalone} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[ line cap=round,line join=round, scale=3,line width=2pt, ] \clip circle[radius=1cm]; \draw[green] (-0.988,-0.155) .. controls (-0.689,0.093) and (-0.531,0.081) .. (-0.454,0.114) .. controls (-0.099,0.175) and (0.111,0.132) .. (0.402,0.132) .. controls (0.617,0.127) and (0.819,0.132) .. (0.98,0.252) ; \draw[teal] (-0.15,-0.349) .. controls (0.072,-0.109) and (0.231,-0.119) .. (0.274,-0.119) .. controls (0.607,-0.167) and (0.729,-0.431) .. (0.832,-0.53) ; %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \draw[blue] (0.41,0.129) -- (0.343,-0.126); \draw[magenta] (-0.988,-0.174) .. controls (-0.732,0.048) and (-0.542,0.071) .. (-0.428,0.096) .. controls (-0.189,0.148) and (0.123,0.124) .. (0.385,0.11) .. controls (0.361,0.027) and (0.338,-0.056) .. (0.314,-0.139) .. controls (0.483,-0.182) and (0.563,-0.256) .. (0.61,-0.303) .. controls (0.666,-0.359) and (0.742,-0.454) .. (0.811,-0.54); %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \draw[line width=4pt] circle [radius=1cm]; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} However, the magenta line was not so perfect, in other word: \draw[magenta] (-0.988,-0.174) .. controls (-0.732,0.048) and (-0.542,0.071) .. (-0.428,0.096) .. controls (-0.189,0.148) and (0.123,0.124) .. (0.385,0.11) .. controls (0.361,0.027) and (0.338,-0.056) .. (0.314,-0.139) .. controls (0.483,-0.182) and (0.563,-0.256) .. (0.61,-0.303) .. controls (0.666,-0.359) and (0.742,-0.454) .. (0.811,-0.54); is no the best practice in my opinion(for example, green one and magenta one was partly overlepped). My question is, if I want the pos=0.7 of green one, and the pos=0.35 of teal one, how to offset(or yshift) the subpath in this case? See the below for pos details: References: https://tex.stackexchange.com/search?q=user%3A16595%20offset%20nfold How to thicken the subpath's segment with specific position? What is a better approach to plot the double path style as a subpath?
- Context: Why this math fail in context but work OK in lualatex?by Nasser on June 21, 2026 at 10:32 pm
I use latex generated by computer algebra systems. So I can't change it as each time the program run, it will be overwritten. Also Scientific word generates such latex. All math tex work OK with lulatex. My understanding so far, is that same tex code works as is in context as with lualatex because context uses same tex engine also as lualatex. And I only need to change the surrounding latex commands to context commands. i.e. change \begin{align*} to \startformula and so on. But the tex generated will still work. Here is example where it does not work. First lualatex \documentclass[12pt,oneside]{book} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \[ x^{\prime \prime } =50 \sin \left (5 t \right )%autogenerated \] \end{document} compiled gives Here is context file \starttext \startformula x^{\prime \prime } =50 \sin \left (5 t \right ) \stopformula \stoptext Compiled using context gives If some tex code do not work same way as in Lualatex, then using context will not work for me, as 90% of the tex code I use is generated by other programs. Would someone clarify this aspect of context?
- context: How to use stix2 font and set integral sign upright?by Nasser on June 21, 2026 at 9:37 pm
in lualatex this MWE (thanks to answer Why making integral sign upright works for some fonts but not others?) \documentclass[12pt,oneside]{book} %\usepackage{amsmath} %loaded by unicode below \usepackage{unicode-math} \setmainfont{STIX Two Text} \setmathfont{STIX Two Math}[StylisticSet=8] %sets integral sign up \begin{document} Regular text automatically uses STIX Two Text. \[ \int_a^b f(x) \, dx = F(b) - F(a) \] \end{document} Gives How to get same result in context? This is one trial that google AI gave me % file A.tex \setupbodyfont[stixtwo, 12pt] % 2. Remap the math operator classes for integrals to use the upright stylistic set (ss08) \setupmathrendering[default][alternates={integral=ss08}] \starttext Regular text automatically uses STIX Two Text. Your integral sign is now completely upright: \startformula \int_a^b f(x) \, dx = F(b) - F(a) \stopformula \stoptext Compiled using context A.tex gives I've been talking with google AI on this for last 30 minutes and it gave me about 20 different codes to try, none of them worked. So I told it I will go and ask on tex stackexchange instead. TL 2026
- How can I use the result of a lua call in defining a macro?by modallyFragile on June 21, 2026 at 9:32 pm
I want to use some lua code, which gives me a string, and then be able to define macros (the latex way) using the result. I would have thought something like this would work: \documentclass{article} \newcommand\foo\directlua{ tex.print("foobar") } \begin{document} % Expected 'foobar', got an error. \foo \end{document} But instead I get an error saying 'missing begin document'. What's going on? Context For context: I have a general macro, defined with Lua, which fetches and prints external information. I want to use this macro to parametise some documents, with the option to override the parameter using a user macro. Something like this: \documentclass{article} % This would go in the .cls file \makeatletter % Default value \let\@email\externaldata{email} % Command for overring \newcommand{\email}[1]{\xdef\@email{#1}}% \makeatother \begin{document} % \@email can still be printed here without the user having to use % \email, because of the externally-sourced fallback. \end{document} Where \externaldata is my (custom, local) macro for getting the externally-defined data. This is why I don't just define the macros inside the Lua code. TIA!
- Expanding string conditional with expl3by wehro on June 21, 2026 at 8:07 pm
I need a \str_if_eq_p:xn command, a variant of \str_if_eq_p:nn defined by expl3. But I get the following error message: ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> \cs_set_nopar:Npx l.23 \MyCommand{abcdefg} What is wrong with the following code? \documentclass{article} \ExplSyntaxOn \cs_generate_variant:Nn \str_if_eq_p:nn {xn} \NewDocumentCommand \MyCommand {m} { \bool_lazy_or:nnTF { \str_if_eq_p:xn { \str_range:nnn {#1} {1} {4} } {abcd} } { \str_if_eq_p:xn { \str_range:nnn {#1} {1} {4} } {pqrs} } { The~result~is~true. } { The~result~is~false. } } \ExplSyntaxOff \begin{document} \MyCommand{abcdefg} \MyCommand{pqrstu} \MyCommand{acefg} \end{document}
- Consistent vertical alignment for open access icons with biblatex-extby user20478285 on June 21, 2026 at 7:55 pm
How can I have the same alignment for the open access icon from the biblatex-ext package even when used in a quote or itemize environment? The open access icon is aligned properly when using a plain fullcite or in the bibliography and sits on the baseline of the first line. When used in a quote or itemize environment however, the alignment is off. MWE below: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[style=ext-alphabetic]{biblatex} \usepackage[enable=true, symbolpackage=tikz]{biblatex-ext-oa} \addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib} \begin{document} \fullcite{baez/article} \begin{quote} \fullcite{baez/article} \end{quote} \begin{itemize} \item \fullcite{baez/article} \end{itemize} \printbibliography \end{document}
- Spaces between steps in xcookybooky and wrapfigby Martin on June 21, 2026 at 10:45 am
Following up this question: I am using Sam Carter's answer to get the spacing right. I modified the "ingredients part" of the xcookybooky package to fit my needs - now there are two tables (using tabular resp. tblr) and an image in this part. If I do this, the wrapfig of the ingredients does not work as intended. Either all steps are "short" or all are "long" but the first ones should be short, the ones after the ingredients long. How can that be changed? Since I modified the package, I tried to add the lines for this part manually in the following MWE - this does not give the same problem but a (maybe) related: No matter which number ist insert after \wraptable, the line of step 4 are too long. MWE: \documentclass{report} \usepackage{xcookybooky} \usepackage[most]{tcolorbox} \usepackage{tabularray} \renewcommand{\step}[1]{% \stepcounter{step}% \begin{tcolorbox}[ height=0.7cm, height plus=10\textheight, size=minimal, blankest ] \lettrine [% lines=2, lhang=0, % space into margin, value between 0 and 1 loversize=0.15, % enlarges the height of the capital slope=0em, findent=1em, % gap between capital and intended text nindent=0em % shifts all intended lines, begining with the second line ]{\thestep}{}% #1 \end{tcolorbox}% \vspace{\baselineskip} } \begin{document} \begin{recipe}{test} \begin{wraptable}[5]{r}{0.34\textwidth} \vspace{\fboxsep-1.75em} \hspace{-0.81em}\colorbox{yellow!20}{\parbox{\dimexpr \linewidth-2\fboxsep+0.81em}{% \begin{tabular}{rl} C & D \\ C & D \\ C & D \\ \end{tabular} \vspace{-1.2em} }} \includegraphics[width=\dimexpr \linewidth+0.8em]{example-image-a} \vspace{0.45em} % same height of ingredients and preparation \hspace{-1.07em} \colorbox{yellow!20}{\hspace{-1\fboxsep}{% \parbox{\dimexpr 0.34\textwidth-3\fboxsep+1.07em}{% \centering \vspace{0.5em} \begin{tblr}{colspec={X[r]X[2,l]}, hlines} A & B \\ A & B \\ A & B \\ A & B \\ A & B \\ A & B \\ A & B \\ A & B \\ A & B \\ A & B \\ A & B \\ A & B \\ A & B \end{tblr} }}} \end{wraptable} \preparation{ \step{First step.} \step{Second step. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin quis lectus sodales velit tempor interdum adipiscing eu tellus. Maecenas ornare enim eget euismod suscipit. Nam luctus aliquam consequat. Donec placerat molestie ullamcorper. Quisque aliquet vehicula feugiat. Phasellus mollis bibendum justo a pulvinar. Fusce at vehicula nulla.} \step{Third step.} \step{Second step. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin quis lectus sodales velit tempor interdum adipiscing eu tellus.} \step{Second step.} \step{Second step.} \step{Second step. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin quis lectus sodales velit tempor interdum adipiscing eu tellus. Second step. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin quis lectus sodales velit tempor interdum adipiscing eu tellus.} \step{Second step. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin quis lectus sodales velit tempor interdum adipiscing eu tellus. Second step. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin quis lectus sodales velit tempor interdum adipiscing eu tellus.} \step{Second step. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin quis lectus sodales velit tempor interdum adipiscing eu tellus. Second step. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin quis lectus sodales velit tempor interdum adipiscing eu tellus.} \step{Sa} \step{Second step. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin quis lectus sodales velit tempor interdum adipiscing eu tellus.} } \end{recipe} \end{document} EDIT: First picture shows the output, second picture indicates the "bounds" the wraptable should have:
- Converting Display Equtions into image (EPS) format with the existing font using make4htby MadyYuvi on June 21, 2026 at 7:11 am
My code are: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{mathtools} \RequirePackage[no-math]{fontspec}% \setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text,Ligatures=TeX,Path = ./Fonts/TimesNewRoman/ , UprightFont= TimesNewerRoman-Regular.otf, BoldFont= TimesNewerRoman-Bold.otf, ItalicFont=TimesNewerRoman-Italic.otf, BoldItalicFont=TimesNewerRoman-BoldItalic.otf, ]{TimesNewRoman}% \usepackage[italic,nolessnomore,noplusnominus,noequal,noparenthesis]{mathastext} \input macros.tex \begin{document} \[ CAPE{X_{ict}} \equals {\alpha _0} \plus {\alpha _1}CC{E_{ict}} \plus {\alpha _2}Control{s_{ict}} \plus {\alpha _3}Control{s_{it}} \plus {\psi _i} \plus {\tau _t} \plus {\varepsilon _{ict}} \] \[ E\left\lpar {\left. {CAPE{X_{it}}} \right|Control{s_{it}}} \right\rpar \equals {\alpha _1}E\left\lpar {\left. {CC{E_{it}}} \right|Control{s_{it}}} \right\rpar \plus {\alpha _2}Control{s_{it}} \] \[ CAPE{X_{it}} \minus E\left\lpar {\left. {CAPE{X_{it}}} \right|Control{s_{it}}} \right\rpar \equals {\alpha _1}\left[ {CC{E_{it}} \minus E\left\lpar {\left. {CC{E_{it}}} \right|Control{s_{it}}} \right\rpar} \right] \plus {\varepsilon _{it}} \] \[\widetilde {CAPE{X_{it}}} \equals CAPE{X_{it}} \minus \widehat {CAPE{X_{Controls {\comma} it}}} \] \[\widetilde {CC{E_{it}}} \equals CC{E_{it}} \minus \widehat {CC{E_{Controls {\comma} it}}} \] \[\widetilde {CAPE{X_{it}}} \equals {\alpha _1}\widetilde {CC{E_{it}}} \plus {\varepsilon _{it}} \] \end{document} I'm using XeLaTeX to get the output, and I'm using make4ht to convert the display Math in to EPS format by using the below format: Content for macros.tex \def\equals{=} \def\plus{+} \def\lpar{(} \def\rpar{)} \def\minus{-} \def\comma{,} Definition for config file: \Preamble{xhtml} \Configure{Picture}{.eps} \begin{document} \EndPreamble Definition for .lua file: Make:image("eps$", "dvips -E -o ${output} -pp ${page} ${source}") Conversion done by using: make4ht -x -c config.cfg -e build.lua filename.tex "pic-m,pic-align It produced the error as: [STATUS] make4ht: Conversion started [STATUS] make4ht: Input file: toteqn.tex This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-0.999996 (TeX Live 2024) (preloaded format=xelatex) restricted \write18 enabled. entering extended mode This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-0.999996 (TeX Live 2024) (preloaded format=xelatex) restricted \write18 enabled. entering extended mode This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-0.999996 (TeX Live 2024) (preloaded format=xelatex) restricted \write18 enabled. entering extended mode --- error --- Improper op while scanning font defs in postamble [FATAL] make4ht-lib: Fatal error. Command tex4ht returned exit code 1 C:\texlive\2024\bin\windows\runscript.tlu:922: command failed with exit code 1: texlua c:\texlive\2024\texmf-dist\scripts\make4ht\make4ht -x -c config.cfg -e build.lua toteqn.tex "pic-m,pic-align" But the same was working fine without font definitions in PDFLaTeX and also without the option -x in conversion. How can I convert the equations into EPS format with the same font what I'm using, please advise.
- Redefining \ref while using hyperlinks [duplicate]by Tomasz23 on June 20, 2026 at 11:23 pm
Edit: essentially duplicate of redefining \label and \ref when using hyperref, noting that one more redefinition is needed with amsmath (Using custom \locallabels command with custom \eqref command). I'm trying to redefine \label and \ref to automatically append label by \themycounter: (where mycounter is a counter I use to avoid overlapping labels in a larger project made from multiple pieces). The approach in MWE below works well when hyperlinks is not loaded. As soon as I uncomment \usepackage{hyperlinks} the setup breaks, as if Latex was ignoring my attempt at redefining \ref (in the example below, with hyperlinks loaded \ref{0:e1} works). How should I fix it (and why is it broken in the first place)? MWE: \documentclass{article} %\usepackage{hyperref} \newcounter{mycounter} \let\oldlabel\label \renewcommand{\label}[1]{\oldlabel{\themycounter:#1}} \let\oldref\ref \def\ref#1{\oldref{\themycounter:#1}} \begin{document} \begin{equation}\label{foo} 1=1 \end{equation} \ref{foo} %\ref{0:foo} <-this creates a correct reference with hyperlinks loaded \end{document}
- How to get dagger and double-dagger only as footnote symbols?by Cham on June 20, 2026 at 9:26 pm
I'm writing a novel which has a few footnotes. In some special cases, I only have two or maybe three (max !) footnotes on the same page. I would like to get the same dagger symbol for all footnotes on each page, if there's only a single footnote, and the dagger and double-dagger on the pages that get two footnotes at bottom. How can I achieve this? Usually, for technical documents, I use the default numbers. But I need to change that to daggers and double-daggers only, with a recount on each page. In the very rare case where I would need a third footnote on the same page, I would prefer the old style paragraph symbol, or another better one. If possible, I would prefer to not load any new package, since my full document preamble is already pretty heavy... Here's a MWE to play with, which currently isn't doing what I'm looking for: \RequirePackage[l2tabu,orthodox]{nag} \documentclass[11pt,twoside]{book} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[tt=false]{libertinus} \usepackage[french]{babel} \usepackage[stretch=50]{microtype} % Option : stretch=50 \usepackage[letterpaper,left=1.25in,right=1in,top=0.5in,bottom=0.5in,includeheadfoot,headheight=15pt]{geometry} % Option showframe pour montrer les bordures. \raggedbottom \setlength{\parindent}{1.5em} \linespread{1.1} \usepackage[bottom]{footmisc} \usepackage{titlesec} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor} \usepackage{float} \usepackage{fancyhdr} \usepackage[titles]{tocloft} \usepackage[unicode,colorlinks,linkcolor=Blue,urlcolor=Red,citecolor=blue,pdftitle={title},pdfauthor={Author},pdfsubject={Subject},pdfkeywords={Words},pdfproducer={pdfLaTeX},plainpages=false,hyperindex=true,pdfpagelabels,linktocpage=true]{hyperref} % Footnote symbol: \renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\fnsymbol{footnote}} \begin{document} Blablabla\footnote{Bla bla.}. Bla bla\footnote{Blablabla.} \newpage Blabla\footnote{Blabla bla.}. Blabla bla bla\footnote{Footnote.} Bla blabla bla\footnote{Blablabla.} \end{document}
- Why might this Math.SE reference be presented this way? How do I correct it? [closed]by Shaun on June 20, 2026 at 2:23 pm
Following the "cite" feature of this Math.SE question using bibtex, I get: @MISC {5023954, TITLE = {A reference request for quasisimple groups being one-headed.}, AUTHOR = {Nicky Hekster (https://math.stackexchange.com/users/9605/nicky-hekster)}, HOWPUBLISHED = {Mathematics Stack Exchange}, NOTE = {URL:https://math.stackexchange.com/q/5023954 (version: 2025-01-17)}, EPRINT = {https://math.stackexchange.com/q/5023954}, URL = {https://math.stackexchange.com/q/5023954} } This seems incorrect, and I don't know how to correct it. Please would you recommend how I can get it to be like MSE sample citation?
- LaTeX old math symbolsby Dmelv on June 17, 2026 at 4:50 pm
Does anyone know if there are LaTeX codes for the old 17th- and 18th-century symbols for involution (powers) (kind of like an @ sign) and evolution (roots) (a sort of extended w)? Thanks. Thanks for all your assistance. According to Cajori's A History of Mathematical Notations (1928), p. 353 and pp. 213-214, the notation for involution and evolution go back to Johann Heinrich Rahn in his Teutsche Algebra (1659). However, Rahn used an Archimedean spiral to signify involution (he called it "involviren") (see https://old.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/math-origins-the-logical-ideas). Rahn's work was translated into English in 1668 by Thomas Brancker as *Added * and the Archimedean spiral was indeed replaced by the omicron-sigma ligature (with no explanation given; perhaps the typesetter had the ligature on hand). Ward, along with other English writers followed Brancker's notation. According to Cajori (p. 211), the sign for evolution is apparently a ligature of two epsilons.
- How to include section template defined heading prefix in TOC?by David Purton on June 17, 2026 at 7:17 am
The new template based section heading definitions which support tagging include a prefix option which is added before the section number. What is the correct way to include this in the TOC? So in the below MWE, the contents ought to show: An Unnumbered Chapter Chapter Prefix 1 A Numbered Chapter MWE %! TeX Program = lualatex \DocumentMetadata { , lang = en , pdfstandard = ua-2 , tagging = on , tagging-setup = { math/mathml/luamml/load = false } } \documentclass{report} \EditInstance{heading}{chapter} { prefix = Chapter Prefix } \begin{document} \tableofcontents \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{An Unnumbered Chapter} \chapter{A Numbered Chapter} \end{document}
- How to design station signs for Taiwan Railway in TeX?by mathrm alpha on June 16, 2026 at 4:08 am
Although I wrote a LaTeX-like design for Taiwanese train station signs, the resemblance is still somewhat lacking. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/ROC_Taiwan_Railways_Administration_Logo.svg/960px-ROC_Taiwan_Railways_Administration_Logo.svg.png \documentclass{article} \usepackage{xeCJK,amssymb} \usepackage[ paperwidth=5in, paperheight=3in, margin=0.2in ]{geometry} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{tikz} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay] \node[anchor=north west, xshift=0in, yshift=0in] at (current page.north west) { \includegraphics[width=0.5in,height=0.5in]{960px-ROC_Taiwan_Railways_Administration_Logo.svg.png} }; \end{tikzpicture} \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay] \node[align=center, text=black, yshift=0.25in] at (current page.center) { {\fontsize{28pt}{34pt}\selectfont Miaoli} \\[0.2em] {\fontsize{32pt}{38pt}\selectfont 苗栗} }; \end{tikzpicture} \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay] \node[ draw, line width=0.8pt, minimum size=0.9in, inner sep=0pt, align=center, font=\fontsize{12pt}{12pt}\selectfont ] at ([xshift=1.25in, yshift=0.25in]current page.center) { 苗栗縣\\ 苗栗市 }; \end{tikzpicture} \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay] \node[anchor=south west, xshift=0.2in, yshift=0.2in] at (current page.south west) { {\Large 豐富 Fengfu} }; \node[anchor=south east, xshift=-0.2in, yshift=0.2in] at (current page.south east) { {\Large 南勢 Nanshi} }; \end{tikzpicture} \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay] \draw[green!60!black, line width=1.2pt] ([yshift=0.65in]current page.south west) -- ([yshift=0.65in]current page.south east); \node[anchor=west, text=green!60!black] at ([yshift=0.78in]current page.south west) {\large $\blacktriangleleft$ 3.9 公里 (km)}; \node[anchor=east, text=green!60!black] at ([yshift=0.78in]current page.south east) {\large 6.6 公里 (km) $\blacktriangleright$}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} A better version should be: Source: http://trstour.com/miao-li.htm