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I'm wanting to validate that my PDF satisfies WCAG accessibility. PDFix lists several WCAG profiles that it will use, but I would rather use veraPDF (which shares the same backend as PDFix). Is it possible to do so? How do the profiles relate to each other?

I am hapily using TeXmaker for writing my files and many things are done out of my sights. Now I'm generating the .tex via script and I want to use batch process to compile them automatically. I have found quite mysterious line in TeXmaker's Options: lualatex -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex. Recently I have found another option for the arguments passed to the luaLaTeX -output-folder=[desired folder] and I started wondering what are other arguments i can pass to (lua)(La)TeX compiler. So far I couldn't find anything remotely helpful while googling for it. Is there any list of compiler arguments?

I am converting a dissertation written in LaTeX to docx format using pandoc. By fine-tuning my pandoc command and my reference document, I have made it so that pandoc can produce an almost perfect docx output, with one exception: I am getting extra outside parentheses around the citations generated by \cite{key} commands. Initial long citations are appearing as: "(Author, Title (Place: Publisher, Date), [page #])"; when they should be: "Author, Title (Place: Publisher, Date), [page #]". And subsequent short citations are appearing as: "(Author, Short Title, [page #])"; when they should be: "Author, Short Title, [page #]". My pandoc command is: pandoc -s dissertation.tex --filter pandoc-crossref --citeproc --bibliography=dissertation.bib --csl=chicago-notes-bibliography-subsequent-ibid-classic.csl --reference-doc=dissertation-reference.docx -o dissertation.docx My MWE of the LaTeX is: \documentclass[12pt, oneside]{book} \setcounter{secnumdepth}{5} \setcounter{tocdepth}{5} \usepackage{geometry} \geometry{letterpaper} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage[english]{babel} \usepackage{csquotes} \usepackage{setspace} \singlespacing \usepackage{titlesec} \usepackage{microtype} \usepackage[backend=biber, style=verbose-ibid, language=english]{biblatex} \addbibresource{dissertation.bib} \renewcommand{\thesection}{\arabic{section}} \renewcommand*{\thesubparagraph}{\alph{subparagraph}.} \newcommand{\fn}{\footnote} \title{Title} \author{Author} \begin{document} \setlength{\emergencystretch}{1em} \include{Introduction} \include{Chapter_1} \include{Chapter_2} \printbibliography \end{document} All of my \cite{key} commands (so far as I can tell) are located in footnotes, which are created by my custom command: \fn{}. What I have done: (1) I have attempted to figure out where in the CSL file there would be an option to remove the prefix and suffix parentheses that I don't want. I cannot find an applicable option. (2) I have attempted to create lua and python scripts that would strip out the parentheses after --citeproc runs (the lua option didn't work because, so far as I understand, lua files are always accessed before citeproc). When I compile to PDF, everything works as expected. Is there anything I could be doing, particularly on the LaTeX end of things, to prevent this? Thank you for reading and your help!

How can I autocomplete a command in TeXmaker with placeholders, e.g. writing \frac and pressing a key results in \frac{}{} and the cursor cues into the first curly bracket? And how can I jump between placeholders? Tab doesn’t work and I don’t know why, although I’ve seen that the Tab key should do that?

I have a template and a style, which combined should output a PDF. The content comes from Markdown, and the conversion is made with Pandoc. The idea is to create a recipe book. There are environments for dedication, acknowledgements, and preface, and color boxes for ingredients and preparation (with a customized list for preparation steps). Since the book will be created in three different languages, the titles of each section should be customizable (either via the yaml header in the Markdown file, or any similar method which doesn't include changing the LaTeX files). Right now it doesn't output the titles of Dedication, Acknowledgements, Preface – just the contents. It also puts all those on the same page, although I have \cleardoublepage in the begin-code of each environment. I'm quite sure I'm doing something wrong around the environment and colorbox definitions, but my LaTeX knowledge is rusty (to say the least), and none of the small changes I made helped to solve this. Can anybody detect my error and help me to actually print the titles of the environments? What about the fonts? If I try to use Merriweather and Montserrat, I always get an error. (I have them installed on the PC.) Does my Markdown make any sense? Is there a better way of doing the whole thing? My template.tex: \documentclass[a4paper,12pt,twoside,openright,final]{book} \usepackage[catalan]{babel} % or serbian, german, etc. \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{geometry} \geometry{left=2.5cm, right=2.5cm, top=3cm, bottom=3cm} \usepackage{recipestyles} \newcommand{\authorname}{$author$} \newcommand{\booktitle}{$title$} \begin{document} \begin{titlepage} \centering \pagecolor{dpyellow} \color{dpred} \vspace*{3cm} {\titlesfont \Huge \textbf{\booktitle} \par} \vspace{1.5cm} {\titlesfont \Large \authorname \par} \vfill \end{titlepage} \frontmatter \renewcommand{\thepage}{\Roman{page}} \pagestyle{roman} \pagecolor{dpyellow} \color{black} $if(dedication_title)$ \renewcommand{\dedicationtitle}{$dedication_title$} $endif$ $if(acknowledgements_title)$ \renewcommand{\acknowledgementstitle}{$acknowledgements_title$} $endif$ $if(preface_title)$ \renewcommand{\prefacetitle}{$preface_title$} $endif$ $if(ingredients_title)$ \renewcommand{\ingredientstitle}{$ingredients_title$} $endif$ $if(tips_title)$ \renewcommand{\tipstitle}{$tips_title$} $endif$ $if(dedication)$ \begin{envdedication} $dedication$ \end{envdedication} $endif$ $if(acknowledgements)$ \begin{envacknowledgements} $acknowledgements$ \end{envacknowledgements} $endif$ \tableofcontents \mainmatter \pagestyle{fancy} $if(preface)$ \begin{envpreface} $preface$ \end{envpreface} $endif$ $body$ \end{document} My recipestyles.sty: \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e} \ProvidesPackage{recipestyles}[2026/05/27] \RequirePackage{xcolor} \RequirePackage[T1]{fontenc} \RequirePackage{fontspec} \RequirePackage{fancyhdr} \RequirePackage{titlesec} \RequirePackage{pagecolor} \RequirePackage[most]{tcolorbox} \RequirePackage{enumitem} % colors \definecolor{dpyellow}{HTML}{FFF8DC} \definecolor{dpred}{HTML}{C8102E} % fonts (ligatures deactivated) \setmainfont[Ligatures={NoRequired,NoCommon,NoContextual}]{Georgia} % Merriweather \newfontfamily\titlesfont[Ligatures={NoRequired,NoCommon,NoContextual}]{Arial} % Montserrat % page styles % roman \fancypagestyle{roman}{ \fancyhf{} \fancyfoot[C]{\thepage} } % fancy \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhf{} \fancyhead[LE,RO]{\titlesfont\color{dpred}\thepage} \fancyhead[RE]{\small\titlesfont\color{gray}\authorname} \fancyhead[LO]{\small\titlesfont\color{gray}\booktitle} \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt} % title styles % title of parts \titleformat{\part}[display] {\centering\Huge\bfseries\titlesfont\color{dpred}}{}{0pt}{\Huge} % title of chapters \titleformat{\chapter}[display] {\Huge\bfseries\titlesfont\color{dpred}}{}{0pt}{\Huge} \titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{-20pt}{20pt} % title of sections \titleformat{\section} {\LARGE\bfseries\titlesfont\color{dpred}}{}{0em}{} \titlespacing*{\section}{0pt}{15pt}{10pt} % environments and boxes % variables for env/box titles \newcommand{\dedicationtitle}{Dedicació} \newcommand{\acknowledgementstitle}{Agraïments} \newcommand{\prefacetitle}{Pròleg} \newcommand{\ingredientstitle}{Ingredients} \newcommand{\tipstitle}{Consells} \newenvironment{envdedication}[1][\dedicationtitle]{% \cleardoublepage \vspace*{5cm} \begin{flushright} \itshape{\titlesfont\large\bfseries #1}\par\vspace{0.5cm}% }{\end{flushright}} \newenvironment{envacknowledgements}[1][\acknowledgementstitle]{% \cleardoublepage \vspace*{2cm} {\titlesfont\Huge\bfseries\color{dpred} #1}\par\vspace{1cm} }{} \newenvironment{envpreface}[1][\prefacetitle]{% \cleardoublepage \vspace*{2cm} {\titlesfont\Huge\bfseries\color{dpred} #1}\par\vspace{1cm} }{} % ingredients (yellow box with red border) \newtcolorbox{ingredientsbox}{colback=dpyellow, colframe=dpred, boxrule=1mm, sharp corners, title=\titlesfont\bfseries \ingredientstitle, coltitle=dpyellow, colbacktitle=dpred, fonttitle=\bfseries} % preparation steps \newlist{steps}{enumerate}{1} \setlist[steps]{label=\protect\tcbox[colback=dpred, colframe=dpred, coltext=dpyellow, sharp corners, size=small, on line, fontupper=\bfseries\titlesfont, top=1mm, bottom=1mm, left=1.5mm, right=1.5mm]{\arabic*}, leftmargin=1.5cm, labelsep=0.3cm, itemsep=0.5cm, parsep=0mm} \newenvironment{preparation}{\begin{steps}}{\end{steps}} % tips (red box) \newtcolorbox{tipsbox}{colback=white, colframe=dpred!70!black, boxrule=0.5mm, arc=2mm, title=\titlesfont\bfseries💡 \tipstitle, coltitle=dpred!70!black, colbacktitle=dpyellow, attach boxed title to top left={yshift=-2mm, xshift=2mm}, boxed title style={sharp corners, boxrule=0.5mm, colframe=dpred!70!black}} \providecommand{\tightlist}{\setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}} \endinput My current test Markdown file: --- title: "Receptari" author: "D. P." date: "2026-05-27" dedication_title: "A la meva gent" --- ::: dedication Gràcies per tant amor! ::: ::: acknowledgements Moltes gràcies a tota la gent que va tenir la paciència i la confiança, tant en mi com en aquest llibre. ::: ::: preface Les paraules d'alguna persona important 👥 ::: # I: Fonaments ## Pa amb tomàquet ::: ingredientsbox - 4 llesques de pa de pagès - 2 tomàquets madurs ::: ### Preparació ::: preparation 1. **Talleu el pa** en llesques. 2. **Torreu les llesques** lleugerament. ::: ::: tipsbox Aprofiteu el tomàquet madur, aquell que ja és una mica suau quan es prem i que probablement ja no faríeu servir per fer una amanida. ::: Pandoc command: pandoc receptari.md --template=template.tex --top-level-division=part --pdf-engine=xelatex -o receptari.pdf

The following file does not compile for me with pdflatex, after pdflatex and biber, but is succesful with lualatex. Changing documentclass or bibliography style removes the problem. As does uncommenting the line with \phantom. Can anyone reproduce this and/or locate the real problem. \documentclass{amsart} \begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib} @Article{A, eprint = {X} } \end{filecontents} \usepackage[style=oxnum]{biblatex} \addbibresource{\jobname.bib} \listfiles \begin{document} \textcite{A} %\phantom{\bibfont\url{A}} \printbibliography \end{document} The pdftex version is This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.29 (TeX Live 2026) (preloaded format=pdflatex) restricted \write18 enabled. entering extended mode (./tmp.tex LaTeX2e <2025-11-01> The error and list of files is ./tmp.tex:20: Bad mathchar (32768). <to be read again> \relax l.20 ? ./tmp.tex:20: Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> \relax l.20 ? ./tmp.tex:20: Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> } l.20 ? [1{/usr/local/texlive/2026/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}] (./tmp.aux) *File List* amsart.cls 2020/05/29 v2.20.6 amsmath.sty 2025/07/09 v2.17z AMS math features amstext.sty 2024/11/17 v2.01 AMS text amsgen.sty 1999/11/30 v2.0 generic functions amsbsy.sty 1999/11/29 v1.2d Bold Symbols amsopn.sty 2022/04/08 v2.04 operator names umsa.fd 2013/01/14 v3.01 AMS symbols A amsfonts.sty 2013/01/14 v3.01 Basic AMSFonts support biblatex.sty 2025/07/10 v3.21 programmable bibliographies (PK/MW) pdftexcmds.sty 2020-06-27 v0.33 Utility functions of pdfTeX for LuaTeX (HO) infwarerr.sty 2019/12/03 v1.5 Providing info/warning/error messages (HO) iftex.sty 2024/12/12 v1.0g TeX engine tests ltxcmds.sty 2023-12-04 v1.26 LaTeX kernel commands for general use (HO) etoolbox.sty 2025/10/02 v2.5m e-TeX tools for LaTeX (JAW) keyval.sty 2022/05/29 v1.15 key=value parser (DPC) kvoptions.sty 2022-06-15 v3.15 Key value format for package options (HO) kvsetkeys.sty 2022-10-05 v1.19 Key value parser (HO) logreq.sty 2010/08/04 v1.0 xml request logger logreq.def 2010/08/04 v1.0 logreq spec v1.0 ifthen.sty 2024/03/16 v1.1e Standard LaTeX ifthen package (DPC) url.sty 2013/09/16 ver 3.4 Verb mode for urls, etc. blx-dm.def 2025/07/10 v3.21 biblatex datamodel (PK/MW) oxnum.dbx 2026/04/14 v3.4 Data model for the Oxref family of styles blx-compat.def 2025/07/10 v3.21 biblatex compatibility (PK/MW) biblatex.def 2025/07/10 v3.21 biblatex compatibility (PK/MW) xpatch.sty 2020/03/25 v0.3a Extending etoolbox patching commands expl3.sty 2026-05-15 L3 programming layer (loader) l3backend-pdftex.def 2026-02-18 L3 backend support: PDF output (pdfTeX) xparse.sty 2025-10-09 L3 Experimental document command parser xstring.sty 2023/08/22 v1.86 String manipulations (CT) graphicx.sty 2024/12/31 v1.2e Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR) graphics.sty 2024/08/06 v1.4g Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR) trig.sty 2023/12/02 v1.11 sin cos tan (DPC) graphics.cfg 2016/06/04 v1.11 sample graphics configuration pdftex.def 2025/09/29 v1.2d Graphics/color driver for pdftex standard.bbx 2025/07/10 v3.21 biblatex bibliography style (PK/MW) oxref.bbx 2026/04/14 v3.4 Base settings for bibliography styles inspired by the Oxford Guide to Style oxnum.bbx 2026/04/14 v3.4 Numeric bibliography style inspired by the Oxfo rd Guide to Style numeric-comp.cbx 2025/07/10 v3.21 biblatex citation style (PK/MW) oxnum.cbx 2026/04/14 v3.4 Numeric citation style inspired by the Oxford G uide to Style biblatex.cfg blx-case-expl3.sty 2025/07/10 v3.21 expl3 case changing code for biblatex umsa.fd 2013/01/14 v3.01 AMS symbols A umsb.fd 2013/01/14 v3.01 AMS symbols B english.lbx 2025/07/10 v3.21 biblatex localization (PK/MW) english-oxref.lbx 2026/04/14 v3.4 Generic English conventions required by th e biblatex-oxref styles tmp.bbl supp-pdf.mkii epstopdf-base.sty 2020-01-24 v2.11 Base part for package epstopdf epstopdf-sys.cfg 2010/07/13 v1.3 Configuration of (r)epstopdf for TeX Live *********** Added by daleif. The problem seems to come from oxref.bbx inparticular this code (which can be added to Andrews MWE). I've indicated which part causes the error, just not sure why it error. In the comments this has been narrowed to the \do\( action for setting \UrlSpecials. \makeatletter \renewcommand*{\biburlsetup}{% \Urlmuskip\biburlbigskip \mathchardef\UrlBigBreakPenalty=\value{biburlbigbreakpenalty}\relax \mathchardef\UrlBreakPenalty=\value{biburlbreakpenalty}\relax \def\UrlBigBreaks{\do\/\do\:}% \def\UrlBreaks{\do\%}% %%% this triggers the error \ifnumgreater{\value{biburlpunctpenalty}}{0}{% \def\do##1{\appto\UrlSpecials{\do##1{% \mskip\biburlpunctskip \penalty\value{biburlpunctpenalty}% \mathchar`##1 \mskip\biburlpunctskip}}}% \do\!\do\"\do\#\do\$\do\&\do\'\do\(\do\)\do\*\do\+% \do\,\do\-\do\.\do\;\do\<\do\=\do\>\do\?\do\@\do\[% \do\\\do\]\do\^\do\_\do\`\do\{\do\|\do\}\do\~}{}% %%% the rest are ok \ifnumgreater{\value{biburlnumpenalty}}{0}{% \def\do##1{\appto\UrlSpecials{\do##1{% \mathchar`##1 \mskip\biburlnumskip \penalty\value{biburlnumpenalty}}}}% \do\1\do\2\do\3\do\4\do\5\do\6\do\7\do\8\do\9\do\0}{}% \ifnumgreater{\value{biburlucpenalty}}{0}{% \def\do##1{\appto\UrlSpecials{\do##1{% \mathchar`##1 \mskip\biburlucskip \penalty\value{biburlucpenalty}}}}% \do\A\do\B\do\C\do\D\do\E\do\F\do\G\do\H\do\I\do\J% \do\K\do\L\do\M\do\N\do\O\do\P\do\Q\do\R\do\S\do\T% \do\U\do\V\do\W\do\X\do\Y\do\Z}{}% \ifnumgreater{\value{biburllcpenalty}}{0}{% \def\do##1{\appto\UrlSpecials{\do##1{% \mathchar`##1 \mskip\biburllcskip \penalty\value{biburllcpenalty}}}}% \do\a\do\b\do\c\do\d\do\e\do\f\do\g\do\h\do\i\do\j% \do\k\do\l\do\m\do\n\do\o\do\p\do\q\do\r\do\s\do\t% \do\u\do\v\do\w\do\x\do\y\do\z}{}% \let\do=\noexpand} \makeatother

I would like to have the first row (red ellipse) a little bit bigger, maybe not the same size as the second row, but right now it looks just too small. \documentclass{article} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{lmodern} \usepackage[ngerman]{babel} \usepackage[landscape, margin=0.5cm]{geometry} \usepackage[ngerman]{babel} \usepackage{tabularray, tblr-extras} \usepackage{xcolor} \UseTblrLibrary{amsmath,varwidth} \UseTblrLibrary{babel} \pagenumbering{gobble} %\usepackage{showframe} \begin{document} \centering \begin{longtblr} { colspec={Q[l,m] Q[l,m] X[l,m] X[3,c] l l X[l,m]},vlines, cell{1}{4-Z}={r=2}{l,m}, measure=vbox, } \hline 06W & Nachlauf & {$\text{t[Bit]} = \frac{\mathtt{0x10000}-\text{Val}}{\text{CF}}$} & { $ \begin{aligned} (\text{CF}=3)\Rightarrow\quad \begin{cases} 2, & 65533 < \text{Val} \le 65536 \\ \mathtt{0x10000}-\text{Val}, & 65281 < \text{Val} \le 65533 \\ 255, & 65281 \geq \text{Val} \end{cases} \\[1em] (\text{CF}=7)\Rightarrow\quad \begin{cases} 2, & 65503 < \text{Val} \le 65536 \\ \dfrac{\mathtt{0x10000}-\text{Val}}{16}, & 61456 < \text{Val} \le 65503 \\ 255, & 61456 \geq \text{Val} \end{cases} \end{aligned} $ } & 015 & Nachlauf\_Bits & RTS Nachlauf nach Daten (in Bits: Max 255, Min 2)\{1;R;2..255\} \\ \hline[dotted] 03B7.4& {Clockfaktor (CF)} & $ \begin{aligned} 3 & =\text{1-fach} \\ 7 & =\text{16-fach} \end{aligned} $ & & & & \\ \hline \end{longtblr} \end{document}

If I have a complicated font declared with many series and shapes under babel applying to one language, then a font for another language is specified that only has much more limited series and shapes, many warnings are produced like this: LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `TU/Aboensis(0)/m/it' undefined (Font) using `TU/Aboensis(0)/m/n' instead on input line... It's possible to get rid of these by manually declaring the font to fallback, e.g., ItalicFont = {Aboensis} But this becomes tedious if you are working with many families and series and shapes. I guess it's also possible to use the silence package, but I wouldn't want to supress all these warnings, only ones related to the particular font in question. What are my options to declare things neatly and avoid the warnings? Here's a MWE that produces warnings: %! TeX Program = lualatex \documentclass{article} \usepackage{babel} \babelprovide[import,main]{australian} \babelprovide[import]{german} \babelfont{rm} [ FontFace={l}{n}{Font=Noto Serif Light}, FontFace={l}{it}{Font=Noto Serif Light Italic} ] {Noto Serif} \babelfont[german]{rm}{Aboensis} \begin{document} {\itshape English \foreignlanguage{german}{Deutsch}} {\fontseries{l} English \foreignlanguage{german}{Deutsch}} {\fontseries{l} English \foreignlanguage{german}{Deutsch}} {\fontseries{l}\itshape English \foreignlanguage{german}{Deutsch}} \end{document} The warnings can be removed using: \babelfont[german]{rm}[ ItalicFont = Aboensis, FontFace={l}{n}{Font=Aboensis}, FontFace={l}{it}{Font=Aboensis}, ]{Aboensis} But If I have to deal with lots of series and shapes as well as sf and tt families, it becomes verbose. I want something simpler and more compact.

I'm trying to create a scripture index using bibleref, but I'm currently facing a problem with the index generation: nothing appears in the index. Here's my MWE: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{bibleref} \usepackage[xindy]{indextools} \makeindex[name=bible] \renewcommand{\biblerefindex}{\index[bible]} \begin{document} \ibibleverse{Ex}(20:17) \printindex[bible] \end{document}

I have a section for which I want to print a bibliography in citation order. However, I also have document-wide bibliographies, and the citations within the section should also be included in them (along with other references that don't appear within the section). The closest I've gotten is this suggestion to use \boolfalse{citerequest}, except it then breaks the citation not included in the section (foo) (and I have far too many sources to go through and re-cite them all after the \booltrue{citerequest} directive): Without that directive, all of the citations work but they appear in document order even within the refsegment-specific bibliography: Two other points: a solution that discards the document-wide appearance order data is acceptable, as only the per-section bibliography is sorted by appearance; all others are sorted by name/year/whatever a solution that discards label numbers is acceptable, as I am not using a numeric referencing style (I'm using oscola) MWE: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{biblatex} \addbibresource{./scoped-bib-order.bib} \begin{document} \boolfalse{citerequest} \cite{foo} \cite{bar} \section{Section} \booltrue{citerequest} \begin{refsegment} \cite{baz} \cite{bar} \end{refsegment} \defbibfilter{section}{% keyword=section } \newrefcontext[sorting=none] \printbibliography[title={Section Bib, ordered by appearance}, filter=section, segment=1] \newrefcontext[sorting=nty] \printbibliography[title={Document Bib, ordered by nty}] \end{document} scoped-bib-order.bib: @article{foo, author={Foo}, title={This is the first citation in the document} } @article{bar, author={Bar}, title={This is the second citation in the document, second in the section}, keywords={section} } @article{baz, author={Baz}, title={This is the first citation in the section}, keywords={section} } Build commands: pdflatex scoped-bib-order.tex biber scoped-bib-order pdflatex scoped-bib-order.tex

Is there a way to combine glossaries-extra's auto-indexing feature and index sub-entries? Specifically: how can I add a sub-entry to an auto-indexed acronym? (see the first two examples below, LaTeX creates two separate root entries) how can I add an auto-indexed acronym as a sub-entry to a normally-defined index entry? (see the second two examples, the sub-entry syntax is ignored and included in the name of the index entry) MWE: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{mwe} \usepackage{imakeidx} \usepackage[abbreviations]{glossaries-extra} \makeindex \makeglossaries \glssetcategoryattribute{dual}{dualindex}{true} \input{./glossary} \begin{document} \gls{foo}.\index{Foo} \gls{bar}.\index{Foo!Bar} \gls{boz}.\index{Baz!Boz} \gls{beezbooz}.\index{Beez!Booz} \printglossaries \printindex \end{document} glossary.tex: \setabbreviationstyle[dual]{long-short} \newabbreviation[category=dual]{foo}{Foo}{foo} \newabbreviation[category=dual]{bar}{Bar}{bar} \newabbreviation[category=dual]{baz}{Baz}{baz} \newabbreviation[category=dual,parent=baz]{boz}{Boz}{boz} \newabbreviation[category=dual]{beezbooz}{Beez!Booz}{beez!booz} Build commands: pdflatex glossary-acronym.tex makeglossaries glossary-acronym makeindex glossary-acronym.idx pdflatex glossary-acronym.tex …which results in:

I need to draw some balls at the entrance (and if possible at the bottom) of the Galton board like the following picture: Code: \documentclass[tikz]{standalone} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \def\distance{0.3cm} \def\layer{10} \def\radius{2pt} % draw the nails \foreach \i in {0,...,\layer} { \foreach \j in {0,...,\numexpr\i+1\relax} { \draw ({-\distance*\i/2 + \distance*\j}, {-sqrt(3)*\distance*\i/2}) circle[radius=\radius]; } } % draw the slant board on both sides \draw ({-\layer*\distance/2-sqrt(3)*\radius}, {-sqrt(3)*\distance*\layer/2-\radius}) -- (0,2*\radius) -- +(-4pt,4pt); \draw ({-\layer*\distance/2+\distance*(\layer+1)+sqrt(3)*\radius}, {-sqrt(3)*\distance*\layer/2-\radius}) -- (\distance,2*\radius) -- +(4pt,4pt); % draw the separator plates \foreach \i in {0,...,\numexpr\layer+1\relax} { \draw ({-\layer*\distance/2 + \i*\distance}, {-sqrt(3)*\layer*\distance/2 - \radius}) -- ++ (0,-0.5cm); } % draw the bottom line \draw ({-\layer*\distance/2},{-sqrt(3)*\layer*\distance/2 - \radius - 0.5cm}) -- ++ ({(\layer+1)*\distance},0); % number the separated areas \foreach \i in {0,...,\numexpr\layer\relax} { \node at ({-\layer*\distance/2 + \distance*(\i+0.5)},{-sqrt(3)*\layer*\distance/2 - \radius - 0.7cm}) {\footnotesize\i}; } \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}

I am trying to draw a 3D graph that looks like the attached picture. However, I cannot make the axes behave in the same way. In the picture, some intervals of the axes appear on top of the surface, while on other intervals the surface appears above the axes. I would also like the axis labels to stay outside the arrow tips. What I have tried so far is shown below, together with the attached picture. I would like a solution that works for arbitrary functions, not only for this particular example. \documentclass[tikz,border=5pt]{standalone} \usepackage{pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=1.18} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ view={45}{20}, axis lines=center, %axis on top, axis line style={-latex}, xlabel={$x$}, ylabel={$y$}, zlabel={$z$}, ticks=none, xmin=-5, xmax=5, ymin=-5, ymax=5, zmin=-4, zmax=4, width=7cm, height=7cm, colormap/jet, declare function={ f(\x,\y)=10*\y/((\x^2 + 1)*(\y^2 + 2*\y + 4)); }, ] \addplot3[ surf, opacity=0.6, faceted color=black!80, samples=60, samples y=60, domain=-4:4, y domain=-4:4, line width=0.01pt, ] (({x},{y},{f(x,y)}); \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}

I'd like to change the arrow style to eg stealth for voltages and currents, \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage[europeanresistors]{circuitikz} \usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta} \begin{document} \begin{circuitikz} \draw (0,0) to[R, l=$R$, i=$I_R$, v<=$V_R$] (4,0); \end{circuitikz} \end{document}

I have a monster LaTeX project that I'm making accessible with tagging: \DocumentMetadata{ tagging=on, lang=en-US, pdfstandard=UA-2, tagging-setup={ math/alt/use, math/setup=mathml-SE } } This takes a non-instantaneous amount of time to compile. To speed things up while I'm editing with TeXShop, I will often turn off tagging and/or includeonly a single chapter. Once I'm done with my edits, I'll turn tagging back on and compile from the command line so that I can increase the required memory limits. My problem is that I will sometimes forget and try to compile the entire tagged document from within TeXShop. Because the compilation won't complete, my aux files get corrupted. This takes a few more compilations to fix, and is annoying. Is there a way that I can abort the compilation (1) before opening any of the aux files (2) if tagging is active, (3) I'm compiling the entire document, and (4) I haven't increased the memory limits?

I am working with the following document class: \documentclass[pra,superscriptaddress,twocolumn,amsmath,amssymb]{revtex4-1} The document is in two-column mode, and I am trying to typeset a table that contains long mathematical expressions in the column headers. However, I am running into issues with column width control and overfull boxes. Here is a minimal working example of the table I am using: \begin{table}[h] \centering \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|} \hline S.No. & Enzyme type $\alpha_1/\xi_1, \alpha_2/\xi_1, \alpha_3/\xi_1, \alpha_4/\xi_1, \alpha_5/\xi_1, \alpha_6/\xi_1, \alpha_7/\xi_1$ & Findings $\beta_1, \beta_2, \beta_3$ & Conclusion $R/P$\\ \hline First run & & & \\ \hline Second run & & & \\ \hline Third run & & & \\ \hline Fourth run & & & \\ \hline \end{tabular} \caption{Experimental trials} \label{tab:mytab} \end{table} Problem: Because the second column contains a long sequence of mathematical expressions, the table exceeds the column width in the two-column layout. What is the best way of fitting this table in single column in a two column layout?

Can you figure out why the following doesn't work? \documentclass[letterpaper]{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage[margin=0pt]{geometry}% overlapping the margins is easier than changing them. \usepackage{adjustbox} \newsavebox{\bigbox} \parindent=0pt \begin{document} \savebox\bigbox{\scalebox{1.33}{\begin{tikzpicture} \fill[green] (0,0) rectangle (\textwidth,\textheight); \foreach \u in {10,20,...,360} { \pgfmathsetmacro{\stepu}{cos(\u)+2} \pgfmathsetmacro{\stepv}{sin(\u)+2} \draw[red,thick] ({\stepu in},{\stepv in}) rectangle ++(4.5in,7in);} \node[scale=2] at (current page.center) {Sewing pattern}; \end{tikzpicture}}} \clipbox{0pt 0.33\textheight 0.33\textwidth 0pt}{\usebox\bigbox}% upper left \clipbox{0pt 0pt 0.33\textwidth \textheight}{\usebox\bigbox}% lower left \clipbox{\textwidth 0.33\textheight 0pt 0pt}{\usebox\bigbox}% upper right \clipbox{\textwidth 0pt 0pt \textheight}{\usebox\bigbox}% lower right \end{document}

I’m trying to create professional-looking molecular polarity diagrams in LaTeX (using TikZ or chemfig if possible). I need help sketching the partial charges cloud distribution for the following molecules: HCl H₂O CO₂ Moved from a non-answer (it's no solution, just problem description), and adding missing lines to make the posted code compile by MS-SPO this is so far my code, but I don't know how to connect all the clouds to give me a similar figure like the image \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{calc} \begin{document} % Source - https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/763072 % Posted by Abdelhalim AANIBA, modified by community. See post 'Timeline' for change history % Retrieved 2026-05-25, License - CC BY-SA 4.0 \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.5] % Couleurs pour les nuages de charges \definecolor{negColor}{RGB}{255,100,100} % Rouge pour δ- \definecolor{posColor}{RGB}{100,100,255} % Bleu pour δ+ % Atomes \node[draw, circle, minimum size=0.6cm, fill=gray!30] (O) at (0,0) {O}; \node[draw, circle, minimum size=0.5cm, fill=gray!20] (H1) at (-0.8,-0.6) {H}; \node[draw, circle, minimum size=0.5cm, fill=gray!20] (H2) at (0.8,-0.6) {H}; % Liaisons \draw[thick] (O) -- (H1); \draw[thick] (O) -- (H2); % ===== NUAGE DE CHARGE NÉGATIVE (δ-) autour de l'oxygène ===== % Utilisation d'un shading radial pour un dégradé continu du centre vers l'extérieur \shade[inner color=negColor, outer color=negColor!10, opacity=0.3] (O) circle (0.8cm); % ===== NUAGES DE CHARGE POSITIVE (δ+) autour des hydrogènes ===== \shade[inner color=posColor, outer color=posColor!10, opacity=0.3] (H1) circle (0.5cm); \shade[inner color=posColor, outer color=posColor!10, opacity=0.3] (H2) circle (0.5cm); % Petits symboles δ- et δ+ (optionnels, très discrets) \node[red] at ($(O)+(0.08,1)$) {$2\delta^-$}; \node[blue] at ($(H1)+(0.05,-0.7)$) {$\delta^+$}; \node[blue] at ($(H2)+(0.05,-0.7)$) {$\delta^+$}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}

I have a png image that contains pure black crosshatching and the rest is fully transparent. I added that to a tikz image, but against a black background, a fine white line is added (see the picture) around the edges of the hatching. Why is the white line there and how can I get rid of it? Is this an issue with the image or with how I am using tikz? edit: here is a link to the file: https://limewire.com/d/47cga#KK6HtC3jAV (I am using an external file sharing site, because pasting the file here as an image actually removed the issue. My problem is solved, but I still don't know what was wrong or how to fix this outside of making an SO question, pasting the image there, downloading a second copy and discarding the question without posting it. At least this confirms that the issue was with the image.) Edit: I am using the default Ubuntu Document Viewer. I also tried several free online pdf viewers, all had the same issue. Here is my code: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[paperheight=8cm, paperwidth=6cm, left=0pt, top=0pt, right=0pt, bottom=0pt]{geometry} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay, shift = {(current page.south west)}] \node at (current page.center) [] {\includegraphics[height=\paperheight]{example-image-a.png}}; \node at (current page.center) [] {\includegraphics[height=\paperheight, width=\paperwidth]{ims/border_pure_black.png}}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}

Sorry for the provocative title; maybe there is a good explanation. I observed: \DocumentMetadata{lang} \documentclass{article} \begin{document} test \end{document} yields no error although lang is missing a value. In contrast, \DocumentMetadata{uncompress=true} \documentclass{article} \begin{document} test \end{document} yields ! LaTeX Error: The key 'document/metadata/uncompress' does not take a value. Is this just a weakness or is it intentional? Maybe in general it is decided that keys which require a value but none is given is ignored. Also very strange: if i set lang without a value, no complaint. If I dont set at all, complaint that it is missing and that default en is set. Ok, but the resulting PDF files are identical. In fact, the result can be reproduced (with SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=0 lualatex test). In XMP metadata, no information is given. In contrast if I specify lang=en explicitly, it is in the XMP metadata. If I set a key more than once, seemingly, the latter setting overwrites the former without warning. This is just an observation and of course I did not check for all cases. It is quite funny to see xmp=true,xmp=false compiling without any notification. The spec ymp=false yields the error ! LaTeX Error: The key 'document/metadata/ymp' is unknown and is being (LaTeX) ignored. Well if it is being ignored, then it should not be an error but a warning, which would be ok also. An error is acceptable also, but then the message needs some rewording. Summarizing all this, I would prefer if the specification expands a bit on the detailed treatment and about the intention behind. I posted this question to get some insight. Next obvservation: \DocumentMetadata{xmp=true,,xmp=false} and \DocumentMetadata{xmp=true,xmp=false,} compile without complaint. Another observation: \DocumentMetadata{lang, lang=de-DE} and \DocumentMetadata{lang=de-DE, lang} yield different results: XMP data contains dc:language=de-DE only in the first case. It seems as if the second key lang without value erases the old value. I do not want to base my code on experiments. If this is always the behavior: key without value except uncompress erases the setting done before, then this should be documented. Lets talk about the key pdfstandard: this is the only one which intentionally may occur more than once. If you think \DocumentMetadata{pdfversion=1.7,pdfstandard=a-2a,pdfstandard} specifies no standard, then you are wrong: the last key without value is just ignored. This behavior differs from the one of lang. If this is intentional, it should be documented. But I think, it should be changed. Also I think, there is no reason at all to allow multiple pdfstandard, as also writing things like pdfstandard={a-2b,ua-2} are possible. Some thought: that uncompress is singular in that it has no value is I think unnecessary lack of uniformity. Why not compress=true or compress=false with the first as default. Like xmp. I think there is no reason to make a difference.

I encountered a problem while writing. Consider the following example in Plain TeX: \def\cmd{ \par\noindent\hfil ??? \par\noindent\hfil ??? \par\noindent\hfil ??? } {\cmd} \par \bye The compilation generates: Note the last misaligned line. Why didn't \par remove the two spaces preceding it? Note that if I add a percentage mark to the end of the definition of \cmd or to the end of {\cmd}, the problem disappears: \def\cmd{ \par\noindent\hfil ??? \par\noindent\hfil ??? \par\noindent\hfil ???% } {\cmd} \par \bye Or \def\cmd{ \par\noindent\hfil ??? \par\noindent\hfil ??? \par\noindent\hfil ??? } {\cmd}% \par \bye Generates: The original code that generated this question is similar to (the definition of \eject in Plain TeX is \def\eject{\par\break}): \def\printA{ \par\noindent\hfil City \par\noindent\hfil Year } \def\printB{ \eject more... } \def\printC{ \printA \printB } \printC \bye

This file compiles OK with lualatex (I did not mean to put am empty line after \begin{longtable} and only noticed this after compiling to HTML) \documentclass{article} \usepackage{longtable} \begin{document} \begin{longtable}{|p{4in}|p{.4in}|p{1.5in}|} \hline A&B&C \end{longtable} \end{document} But using tex4ht it gives compile error >make4ht -ulm default -a debug 5.tex "mathjax,htm,charset=utf-8" (/usr/local/texlive/2026/texmf-dist/tex/generic/tex4ht/html5.4ht)) (/usr/local/texlive/2026/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-dvips.def) (./5.aux) (/usr/local/texlive/2026/texmf-dist/tex/latex/lm/ot1lmtt.fd) ! Misplaced \noalign. \a:hline ->\ifx \ar:cnt \:UnDef \else \o:noalign: {\append:def \hline:s {\a:... l.8 \hline ? Should not this compile OK with tex4ht also? Removing the empty line after \begin{longtable} tex4ht now compiles it OK. TL 2026 on Ubuntu under windows 10 WSL 1.0 >make4ht --version make4ht version v0.4e >which tex4ht /usr/local/texlive/2026/bin/x86_64-linux/tex4ht Reference https://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/bugs/index.php?675

Is it the bracealign package that generates such large exponents equal to the base of the power? \documentclass{article} \usepackage{bracealign} \begin{document} \[ \begin{bracealign} = x^{\overbrace{(m+1)+\cdots+(m+1)}^{k}} = x_{\underbrace{(m+1)+\cdots+(m+1)}_{k}} \end{bracealign} \] \end{document}

I was trying to understand how the easing package works and whether it can be useful for plotting a sequence of functions in order to study uniform convergence. I am not sure whether the package only allows plotting a set of predefined functions, or whether it also enables the representation of arbitrary sequences of functions. In particular, I would like to know whether there is a way to use this package (or other similar LaTeX packages) to effectively visualize any sequence of functions. If there is a more suitable tool, I would appreciate it if you could suggest it. Additionally I not understand the reason of a ugly graph for $n=1, 2$. Here an example: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usepgflibrary{easing} \pgfplotsset{compat=1.18} \begin{document} \begin{center} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ width=12cm, height=7cm, domain=0:1, axis equal image, samples=300, xmin=0, xmax=1, ymin=0, ymax=1.05, axis lines=left, xlabel={$x$}, ylabel={$x^n$}, legend pos=north west, thick ] \pgfkeys{/easing/pow/exponent=1} \addplot[blue] {poweasein(0,1,x)}; \addlegendentry{$n=1$} \pgfkeys{/easing/pow/exponent=2} \addplot[red] {poweasein(0,1,x)}; \addlegendentry{$n=2$} \pgfkeys{/easing/pow/exponent=4} \addplot[green!60!black] {poweasein(0,1,x)}; \addlegendentry{$n=4$} \pgfkeys{/easing/pow/exponent=8} \addplot[orange] {poweasein(0,1,x)}; \addlegendentry{$n=8$} \addplot[black, dotted] { (x==1 ? 1 : 0) }; \addlegendentry{$\lim f_n$} \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{center} \end{document}

For some reasons, I need to create a multi-column layout without using the popular packages for multi-column text. What I do is, I grab the text, set it inside a box of restricted \hsize, split the box with \vbox_set_split_to_ht:NNn. Then the split boxes are unpacked inside coffins, they are attached with some x offset and typeset. Have a look at the following MWE: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[margin=3cm]{geometry} \usepackage{kantlipsum} \usepackage{microtype} \begin{document} \ExplSyntaxOn \vbox_set:Nn \l_tmpa_box { \hsize = 0.475 \linewidth \prg_do_nothing: \kant [ 1 - 3 ] } \vbox_set_split_to_ht:NNn \l_tmpb_box \l_tmpa_box { \textheight - \baselineskip % to get the effect of a \vtop } \vcoffin_set:Nnn \l_tmpa_coffin { 0.475 \linewidth } { \vbox_unpack_drop:N \l_tmpb_box } \vcoffin_set:Nnn \l_tmpb_coffin { 0.475 \linewidth } { \vbox_unpack_drop:N \l_tmpa_box } \coffin_join:NnnNnnnn \l_tmpa_coffin { r } { t } \l_tmpb_coffin { l } { t } { 0.025 \linewidth } \c_zero_dim \coffin_typeset:Nnnnn \l_tmpa_coffin { l } { t } \c_zero_dim \c_zero_dim \ExplSyntaxOff \end{document} This produces: I read that \splittopskip could be causing this, but it is 10pt which nearly is of a line's height and as can be seen from the screenshot, our difference is smaller than that. I tried \lineskip and that did produce a tiny amount of space which I thought could be related to the spurious space, but I require 3 times the \lineskip to get both the columns at the right position. \documentclass{article} \usepackage[margin=3cm]{geometry} \usepackage{kantlipsum} \usepackage{microtype} \begin{document} \ExplSyntaxOn \vbox_set:Nn \l_tmpa_box { \hsize = 0.475 \linewidth \prg_do_nothing: \kant [ 1 - 3 ] } \vbox_set_split_to_ht:NNn \l_tmpb_box \l_tmpa_box { \textheight - \baselineskip % to get the effect of a \vtop } \vcoffin_set:Nnn \l_tmpa_coffin { 0.475 \linewidth } { \vbox_unpack_drop:N \l_tmpb_box } \vcoffin_set:Nnn \l_tmpb_coffin { 0.475 \linewidth } { \vbox_unpack_drop:N \l_tmpa_box } \coffin_join:NnnNnnnn \l_tmpa_coffin { r } { t } \l_tmpb_coffin { l } { t } { 0.025 \linewidth } { 3 \lineskip } \coffin_typeset:Nnnnn \l_tmpa_coffin { l } { t } \c_zero_dim \c_zero_dim \ExplSyntaxOff \end{document} I am almost sure that \lineskip is not the correct macro to be used there, but then which one exactly is it? What stores the culprit skip/glue? What would be a recommended (and preferably L3) way of doing it?

I am trying to define a custom electrical symbol for use with circuitikz. The symbol is a sinusoidal voltage source consisting of: a circle, a sinusoidal waveform inside the circle, + / − polarity markings, and a voltage label such as v_1 (which should be customizable). I would like to implement it as a TikZ pic so that it behaves similarly to built-in circuitikz components and allows easy connection of wires to its terminals. The symbol I want to reproduce is shown below (from Engineering Circuit Analysis by Hayt): I noticed that circuitikz already provides a sinusoidal voltage source. If possible, I would like to use that existing implementation as a reference (or perhaps extend it) so that the custom symbol matches the standard circuitikz style, dimensions, and line thickness used by the library.

What I want is the arrow path patterns as below, but not only work for straight line, but ployline, curve, as path style/decoration: \documentclass[tikz,border=6pt]{standalone} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \foreach \i in {1,...,5} \draw[-latex,shorten >=2pt, shorten <=2pt] (\i,0) -- ({\i+1},0); \end{tikzpicture} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw[-latex,shorten >=2pt, shorten <=2pt] (0.5,0) -- (1,0); \foreach \i in {1,...,5} \draw[-latex,shorten >=2pt, shorten <=2pt] (\i,0) -- ({\i+1},0); \node[text width=5.5cm,align=left,anchor=north] at (3,-.25) {If the length is not exactly N cm, then I hope the starting point could be shortened. For instance, the 5.5cm here, I want the first arrow to start at 0.5cm, then follows five 1cm arrows.}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} I don't think the following is the same as my case: Draw consecutive arrows with TikZ Generating Multiple Arrow Decorations in Series Here below is my attempt with decoration, but not what I want: \documentclass[tikz,border=6pt]{standalone} \usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings,arrows.meta} \tikzset{ multiarrow/.style={ decoration={ markings, mark=between positions 0.1 and 0.9 step 0.2 with { \draw[-Stealth,shorten >=1pt, shorten <=1pt] (-10pt,0) -- (10pt,0); % the gap here not what I want... and hard to control the `0.1 and 0.9 step 0.2' } }, postaction=decorate } } \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \path[multiarrow] (-2,-3) -- (2,-3); % good! \path[multiarrow,yshift=-1cm] (-2,-3) -- (2,-3)-- (5,-2); % not good! % \draw[multiarrow] plot[ % domain=-5:5, % samples=160, % smooth, % variable=\x % ] ({\x},{sin(\x r)}) % -- (5,-2) % -- (-5,-2) % -- cycle; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} I want every arrow to be, says, fixed, 1cm length, shorten 1pt of both sides, for example of the closed path, I want something as below: (Quite sure that may be duplicated post, but I can't find that...) More information of the original purpose: \documentclass[tikz,border=5pt]{standalone} \usepackage{fourier} \usetikzlibrary{bending,decorations.pathmorphing} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[>=latex,line join=round,line cap=round] \draw[semithick,->] (0,0) -- (-1,0) node[below] {$y$}; \draw[semithick,->] (0,0) -- (0,-3) node[right] {$x$}; \draw[thick] (-110:2.5) -- node[left=5pt] {$q$} (0,0) node[above] {$O$} -- node[right=5pt] {$q$} (-70:2.5); \def\tmp{\fpeval{2.5*sind(20)}} \draw[thick, decorate, decoration={random steps, segment length=1pt, amplitude=.75pt}] (-110:2.5) arc[start angle=-110, end angle=-70, radius=2.5]; \foreach \i in {1,...,5}{ \draw[->,shorten <=1.5pt] (-.1,0) ++(-110:{(\i-1)*0.5}) -- ++(-110:0.5); \draw[->,shorten <=1.5pt] (+.1,0) ++(-70:{(\i-1)*0.5}) -- ++(-70:0.5); } \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} I use the code above to plot the following: I found that quite difficult to decide the (-.1,0) and ++(-110:{(\i-1)*0.5}) -- ++(-110:0.5) here, I want "extend the decoration path with multiple arrows" and put it together with the offset trick...

The tensor product symbol \otimes comes with a big version \bigotimes. Then there is also the external / box product symbol \boxtimes, however it doesn't come with a big version unlike the tensor product. Is there a way to get a big version of \boxtimes, e.g. \bigboxtimes, that behaves similarly to the good ol' \bigotimes in math mode? Here is a MWE with the symbol packages in use: \documentclass[11pt,a4paper,twoside]{report} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amsthm} \usepackage{latexsym} \usepackage{mathtools} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{gensymb} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{calc} \usepackage{tikz-cd} \usepackage{mathcomp} \begin{document} Here are the three products in display math mode: \[ \otimes,\bigotimes,\boxtimes \] \end{document} Here is a comparison between \bigboxtimes from kabenyuk's solution and \bigotimes: I feel like typographically it would more aesthetic if \bigboxtimes were a little smaller due to the fact that it's a square. I think the right size comparison should be that both inside crosses should be of equal size.

Sorry, my Latex skills and English are bad. My college requires me to put this table on every page. Please help me, I don't know how to resolve this. Table example: My table: My code: \RequirePackage{array} \RequirePackage{tabularx} \RequirePackage{geometry} \RequirePackage{eso-pic} \geometry{ a4paper, left=25mm, right=15mm, top=25mm, bottom=25mm } \usepackage{tabularx} \usepackage{multirow} \newcommand{\BackgroundTopTable}{% \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|c|c|c|c|c|X|c|} \hline & & & & & \multirow{3}{=}{\centering 09.02.07 Ф 2484 25 КП-ПЗ} & \multirow{2}{2em}{\centering Page} \\ \cline{1-5} & & & & & & \\ \cline{1-5}\cline{7-7} Изм. & Page & № Document. & Signature & Date & & \thepage \\ \hline \end{tabularx} } \AddToShipoutPictureBG{% \AtPageLowerLeft{% \raisebox{20mm}{% \makebox[\paperwidth]{% \hspace*{0mm}\BackgroundTopTable }% }% }% } My main.tex is default: \documentclass[a4paper, 14pt]{extarticle} \usepackage{gost} \usepackage{table} \begin{document} Hello world \end{document}

Consider the code: \documentclass[12pt]{book} \usepackage{bookman,scalerel} \textwidth=4.00in \begin{document} \thispagestyle{empty} \vstretch{2}{\textnormal{\Huge{{\bf CAN THIS SOMEWHAT LONG TITLE BE EASILY BROKEN?}}}} \end{document} which produces the output: QUESTION: How may I easily (without resorting to two separate such titles) break this \textnormal title into two pieces; say, "CAN THIS SOMEWHAT LONG TITLE" and "BE EASILY BROKEN?" with aesthetically sufficient vertical space between the two? Remark: Standard tricks such as vspace{8pt} or \\[8pt] do not work. Thank you.