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- How to use Archivo as the sans serif font with tgpagella as the serif font?by henry on June 18, 2026 at 11:27 pm
I do not manage to use Archivo as the sans font while using ... practically any other serif font. In the MWEs below, I simply used tgpagella. What should one do? Or did I overlook/misunderstand something? MWE 1 \documentclass{scrartcl} \usepackage[ scale=0.925, ]{Archivo} \usepackage{tgpagella} \usepackage[scale=1.02]{zi4} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \begin{document} \begin{itemize} \item wordstuff \begin{itemize} \item \sffamily A sentence to showcase the problem. \item \textrm{asdf} \end{itemize} \end{itemize} \end{document} Output 1 MWE 2 \documentclass{scrartcl} \usepackage[ scale=0.925, ]{Archivo} \usepackage{tgpagella} \usepackage[scale=1.02]{zi4} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \begin{document} \begin{itemize} \item wordstuff \begin{itemize} \item \sffamily A sentence to showcase the problem. \item \textrm{asdf} \end{itemize} \end{itemize} \end{document} Output 2
- TexWorks failing to generate PDF (forking after trying to create pdflatex.fmt)by kodlu on June 18, 2026 at 8:18 pm
I am working on an Apple MacBook with MacOS Tahoe 26.5.1 A file that compiles fine on overleaf fails with this installation which I did for a single user (my account) Part of the output pdflatex.log is below (I tried to use pdfLaTex). The same file compiles with no problems on overleaf, but I will be travelling and want to work on it without internet access. 2026-06-17 14:40:38,219+0300 INFO pdflatex - this process (5163) started by TeXworks in directory /Users/kelektas/Desktop/TR 2026 with command line: /Users/kelektas/bin/pdflatex -synctex=1 ITU-talk.tex 2026-06-17 14:40:38,219+0300 INFO pdflatex - this is MiKTeX-PDFTEX 4.10.0 (1.40.24) (MiKTeX 22.1) 2026-06-17 14:40:38,219+0300 INFO pdflatex - allowing known shell commands 2026-06-17 14:40:38,223+0300 INFO pdflatex - going to create file: pdflatex.fmt 2026-06-17 14:40:38,235+0300 INFO pdflatex.core - forking... 2026-06-17 14:40:38,495+0300 ERROR pdflatex - /Users/kelektas/bin/miktex did not succeed; exitCode: 1 2026-06-17 14:40:38,495+0300 ERROR pdflatex - output: 2026-06-17 14:40:38,495+0300 ERROR pdflatex - Sorry, but: The executed process did not succeed. 2026-06-17 14:40:38,495+0300 FATAL pdflatex.core - The memory dump file could not be found. 2026-06-17 14:40:38,495+0300 FATAL pdflatex.core - Data: fileName="pdflatex.fmt" 2026-06-17 14:40:38,495+0300 FATAL pdflatex.core - Source: Libraries/MiKTeX/TeXAndFriends/texmfapp.cpp:717 2026-06-17 14:40:38,496+0300 FATAL pdflatex - The memory dump file could not be found. 2026-06-17 14:40:38,496+0300 FATAL pdflatex - Info: fileName="pdflatex.fmt" 2026-06-17 14:40:38,496+0300 FATAL pdflatex - Source: Libraries/MiKTeX/TeXAndFriends/texmfapp.cpp 2026-06-17 14:40:38,496+0300 FATAL pdflatex - Line: 717 2026-06-17 14:40:38,496+0300 INFO pdflatex - this process (5163) finishes with exit code 1 Any help appreciated
- NiceTabular - Default value for empty cellsby projetmbc on June 18, 2026 at 7:16 pm
In the code below, I want to only input the 1s and leave the zero cells blank. Is there an easy way to achieve this? \documentclass[border = 3pt]{standalone} \usepackage{nicematrix} \begin{document} \begin{NiceTabular}{>{\bfseries}*{6}{c}}[ hvlines, corners = NW ] \RowStyle{\bfseries} & A & B & C & D & E \\ A & 0 & 0 & 1 & 1 & 0 \\ B & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 1 \\ C & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 \\ D & 1 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ E & 0 & 1 & 1 & 0 & 0 \end{NiceTabular} \end{document}
- How to tweak the svg-symbol baseline and size to act exactly the same as `\ell`?by Explorer on June 18, 2026 at 7:08 pm
I want to self-answer my previous question —— to derive the latin-modern-math-stlye \ell for symbol h and k, learning from kabenyuk's solution: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{svg.path} \newcommand{\privatesvgmathord}[1]{% \mathord{\vcenter{\hbox{% \resizebox{!}{1.75ex}{% \begin{tikzpicture}[x=1pt,y=1pt] \fill svg {#1}; \end{tikzpicture}% }% }}}% } \newcommand{\hell}{% \privatesvgmathord{% M59 39C51 7 66 -9 84 -11C102 -13 118 -1 126 32L176 237C212 385 294 420 354 420C397 420 408 386 408 350C408 320 384 254 364 192C307 17 368 -11 415 -11C494 -11 535 97 545 136C547 144 545 151 537 153C531 154 527 150 524 142C503 83 472 11 417 11C400 11 394 21 393 44C391 99 472 277 472 335C472 400 432 442 357 442C334 442 312 438 293 430C369 520 455 648 455 769C455 786 455 847 396 847C345 847 302 786 268 735C245 699 208 606 186 520L127 292L-49 123C-56 116 -54 109 -50 105C-45 100 -40 100 -33 106C-20 117 14 150 115 248ZM256 557C271 618 292 684 317 731C343 780 372 825 397 825C431 825 431 789 431 773C431 669 366 562 306 484C269 437 228 396 210 377Z% }% } \newcommand{\kell}{% \privatesvgmathord{% M465 789C465 806 465 867 406 867C323 867 223 646 142 316L-37 145C-45 137 -45 130 -41 125C-37 120 -30 119 -22 126C-9 138 26 171 129 272L59 39C52 15 56 -5 78 -10C102 -15 116 -1 122 24L174 229C208 226 295 208 285 108C277 21 323 -11 375 -11C444 -11 465 63 488 134C491 144 488 150 481 152C474 154 468 150 465 141C443 71 421 11 377 11C345 11 347 48 353 114C362 207 294 239 209 250C240 268 272 300 295 324C343 377 389 420 438 420C453 420 465 414 472 407C424 404 414 376 415 353C416 331 434 318 453 318C479 318 508 340 508 379C508 409 485 442 440 442C412 442 366 434 294 354C260 316 221 276 183 261L204 345C362 497 465 648 465 789ZM343 782C363 820 382 845 407 845C441 845 441 809 441 793C441 637 310 483 213 386C257 572 308 715 343 782Z% }% } \begin{document} abcdel$\ell$hh$\hell$kkkk$\kell$kkk {\Large abcdel$\ell$hh$\hell$kkkk$\kell$kkk} \[ l h k \ell \quad \hell \quad \kell \] \[ \ell_{\hell} \quad \hell^{\ell} \quad \kell(t)=\hell_{\ell}^{\kell} \] \end{document} Quite strange, I extracted the svg.path data from the .otf file(modified with Fonts Creators by myself). But the baseline and the scale is not quite excellet... Any suggestions? How to tweak the svg-symbol baseline and size to act exactly the same as \ell? Edit Claim: I was not professional in fonts, actually, newbees here below is the LatinModernMath-Regular-Private.otf file here, with the following: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{unicode-math} \setmathfont{LatinModernMath-Regular-Private.otf} \newcommand{\hell}{\mathord{\symbol{"E0000}}} \newcommand{\kell}{\mathord{\symbol{"E0010}}} \begin{document} abcdel$\ell$hh$\hell$kkkk$\kell$kkk \[ l \quad h \quad k \] \[ \ell \quad \hell \quad \kell \] \end{document} The .otf might be probably not in good format, but what I want, is to provide a svg solution to my previous question of \ell. If needed, the .otf above could be tested.
- Using hyperref also changes title colorby X3nius on June 18, 2026 at 6:38 pm
I'm using the code below. I only want urlcolor=blue and citecolor=violet (and maybe some reference colors to equations blue). With hypersetup active, the table of contents becomes red (despite of having written linktoc=none), and also the title, section and subsections in the black-blue field turn red. What can I do to make everything like in the version without Hypersetup? \documentclass{beamer} \usepackage[english]{babel} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{beamerthemeshadow} \usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor} \hypersetup{ colorlinks=true, urlcolor=blue, citecolor=violet, linktoc=none } \title{A title} \author{Name} \usepackage{beamerthemeshadow} \begin{document} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Table of contents} \tableofcontents \end{frame} \section{Section 1} \subsection{Subsection 1} \begin{frame} This is Subsection 1. \end{frame} \subsection{Subsection 2} \begin{frame} This is Subsection 2. \end{frame} \end{document}
- How to replace a titletoc mini ToC with memoir builtin features?by Maniel SOTOMAYOR on June 18, 2026 at 4:18 pm
Currently I'm using the titletoc package to generate a chapter-based mini ToC in a memoir class document. All I'm using from titletoc are the following commands: \startcontents[chapters] \printcontents[chapters]{}{1}{} \stopcontents[chapters] Here's a MWE: \documentclass[b6paper, 10pt, twoside, openright, final]{memoir} \setlrmarginsandblock{1.5cm}{.5cm}{*} \setulmarginsandblock{1.5cm}{*}{1} \checkandfixthelayout{} \usepackage{titletoc} % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \pagestyle{plain} \pagenumbering{roman} % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \title{ My Memoir } \author{M} \date{June 18, 2026} % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \begin{document} \cleartooddpage[\thispagestyle{empty}] \cleartoevenpage[\thispagestyle{empty}] \thispagestyle{empty} \frontmatter % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \begingroup \setlength{\beforechapskip}{0pt} \setlength{\afterchapskip}{1em} \tableofcontents* \endgroup \newpage % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \mainmatter \pagenumbering{arabic} % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \chapter{Guide} \startcontents[chapters] \titlerule\vspace{5pt} \printcontents[chapters]{}{1}{} \newpage \section{Diagram} \clearpage \section{Sequence} \stopcontents[chapters] % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \end{document} % ============================================================================== I want to replace the titletoc package dependencies and use the memoir class builtin features. Is there a way to do it?
- Subitem arrowstyleby X3nius on June 18, 2026 at 3:27 pm
Is there an elegant way to define subitems as arrows? I've tried the following code, however, it is quite a circumstancy to have to add [$\Rightarrow] for every Subitem \documentclass[hyperref={pdfpagelabels=false}]{beamer} \usepackage{lmodern} \usepackage[english]{babel} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{amsmath, amsfonts, amssymb} \usepackage{amsthm} \usepackage{beamerthemeshadow} \begin{document} \section{Section 1} \begin{frame} \begin{itemize} \item Item 1 \begin{itemize} \item[$\Rightarrow$] Subitem 1 \end{itemize} \end{itemize} \end{frame} \end{document}
- Print bibliography in subsections [duplicate]by X3nius on June 18, 2026 at 3:11 pm
Is there a way to force the printing of the bibliography in subsections using beamer class? When I try the code below, the the bibliography sections appear as sections, however, the first Subsection 1 is correct and appears in the blue field on the right hand side. What am I missing? Sample code: \documentclass{beamer} \usepackage[english]{babel} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{beamerthemeshadow} \usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex} \addbibresource{sources.bib} \begin{document} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Table of contents} \tableofcontents \end{frame} \section{Section 1} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Table of Contents} \tableofcontents[currentsection] \end{frame} \subsection{Subsection 1} \begin{frame} \end{frame} \section{Bibliography} \subsection{Books} \begin{frame} \nocite{*} \printbibliography[type=book,title={Books}] \end{frame} \subsection{Misc} \begin{frame} \nocite{*} \printbibliography[type=misc,title={Misc}] \end{frame} \end{document} sources.bib: @book{book, title = {Title}, author = {Author}, isbn = {1-23456-789}, publisher = {The Pubisher}, edition = {1. Edition} } @misc{wikipedia, title={Wikipedia}, author={Wikipedia}, year={2026}, url={https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page}, addendum={Accessed: 18 June 2026} }
- How to copy and paste code (without having to shift every line) [migrated]by X3nius on June 18, 2026 at 2:55 pm
How do I paste a long code here? For example when I click on "Code Sample" and paste the code, only the first line is inside the code block. Then I have to shift every other line by 4 spaces in order to get them into the block. Is there an effective way to do this?
- How to plot mark together with label with TikZ instead of pgfplots?by Explorer on June 18, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Claim: I don't want to use pgfplots in this post. For the sake of I have already have a bunch of non-pgfplots code as below, I don't want to switch to pgfplots solution. The code is as below: \documentclass[tikz]{standalone} \usepackage{fourier-otf} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw[-latex] (0,0) -- (12,0) node[right] {Team}; \draw[-latex] (0,0) -- (0,26/4) node[above] {Number}; \foreach \y in {0,5,10,15,20,25} \draw (0,{\y/4}) -- (-0.1,{\y/4}) node[left] {\y}; \foreach \y in {5,10,15,20,25} \draw[gray!30] (0,{\y/4}) -- (11.5,{\y/4}); \foreach \name[count=\n] in {A,...,K} { \draw (\n,0) -- (\n,-0.1) node[below] {\name}; } %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % \draw[thick] plot[mark=*, mark size=2pt, mark options={fill=black}] coordinates { % (1,16/4) (2,4/4) (3,12/4) (4,6/4) (5,5/4) (6,16/4) (7,17/4) (8,8/4) (9,8/4) (10,15/4) (11,11/4) % }; % \foreach \i[count=\n] in {16,4,12,6,5,16,17,8,8,15,11} { % \node[above=3pt] at (\n,\i/4) {$\i$}; % } %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \foreach \i[count=\n] in {16,4,12,6,5,16,17,8,8,15,11} { \node[fill=black,circle,inner sep=2pt,label={above:$\i$}] (tmp-\n) at (\n,{\i/4}) {}; } \draw foreach \i[count=\last] in{2,...,11} {(tmp-\last) -- (tmp-\i)}; % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} I would prefer the syntax of plot only in tikz: \draw[thick] plot[mark=*, mark size=2pt, mark options={fill=black}] coordinates { (1,16/4) (2,4/4) (3,12/4) (4,6/4) (5,5/4) (6,16/4) (7,17/4) (8,8/4) (9,8/4) (10,15/4) (11,11/4)}; \foreach \i[count=\n] in {16,4,12,6,5,16,17,8,8,15,11} { \node[above=3pt] at (\n,\i/4) {$\i$}; } However, I didn't find some way to label when plot. Thus I have to repeat the data \foreach \i[count=\n] in {16,4,12,6,5,16,17,8,8,15,11}{...} for the second time, which is not considered as a good practice. Any suggestions on how to do this similar without pgfplots? I don't want two forloop/plots as possible.
- Templates in ltx-talkby Matthias on June 18, 2026 at 1:07 pm
I'm trying to make a ltx-talk theme in the CI of our university. E.g., the CI request a line over the footer and a logo in the head, beside a two line header text. However, I'm afraid I haven't fully grasp the concept of templates. What exactly I have to declare or to overwrite? Do I need a new template type (but this would contradict the concept of templates, since the "idea" of a footer is still there), or a new interface, or template, or instance, and if so, how I can ensure that it is used? EDIT I'm not sure whether it will help, because my question is rather conceptional, but I was asked to provide my current code. This is my theme so far: \ProvidesExplPackage{talkthemetuc}{2026-06-16}{0.3.2}{TUC ltx-talk theme} \definecolor{tuccolor_tuc}{HTML}{005F50} \definecolor{tuccolor_inf}{HTML}{4A8246} % ... lots of other color definitions ... \definecolor{tuccolor_info}{HTML}{555555} \definecolor{tuccolor_warning}{HTML}{FF9900} \definecolor{tuccolor_danger}{HTML}{FF0000} \keys_define:nn {talkthemetuc}{ fakcolor .code = { \colorlet{tuccolor}{tuccolor_#1} \colorlet{structure}{tuccolor_#1} } } \ProcessKeyOptions[talkthemetuc]\relax \geometry{ tmargin = 1.8cm, headsep = 0.8cm, } \NewDocumentCommand \tucurl { = { short-tucurl } O { {#2} } m } { \keys_set:nn { talk / metadata } {#1} \tl_gset:Nn \@tucurl {#2} } \keys_define:nn { talk / metadata } { tucurl .tl_gset:c = @tucurl , short-tucurl .tl_gset:c = @shorttucurl } % header settings \EditInstance{header}{std}{ background-color = tuccolor, color = white, height = 1.8cm } % footer \DeclareInstance{footer-element}{tucurl}{talk}{} \EditInstance{footer-element}{framenumber}{ font = \small, left-hspace = 5pt \hfill, % this is a hack } \EditInstance{footer-element}{tucurl}{ font = \small, left-hspace = 5pt \hfill, % again } \EditInstance{footer-element}{author}{ font = \small, left-hspace = 1pt ·, % ... and again } \EditInstance{footer-element}{date}{ font = \small, } \EditInstance{footer}{std}{ color = black, separator = {\hspace{1pt}}, element-order = {date,author,framenumber,tucurl}, right-hspace = 3mm, left-hspace = 3mm, } And here is a one page presentation: \DocumentMetadata{tagging=on} \documentclass{ltx-talk} \usepackage[fakcolor=inf]{talkthemetuc} \title[Example]{Example Presentation} \subtitle{Shift from beamer to ltx-talk} \author[Joe Doe]{Prof. Joe Doe} \institute[TUC]{My University} \date{\today} \tucurl{www.a-nice.url} \begin{document} %\tuctitleframe % not yet implemented \begin{frame*} \frametitle{Motivation} \begin{itemize} \item The faculty color is a theme option. \item For multiple language version, we use the langselect package \item To set URL, use \verb!\tucurl{}! \end{itemize} \end{frame*} \end{document} The image shows the elements I've asked for:
- \DeclareFieldFormat seems to get ignored in after \clearname{author} in biblatex-ext-tabular bibliographyby Jonathan on June 18, 2026 at 12:23 pm
I have noticed some weird behaviour: When using the biblatex-ext-tabular package and \clearname{author} (or \usebibmacro{tabular:omitsortname}), \DelcareFieldFormat{title}{...} does not seem to have any effect: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[style=ext-authoryear]{biblatex} \usepackage{biblatex-ext-tabular} \addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib} \DeclareFieldFormat{title}{banana} \defbibtabular{bibtabular}{}{}{\driver{\clearname{author}}\\} \begin{document} \cite{baez/online} \printbibtabular \end{document} The title ("Higher-Dimensional Algebra V: 2-Groups") is shown, although it should have been replaced by "banana". (Of course, that's not a meaningful example, but sensitive formatting instructions are ignored as well.) Any idea, why?
- Font $\mathcal{F}$ issue in keynotes [closed]by Sofee on June 18, 2026 at 9:29 am
I am trying to type in Keynote presentation, using insert equation, $\mathcal{F}$. Instead of getting I obtain the following How can one get the first one type of font?
- Local package cannot find EPS file shipping with itby impacthandmade on June 18, 2026 at 8:44 am
Broad context: I am working on a presentation with other people in a git repository. I am writing a beamer theme that contains an EPS file. I am trying to make that theme reusable in other documents. I wrote my theme in a different directory, and compile with TEXINPUTS=assets/packages//: so lualatex can find it. I can't really install the package locally. Problem: the package cannot find its EPS image (see log below). It works with JPG or PNG, so this is most likely linked to epstopdf. Some solutions I have considered: Not using EPS. I really want to use EPS because other formats look horrible in my case. Stop that package nonsense and use \usepackage and \graphicspath with relative paths. I'd like to keep this theme generic however. Actually that's my main goal here. You will find a MRE below. I removed beamer from the equation. Thank you very much for your help. ./mwe.tex \documentclass[12pt]{book} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{mypackage} \begin{document} \hello \end{document} ./assets/packages/mypackage/mypackage.sty \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e} \ProvidesPackage{mypackage}[2026-06-18] \newcommand{\hello}{% \includegraphics{circle.eps} } ./assets/packages/mypackage/circle.eps https://people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/data/eps/circle.eps Compilation TEXINPUTS=assets/packages//: lualatex --halt-on-error --file-line-error --synctex=1 --shell-escape -recorder -output-directory="out" "mwe.tex" Error message [Loading MPS to PDF converter (version 2006.09.02).] ) (/usr/local/texlive/2026/texmf-dist/tex/latex/epstopdf-pkg/epstopdf-base.sty (/usr/local/texlive/2026/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/epstopdf-sys.cfg))epstopdf ($Id: epstopdf.pl 71777 2024-07-11 21:24:57Z karl $) 2.36 !!! Error: Cannot open circle.eps: No such file or directory ./mwe.tex:9: Package luatex.def Error: File `circle-eps-converted-to.pdf' not f ound: using draft setting. See the luatex.def package documentation for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.9 \hello 421 words of node memory still in use: 3 hlist, 1 rule, 1 local_par, 1 dir, 1 glue, 3 kern, 1 glyph, 5 attribute, 4 8 glue_spec, 5 attribute_list, 1 temp, 7 if_stack, 1 write nodes avail lists: 2:2,3:2,4:1,5:3,7:1,9:2 ./mwe.tex:9: ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! Transcript written on mwe.log. Latexmk: Getting log file 'out/mwe.log' Latexmk: Examining 'out/mwe.fls' Latexmk: Examining 'out/mwe.log' Logfile claimed conversion from 'assets/packages/mypackage/circle.eps' to 'circle-eps-converted-to.pdf'. But: Output file does not exist Latexmk: Using bibtex to make bibliography file(s). Latexmk: Errors, so I did not complete making targets Collected error summary (may duplicate other messages): lualatex: Command for 'lualatex' gave return code 1 Refer to 'out/mwe.log' and/or above output for details Bonus point If possible I'd also like to make sure the PDF files end up in a specific directory with this piece of code: \usepackage{epstopdf} \epstopdfsetup{outdir=./out/} Thanks again, and have a good day.
- Use of unicode-math range with direct Unicode inputby Socob on June 18, 2026 at 8:16 am
Using the range option in unicode-math to override specific symbol ranges, I would have expected that both the script selection commands (\mathbb etc.) and direct input via Unicode characters (e. g. ℝ) would produce the same result from the overriding font. However, this does not seem to be the case: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{unicode-math} \setmathfont{TeX Gyre Pagella Math} \setmathfont{Latin Modern Math}[range={bb}] \begin{document} \noindent Unicode input: $ℝ$ \noindent mathbb input: $\mathbb{R}$ \end{document} Output: I saw the question “Tell unicode-math how to translate unicode symbols (script vs calligraphic)”, but initially thought that the behavior there was due to complications of \mathcal and \mathscr representing the same Unicode codepoints. Am I correct in assuming that range will actually never affect the output for Unicode characters appearing literally in the TeX source, and that these will always try to use the main math font that was defined without range?
- correct way to reduce space above displayed equation which shows right below section header?by Nasser on June 18, 2026 at 2:25 am
When there is a displayed equation (say \begin{align*} first thing below section or subsection, the space between the section header and the equation is much larger than if the displayed equation was in middle with some text above it. Is there a way to make the space the same above the displayed equation, even if the equation is right below a section header? I tried adding this to preamble \setlength{\abovedisplayskip}{6pt} \setlength{\belowdisplayskip}{6pt} \setlength{\abovedisplayshortskip}{0pt} \setlength{\belowdisplayshortskip}{6pt} But the above had no effect. I can ofcourse add \vspace command with negative value above the displayed equation if it is first thing below section title, but this looks like a hack to me. Here is MWE. Compiled with lualatex using TL 2026 \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \section{Existence and uniqueness analysis} \begin{align*} y^{\prime}&=\left(x -2\right)^{2}\\ y \left(2\right) &= 1 \end{align*} This is a line here This is a line here This is a line here This is a line here \begin{align*} y^{\prime}&=\left(x -2\right)^{2}\\ y \left(2\right) &= 1 \end{align*} This is a line here This is a line here This is a line here This is a line here \begin{align*} y^{\prime}&=\left(x -2\right)^{2}\\ y \left(2\right) &= 1 \end{align*} \end{document} I also tried adding this to preamble but it had no effect \setlength{\abovedisplayskip}{3pt plus 1pt minus 2pt} \setlength{\abovedisplayshortskip}{0pt plus 1pt} \setlength{\belowdisplayskip}{3pt plus 1pt minus 2pt} \setlength{\belowdisplayshortskip}{3pt plus 1pt minus 2pt} Is there a global solution, I can add to preamble with having to manually use \vspace and such? Screen shot from actual latex pdf file I have: I do not like that extra vertical space above the first equation. I can rewrite things so first thing below section title is not an equation. But Latex should have solution not to add this extra space I thought.
- 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.
- How to properly remove context and all dependencies from TeX Live 2026?by Aviroum on June 17, 2026 at 1:04 pm
I installed Context separately. Then I upgraded to texlive 2026. I encountered a lot of problems: fonts and fonts scripts not being recognised, and so many other issues. How do I properly remove Context from texlive 2026?
- Space at beginning of equation in tcolorbox [duplicate]by XY2580 on June 17, 2026 at 12:10 pm
I've been trying to figure out why I keep getting a space at the beginning of this equation in this coloured box, but don't know how to remove this consistently for all instances I've written this. It seems to be fine for most expressions I write, and if I remove the multiplicative terms after \left( ... \right), it seems to be fine. I've been using \vspace to the times when this happens, but would rather a different option than a case-by-case solution. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsfonts,amsmath,amssymb,amsthm} \usepackage[most]{tcolorbox} \begin{document} \newenvironment{mathscolourbox*}[1]{ \begin{tcolorbox}[ colback=#1!10!white, colframe=#1!10!white, top=0pt, bottom=2pt, ams equation*] }% { \end{tcolorbox}} \begin{mathscolourbox*}{cyan} ds^2 = -\left(1-\frac{2GM}{c^2r}\right) c^2 dt^2 + {\left(1-\frac{2GM}{c^2r}\right)}^{-1}dr^2 + r^2\left(d\theta^2+\sin^2\theta \, d\phi^2\right) \end{mathscolourbox*} \begin{mathscolourbox*}{cyan} ds^2 = -\left(1-\frac{2GM}{c^2r}\right) + \left(1-\frac{2GM}{c^2r}\right) + r^2\left(d\theta^2+\sin^2\theta \, d\phi^2\right) \end{mathscolourbox*} \end{document}
- 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 compile the file mp.wby lazyboy on June 16, 2026 at 2:06 pm
I cloned the repository https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/metapost/ and try to compile the file source\texk\web2c\mplibdir\mp.w with cweave like this: $ pwd /metapost/source/texk/web2c/mplibdir $ cweave mp.w $ pdftex mp.tex I got a error message: ! Missing $ inserted. <inserted text> $ <to be read again> _ <argument> \#define MPOST_ DEBUG_ENVELOPE \C #1->\5\5\quad $/\ast \,${\cmntfont #1 }$\,\ast /$ l.158 \M{5}\B\C{\#define MPOST_DEBUG_ENVELOPE } \6 Curiously there is no \M{5}\B\C on the line 158 in the file mp.tex. My question is: how can I compile the file mp.w correctly to a PDF file?
- How to get \LaTeX, \TeX logo in math-fonts format style? (Actual result: ℒ︀ᴬ𝒯︀ᴇ𝒳︀)by mathrm alpha on June 16, 2026 at 4:51 am
Why doesn't my output \LaTeX fully translate into \mathcal? \documentclass{article} \begin{document} $\mathcal{\LaTeX}$ \end{document} The following errors also occurred: You can't use `\spacefactor' in math mode. \@->\spacefactor \@m {} l.5 $\mathcal{\LaTeX} $ Sorry, but I'm not programmed to handle this case; I'll just pretend that you didn't ask for it. If you're in the wrong mode, you might be able to return to the right one by typing `I}' or `I$' or `I\par'. Missing character: There is no � in font cmex10!
- 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
- Two numbered equations in one lineby X3nius on June 16, 2026 at 12:34 am
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- Make a ⬲, ⟴ symbols in native math-mode, but negative spacing errorby mathrm alpha on June 15, 2026 at 11:53 pm
Have you noticed that when using negative spacing to overlap mathematical symbols, after typing a few more words, the other mathematicals text also appears to recede into negative spacing? \documentclass{article} \usepackage{newunicodechar} \newunicodechar{⬲}{\longleftarrow\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\oplus} \newunicodechar{⟴}{\longrightarrow\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\oplus} \begin{document} $A ⬲ B ⟴ C$ \end{document}
- With babel-french, fnpct and lualatex, footnotes not typeset according to the French typographic rules anymoreby Denis Bitouzé on June 15, 2026 at 3:02 pm
The following MCE: \documentclass[french]{article} % \usepackage{fnpct} \usepackage{babel} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} Foo\footnote{Bar.}\footnote{Baz.}. \end{document} compiled with current lualatex, typesets the footnotes according to the French typographic rules: Bar. Baz. But, if fnpct is loaded, that's not the case since the footnotes are typeset as follows: ¹Bar. ²Baz. At least with TeX Live 2025, we got the expected result even when fnpct was loaded. Here's what has changed since then: LuaHBTeX 1.22.0 (TL 2025) → 1.24.0 (TL 2026) keyval.sty 2022/05/29 v1.15 → 2026-05-17 v1.15 expl3.sty 2025-10-24 → 2026-05-26 l3backend-luatex.def 2025-10-09 → 2026-02-18 babel.sty 2025/10/22 v25.14 → 2026/06/14 v26.9 french.ldf 2025-08-15 v4.0e → 2026-06-06 v4.1a Do you know how to nowadays retrieve the previous, expected, behavior? Edit With current TL 2026, the result is the same with pdftex and with lualatex but, with TL 2025, the result is the expected one: not with pdflatex with lualatex.
- How to fix force unslant error in XeTeX/LuaTeX?by mathrm alpha on June 15, 2026 at 3:01 am
Although it truly forces unslant, it will cause an error on XeTeX/LuaTeX. https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/230220/329597 The TeX code is as follows: % Source - https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/230220 % Posted by Steven B. Segletes, modified by community. See post 'Timeline' for change history % Retrieved 2026-06-15, License - CC BY-SA 3.0 \documentclass[a4paper]{article} \newsavebox{\foobox} \newcommand{\slantbox}[2][0]{\mbox{% \sbox{\foobox}{#2}% \hskip\wd\foobox \pdfsave \pdfsetmatrix{1 0 #1 1}% \llap{\usebox{\foobox}}% \pdfrestore }} \newcommand\unslant[2][-.25]{\slantbox[#1]{$#2$}} \begin{document} $\alpha\beta\gamma\delta\epsilon\eta\mu\phi\sigma\tau\omega\xi\psi\zeta$\par \unslant\alpha\unslant\beta\unslant\gamma\unslant[-.1]\delta\unslant[-.1]\epsilon% \unslant\eta\unslant\mu\unslant\phi\unslant\sigma\unslant\tau\unslant\omega% \unslant[-.15]\xi\unslant\psi\unslant[-.15]\zeta \end{document} The error code is as follows: <argument> ...alpha $}\hskip \wd \foobox \pdfsave \pdfsetmatrix {1 0 -.25 1}... l.19 \unslant\alpha \unslant\beta\unslant\gamma\unslant[-.1]\delta\unslant[-.... 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.
- lua, how to tex.print %%? [duplicate]by projetmbc on June 14, 2026 at 4:58 pm
I fail to modify the following working code to change the printing of ** into %%. How can I do that? I fear that the answer is easy... Don't judge me, please. 🙂 % !TEX TS-program = lualatex \documentclass[varwidth, border = 3pt]{standalone} \usepackage{verbatim} \begin{document} \directlua{ local test = { "1", "**", "\\three", "++++" } tex.print("\\begin{verbatim}") for i, x in ipairs(test) do tex.print("[" .. i .. "] " .. x) end tex.print("\\end{verbatim}") } \end{document}
- Symbol of cannonby Sebastiano on June 14, 2026 at 12:15 pm
I want to reproduce a cannon considering in old style (one of these) considering that I have not seen a specific symbol. Does anyone know if there’s a symbol that resembles one of this image? I have not found anything.
- Making only hyperref links to figures blueby X3nius on June 14, 2026 at 2:13 am
Is there a possibility to only make the hyperref links to figures blue? \documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article} \usepackage{hyperref} \hypersetup{ colorlinks = true, linkcolor = blue } \usepackage[style=numeric, defernumbers, backend=biber]{biblatex} \addbibresource{sources.bib} \begin{document} \tableofcontents \section{Section 1} Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. \subsection{Subsection 1} Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.\\\\ You can now see \hyperref[f1]{Figure 1} \begin{figure}[h] \caption{This is a triangle} \label{f1} \end{figure} \nocite{*} \printbibliography \end{document} and only Figure 1, Figure 2 shall be printed in blue. However, in this case, also the table of contents is printed in blue and - I'm wondering why - the link in the bibliography is printed in pink? How can I make pink to "normal" here?