7.53.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

7.53.2.1 Superscript outside math mode

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=47324

What is the easiest way to superscript text outside of math mode? 
For example, let's say I want to write the $n^{th}$ element, but without the math mode's automatic italicization of the th.  And what ... 
[superscripts]
 

asked by jamaicanworm https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9757 477 votes

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5764 709 votes

7.53.2.2 What point (pt) font size are \Large etc.?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=24599

In the preamble I have: 
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article} 
\usepackage{fontspec} 
\setmainfont{Arial} 
What can be inferred about the real font pt size for the following? 
\tiny, \scriptsize, \... 
[fontsize] [class-options]
 

asked by Level1Coder https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=6825 273 votes

answered by Alan Munn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2693 425 votes

7.53.2.3 How do I align an image to centre?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=53862

How do I align an image to centre? 
In a beamer presentation I have a 2-3 items on a slide followed by an image. 
The image is not wide enough to cover whole slide, so it leaves around 30% space from ... 
[beamer] [horizontal-alignment]
 

asked by epsilon8 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=12860 67 votes

7.53.2.4 How to align a set of multiline equations

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=44450

I am trying to align a set of long equations, that are themselves align environments as most of them are spreading on multiple lines. 
Currently I just have a sequence of align environments, with ... 
[equations] [align]
 

asked by Thomas 122 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=11737 115 votes

7.53.2.5 What is the LaTeX command for "em dash" (a^\200\224)?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=53413

I am trying to insert the symbol in the title of the question, which I copied from a PDF article, but it appears as space in the output file. What is the corresponding LaTeX command? 
[symbols] [punctuation]
 

asked by Tarek https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13964 317 votes

answered by Keks Dose https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4736 347 votes

7.53.2.6 Tabular: title above and caption below?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=15282

I have a table that I would like to put the Title above and a caption below. Intuitively (though I know how troublesome intuition can be in something like LaTeX), I should be able to do as below: 
\... 
[tables] [captions]
 

asked by Alec https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2457 73 votes

answered by Alan Munn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2693 49 votes

7.53.2.7 Is there a way to slightly shrink a table, including font size, to fit within the column boundaries?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=10863

I have a table that is just a little too wide for a 3.33" column. Is there a way to simply shrink the table a little to make it fit? I'm OK if the 10pt font becomes 9pt-something. Here is an example. 
... 
[tables] [scaling]
 

asked by Nathan Farrington https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3504 157 votes

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 235 votes