7.71.1 Top new questions this week

7.71.1.1 What is a TikZ path?

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The TikZ manual says 
The basic building block of all pictures in TikZ is the path. A path 
is a series of straight lines and curves that are connected (that is 
not the whole picture, but let us ignore ... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by Mad Hatter https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=24864 12 votes

answered by David Purton https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=87678 14 votes

7.71.1.2 Why do \left( \frac a  b  \right) and \left( \frac b  a  \right) have different sizes?

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Interestingly enough, I found that 
\left( \frac{a}{b} \right) and \left( \frac{b}{a} \right) have different sizes in Display Mode. 
What caused them to have a different size? 
[brackets] [fractions]
 

asked by Benjamin https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=147484 10 votes

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5764 15 votes

7.71.1.3 Good combination of sans serif font text and math mode using beamer class

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Starting from this MWE, 
\documentclass[10pt]{beamer} 
\usetheme{Warsaw} 
\usecolortheme[RGB={063,098,031}]{structure} 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} 
\usepackage{mathtools} 
\usepackage{cmbright,... 
[beamer] [fonts] [packages] [sans-serif] [computer-modern]
 

asked by Sebastiano https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=117876 10 votes

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 9 votes

7.71.1.4 Test if an argument starts with text

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Is there a way in tex to test if an argument starts with some string or not? 
And then extract the text that follows that start? 
As an example, I want to define a command that makes a text bold if it ... 
[macros] [conditionals]
 

asked by Tohiko https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=93163 8 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 9 votes

7.71.1.5 How to Automatically Align the First Letter of a Name with the First Letter of the Person's Title Beneath

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Consider 
\documentclass{letter} 
\begin{document} 
\thispagestyle{empty} 
\begin{flushleft} 
December 20, 1883 
\end{flushleft} 
\begin{flushright} 
James Joseph Sylvester \\ 
Savilian Chair of Geometry, ... 
[horizontal-alignment]
 

asked by Samuel Bowditch https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=225746 8 votes

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5764 8 votes

7.71.1.6 How to render a Futoshiki puzzle?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=621832

I'd like to have a Futoshiki puzzle in a document. It is a game similar to Sudoku, with the added information that there are signs between some adjacent cells that indicate which should contain a ... 
[grids] [puzzle]
 

asked by Rad80 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=146235 6 votes

answered by ABC https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=255043 13 votes

7.71.1.7 Placing text along node shape

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=621468

I'd like to place text along the shape of a node. The MWE below generates the following image.  I'd like the text 'Classic First Program' to follow the circle of the node shape. 
\documentclass{article}... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by GregH https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9209 6 votes

answered by hpekristiansen https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8650 7 votes