Optimising microtype for variable fonts
Why did Donald Knuth create TeX?
Primitive sum in latex
What is the difference between \write and \immediate\write?
Are there plans to support the TikZ frontend for l3draw?
What's the purpose of paragraph first-line indentation and where is it used?
\bool_set:Nn setting variable to itself gives error
Optimising microtype for variable fonts https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=634421
One can find the following passage on p.a^\200\21127 of the microtype package documentation: Dona^\200\231t use too large a value for expansion. Font expansion is a feature that is supposed to enhance the typographic ... [fonts] [fontspec] [microtype]
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10 Why did Donald Knuth create TeX? https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=635052
I am aware of the basic history of TeX and LaTeX and Dr. Knuth's motivation for creating TeX. Mainly, he was disappointed with the quality of the galley proofs of the second edition of his book after ... [tex-history] [knuth]
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Score of 14 Primitive sum in latex https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=635008
How to type a primitive sum (a summation sign with "*" sign at the top right corner) inside the equation? [math-operators]
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Score of 11 What is the difference between \write and \immediate\write? https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=634335
What is the difference between \write and \immediate\write commands when writing to a text file? \write command seems to write nothing on the text file... Here a MWE: \documentclass{article} \... [write]
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6 Are there plans to support the TikZ frontend for l3draw? https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=634299
In is current stage, l3draw is rather cumbersome to use. The same applies to pgf. Since both are background layers, I guess there are not really meant to be used extensively by regular users. Are ... [tikz-pgf] [l3draw]
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Score of 12 What's the purpose of paragraph first-line indentation and where is it used?
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I've asked a typesetter and she didn't even know about first line indentation on subsequent paragraphs. Neither did I ever encounter it in "real" life but have to struggle with it's removal ... [typography]
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Score of 29 \bool_set:Nn setting variable to itself gives error https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=634629
I have a (recursive) function that accepts a bool as an argument and first copies this to some local boolean variable (using grouping so the value is restored after the function call). When making the ... [errors] [expl3] [latex3] [recursion]
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