10.8.1 Top new questions this week

10.8.1.1 xfrac and anyfontsize cause missing superscripts in $\frac 1  x^2 $

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=707474

Using anyfontsize and xfrac together seems to break superscripts within inline math. 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{anyfontsize} 
\usepackage{xfrac} 
\begin{document} 
$\frac{1}{x^2}$ (good) 
$\... 
[math-mode] [fontsize] [xfrac] [anyfontsize]
 

asked by Mateen Ulhaq https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2930 Score of 11

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 7

10.8.1.2 How to Sharpen a PDF Drawing

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=707617

The following Wikipedia image is in the public domain: 
Using \includegraphics, I incorporated the image into some LaTeX code, edited out the border, and saved the remaining portion as a PDF. 
Now, ... 
[tikz-pgf] [graphics] [pdf] [includegraphics] [tikz-pic]
 

asked by DDS https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=192836 Score of 7

answered by hpekristiansen https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8650 Score of 19

10.8.1.3 Messy block matrix

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=707569

I need to typeset the following matrix 
but I'm having trouble understanding the nicematrix package. I am trying to write it like this 
\begin{document} 
\begin{align*} 
\begin{pNiceArray}{... 
[matrices]
 

asked by Alex https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=309002 Score of 6

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 Score of 5

10.8.1.4 Itemize: Align terms

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=707495

Can I align several terms in an item-list? 
See my code. x, y and z are not aligned... Could I use amsmath? 
My Code: 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{amsmath} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{itemize} 
... 
[horizontal-alignment] [itemize]
 

asked by Sylvia https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=307464 Score of 6

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 Score of 5

10.8.1.5 A Simpler Way to Code This Stackengine Asterism

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=707453

Consider the MWE: 
\documentclass[12pt]{article} 
\usepackage{stackengine} 
\usepackage{lipsum} 
\usepackage{graphicx} 
\def\asterism{\par\vspace{1em}{\centering\scalebox{1.5}{% 
\stackon[-0.5pt]{*}{\... 
[stacking-symbols] [stackengine] [stack]
 

asked by DDS https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=192836 Score of 6

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 Score of 8

10.8.1.6 White space and double align inside an align environment

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=707904

I would like to vertically align two separate equations on the same line using the align environment. My code is given below. 
\begin{align*} 
(3x+4)(x-3)=0 \implies 3x-4&=0 \quad \text{or} \quad &... 
[align] [white-space]
 

asked by Bell https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=243326 Score of 5

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 Score of 5

10.8.1.7 Negative `\widthof` doesn't work?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=707911

I am basically reasking the same question as here, which hasn't had any definitive answer even yet. 
I restate the problem. The MWE 
\documentclass{book} 
\usepackage{calc} 
\begin{document} 
\hspace{... 
[spacing] [width] [lengths] [calc] [setlength]
 

asked by Atom https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=207649 Score of 4