11.82.1 Top new questions this week

11.82.1.1 Drawing a sphere and ellipsoid together
11.82.1.2 How to add a mirror like shadow effect to a title?
11.82.1.3 Is there a way in TikZ or Lua to make a short function which converts letters to their corresponding alphabetical position (and vice versa)?
11.82.1.4 TikZ word search diagram v2
11.82.1.5 How to avoid `\phantom  ` and empty groups in this array, while maintaining the same alignment?
11.82.1.6 How to set font family in `minted` style to an arbitrary font?
11.82.1.7 Accented character type \e`
11.82.1.1 Drawing a sphere and ellipsoid together

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I would like to draw a sphere, of radius 3, and an ellipsoid of semi-axis 2, 3 and 4 together. They intersect at two great circles on the sphere (marked in red). 
I started out with the sphere and the ... 
[tikz-pgf] [3d] [tikz-3dplot]
 
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answered by Black Mild https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=140722 Score of 8
11.82.1.2 How to add a mirror like shadow effect to a title?

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I would like to add a reversed gray shadow under a title to mimmic a mirror effect. How can we do that with standard pdflatex (the live tex distribution)? 
Currtently, the code below only add a dull ... 
[fonts] [text] [text-decorations] [shadows]
 
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answered by Fran https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=11604 Score of 12
11.82.1.3 Is there a way in TikZ or Lua to make a short function which converts letters to their corresponding alphabetical position (and vice versa)?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=755689

Is there a way in TikZ or Lua to make a short function which converts letters to their corresponding alphabetical position (and vice versa)? 
The only way I can think of it so string check each letter, ... 
[tikz-pgf] [lua]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 
asked by Jasper https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=319072 Score of 9
answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 Score of 13
11.82.1.4 TikZ word search diagram v2

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As a continuation of TikZ word search diagram here is the problem I'm facing. I did what Explorer suggested and it worked fine except that my rounded rectangles look like sausages or like Hieroglyphic ... 
[tikz-pgf] [rounded-corners] [crossword] [word-search-game]
 
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answered by Rmano https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=38080 Score of 12
11.82.1.5 How to avoid `\phantom  ` and empty groups in this array, while maintaining the same alignment?

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I'm working on creating a specific two-column table in \LaTeX. The second column, $f(n)$, contains expressions that are linear combinations of $\alpha$, $\beta$, and $\gamma$, but not all terms are ... 
[arrays]
 
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answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 8
11.82.1.6 How to set font family in `minted` style to an arbitrary font?

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I'm trying to set up tcolorbox blocks using minted engine. I want to use a font of my choice in those, not the default monospaced one (or tt or helvetica, per minted manual). Let's say I want 'Code ... 
[fonts] [tcolorbox] [minted]
 
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answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 8
11.82.1.7 Accented character type \e`

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Sometimes I see the accented A~.. written in LaTeX sources as a command like this: 
\`e 
I've always wondered the reason. 
On my laptop (a modern machine), I can type A~.. directly using the keyboard, and the ... 
[accents] [mac] [keyboard]
 
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