3.27.1 Top new questions this week

3.27.1.1 What wrapping should I use to create a new symbol?
3.27.1.2 TikZ calendar: Is it possible to mark half a day?
3.27.1.3 Incompatibility of siunitx and sansmath?
3.27.1.4 A LaTeX course for intermediate users stuck on the learning curve
3.27.1.5 \selectcolormodel gray  doesn't always work with tikzducks
3.27.1.6 Custom enumerate list: align enumerate label at the center of text
3.27.1.7 Label intersection of 3 sets
3.27.1.1 What wrapping should I use to create a new symbol?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/384784/what-wrapping-should-i-use-to-create-a-new-symbol

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a mathematician in possession of a good theorem must be in want of notation.1 
It is as true, but perhaps less universal, that unicode doesn't contain  ...
 

- asked by Loop Space (17 votes), answered by Steven B. Segletes (7 votes)

3.27.1.2 TikZ calendar: Is it possible to mark half a day?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/385097/tikz-calendar-is-it-possible-to-mark-half-a-day

Using this code: 
\documentclass[11pt,BCOR8mm,final,a4paper]{scrbook} 
\usepackage[germanb]{babel} 
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} 
\usepackage{tikz,geometry} 
\usetikzlibrary{positioning} 
...
 

- asked by Harald (12 votes), answered by dexteritas (11 votes)

3.27.1.3 Incompatibility of siunitx and sansmath?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/385222/incompatibility-of-siunitx-and-sansmath

I seem to have stumbled upon an inconsistency when using both siunitx and sansmath - I need to have the same expressions in roman and sans-serif fonts. 
Consider the following example: 
...
 

- asked by Toffomat (10 votes), answered by Ulrike Fischer (8 votes)

3.27.1.4 A LaTeX course for intermediate users stuck on the learning curve

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/385649/a-latex-course-for-intermediate-users-stuck-on-the-learning-curve

Background: This question is aimed primarily at those of us who have been using LaTeX for quite some time but feel like they do not have a very "principled understanding" of it even though they would  ...
 
- asked by Daniel W. Farlow 8votes
3.27.1.5 \selectcolormodel gray  doesn't always work with tikzducks

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/385158/selectcolormodelgray-doesnt-always-work-with-tikzducks

\selectcolormodel{gray} doesn't work for the duck hair, but it works for the other parts of the ducks, why? 
\documentclass{ltugboat} 
\usepackage{microtype} 
\usepackage{graphicx} 
...
 

- asked by CarLaTeX (8 votes), answered by Ulrike Fischer (8 votes)

3.27.1.6 Custom enumerate list: align enumerate label at the center of text

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/385663/custom-enumerate-list-align-enumerate-label-at-the-center-of-text

I am trying to create a new enumerate list with custom shape as its label. I want to have: 
Goal 1. the label aligned at the center of the text. (top figure below) 
Goal 2. vertical line after the  ...
 

- asked by Adarsh (7 votes), answered by Masroor (8 votes)

3.27.1.7 Label intersection of 3 sets

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/385128/label-intersection-of-3-sets

I want to make venn diagram using latex, here i already made : 
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone} 
\usetikzlibrary{positioning,backgrounds} 
\begin{document} 
\def\firstcircle{(0,0) circle  ...
 

- asked by Roeny (7 votes), answered by marsupilam (4 votes)