3.44.1 Top new questions this week

3.44.1.1 The phantom directive does not do what I expect

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/404286/the-phantom-directive-does-not-do-what-i-expect

Typing these two codes onhttp://latex2png.com/: 
\sqrt{\phantom{a^2}b} 
and 
\sqrt{a^2b} 
I get the following results: 
      
You will notice that the two square roots  ...
 

- asked by Wynne (18 votes), answered by egreg (19 votes)

3.44.1.2 Why is tikzpicture destroyed when it is added inside the documentation

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/404400/why-is-tikzpicture-destroyed-when-it-is-added-inside-the-documentation

I have a simple drawing via Tikz. The picture in the standalone mode is 
But when I add it inside the documentation as script not pdf or image, the output is 
It is messed up. I'm not sure what  ...
 

- asked by CroCo (15 votes), answered by TorbjA~,rn T. (24 votes)

3.44.1.3 How much vertical space is used by maketitle?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/404583/how-much-vertical-space-is-used-by-maketitle

Is it possible to know which portion of \textheight has been consumed by (or is remaining after) a \maketitle command? I mean considering the applied maketitle (with or without authors, with or  ...
 

- asked by Ignasi (10 votes), answered by David Carlisle (15 votes)

3.44.1.4 What is ` (backtick) used for?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/404649/what-is-backtick-used-for

When redefining a category code of accessing a character in Plain-TeX style a backtick is present 
\catcode`\"=\active 
\char`\\ 
What is used for? Is it used in another situations?
 

- asked by Michael Fraiman (10 votes), answered by David Carlisle (10 votes)

3.44.1.5 Writing enumitem's to a file

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/404115/writing-enumitems-to-a-file

I am a teacher and often need to make worksheets and reviews that have answer keys.  With the help of TeX StackExchange, I have a fairly robust system at this point with the notable exception that it  ...
 

- asked by Christopher Donham (10 votes), answered by Christian Hupfer (7 votes)

3.44.1.6 Rotated underbrace and overbrace in an exponential tower

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/404978/rotated-underbrace-and-overbrace-in-an-exponential-tower

I would like to typeset a tower of exponentials and have underbrace and overbrace at an angle, with rotated text (e.g., "r" and "k" here).  There are related questions, but none (I could see) had the  ...
 

- asked by David G. Stork (8 votes), answered by Steven B. Segletes (12 votes)

3.44.1.7 Suppress 'ae' and 'oe' ligatures in baskervaldx

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/404965/suppress-ae-and-oe-ligatures-in-baskervaldx

I'm using Baskervaldx with fontspec and lualatex, but I can't suppress 'ae' and 'oe' ligatures either using \defaultfontfeatures{Ligatures={NoCommon,NoContextual, NoHistoric, NoDiscretionary}} or  ...
 

- asked by ss1789 (8 votes), answered by ThA~(c)rA~..se (7 votes)