4.16.1 Top new questions this week

4.16.1.1 How to make an old school "much less/greater" (<< and >>) symbol?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=430445

How can the old school "much less (or greater)" a^\200\223 << and >> a^\200\223 symbol: 
be made? I haven't succeeded withhttp://detexify.kirelabs.org. 
Note I don't want the common \ll & \gg  ... 
[math-mode] [symbols]
 

asked by corey979 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=151941 19 votes

answered by campa https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=82917 21 votes

4.16.1.2 Adjust a path with TikZ

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=430108

We can notice in the circle by zooming a little bit that the path of the triangle exceeds the path of the square. How to correct this ? 
\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by Fabrice https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=34053 16 votes

answered by erik https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=24974 14 votes

4.16.1.3 Automatically apply a kern rule for all characters that follow a specific character

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I am writing some text using the \calligra font and there are some specific instances where I want to manually reduce the kerning between letters. 
See the MWE below. I have reduced the kerning  ... 
[macros] [kerning] [calligra]
 

asked by Myles https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=128068 15 votes

answered by Robert https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=7674 18 votes

4.16.1.4 Drawing circular arrows in tikz to represent turns in a T-intersection

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=430228

This is what I would like to get, a graphical representation of all possible turns in a T-intersection: 
This is what I have: 
My current graph doesn't look very nice: 
the arc curves are weird;  ... 
[tikz-pgf] [tikz-arrows]
 

asked by Joris Kinable https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=32887 15 votes

answered by Zarko https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=18189 15 votes

4.16.1.5 What is the difference between \lnot and \neg?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=430677

As the title states, what is the difference between \lnot and \neg? The output seems the same to me but I want to know if they are the exact same thing, both semantically and as code definition. 
... 
[symbols]
 

asked by giusva https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=89662 14 votes

answered by Phelype Oleinik https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=134574 16 votes

4.16.1.6 Why missing coordinate is considered as 1?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=430925

Did you have any idea why a missing coordinate is considered as 1 (and not 0 for example)? Is this by design choice or a simple coincidence? 
\documentclass[tikz,border=7pt]{standalone} 
... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by Kpym https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=9335 11 votes

answered by percusse https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=3235 9 votes

4.16.1.7 Creating the Twitter verified badge using TikZ

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=430604

I'm trying to create the blue Twitter verified badge using TikZ. The real version looks like this: 
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 
\cprotect\subsubsection{\verb||} 
\url{Source:https://twitter.com/verified} 
 
\begin{TEXTWinline} 
This is the MWE I have so far: 
\documentclass{article} 
... 
[tikz-pgf] [symbols] [svg]
 

asked by Myles https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=128068 11 votes

answered by Phelype Oleinik https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=134574 14 votes