4.24.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

4.24.2.1 "inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8" error while trying to write a degree symbol (invisible character)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=4268

No matter how I try to do it I always get the following error : 
! Package inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8:A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen] not set up for use with LaTeX. 
I have tried using A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen]A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen]A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen]$^{\circ}$, \deg, \textdegree,  ... 
[symbols] [unicode]
 

asked by levesque https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=10 82 votes

answered by Antal Spector-Zabusky https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=1425 75 votes

4.24.2.2 Problem with compiling BibTex: "no \citation commands" error

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=18045

I'm really new to BibTex, I just wonder what is going wrong when I have this kind of error when I try to compile my bibliography file. 
I found no \citation commands---while reading file  ... 
[bibliographies] [bibtex]
 

asked by zfm https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=3559 49 votes

4.24.2.3 "Correct" way to bold/italicize text?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=41681

Is either of these considered better/more readable/more "proper"/more conventional than the other for making text bold? If so, what is the reason? 
I like my text \textbf{bold} 
versus: 
I like my  ... 
[best-practices] [bold] [italic]
 

asked by Mehrdad https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2694 311 votes

answered by Todd Lehman https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=8499 317 votes

4.24.2.4 How can I manually install a package on MiKTeX (Windows)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=2063

I'm new to LaTeX, investigating using it for some work projects.  I'm using MiKTeX on Windows.  My employer's locked-down network blocks the application's automatic installation function.  I can take  ... 
[packages] [installing] [miktex] [windows]
 

asked by mbmcavoy https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=902 188 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=213 152 votes

4.24.2.5 Is there a way to slightly shrink a table, including font size, to fit within the column boundaries?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=10863

I have a table that is just a little too wide for a 3.33" column. Is there a way to simply shrink the table a little to make it fit? I'm OK if the 10pt font becomes 9pt-something. Here is an example. 
... 
[tables] [scaling]
 

asked by Nathan Farrington https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=3504 97 votes

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2975 144 votes

4.24.2.6 Subfigures side by side with captions

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=119984

I am using the following code to put my two figures side by side with different captions, 
\begin{figure*}[t!] 
\centering 
\begin{subfigure}[b]{0.5\textwidth} 
\centering 
... 
[captions] [subfloats]
 

asked by Sait https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=14611 60 votes

answered by Luan Resende https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=25372 79 votes

4.24.2.7 What point (pt) font size are \Large etc.?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=24599

In the preamble I have: 
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article} 
\usepackage{fontspec} 
\setmainfont{Arial} 
What can be inferred about the real font pt size for the following? 
\tiny, \scriptsize,  ... 
[fontsize] [class-options]
 

asked by Level1Coder https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=6825 213 votes

answered by Alan Munn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2693 343 votes