4.32.1 Top new questions this week

4.32.1.1 How to create nice-looking nuclei in TikZ?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=448733

In the responses to Draw Bohr atomic model with electron shells in TeX?, there are nice drawings of atoms. However, the nuclei don't look very appealing or realistic. 
I was wondering: Can anyone  ... 
[tikz-pgf] [random]
 

asked by FlorianL https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=82416 27 votes

answered by Milo https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=128068 34 votes

4.32.1.2 The definitive guide to ConTeXt MkIV documentation

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=448812

On the mailing list (sign up, do it!) and on TeX - LaTeX 
Stack Exchange (abbr.: TeX.SX) I often read the complaint 
that the ConTeXt documentation is bad/old/incomplete.  I 
wholeheartedly disagree.   ... 
[context] [books] [documentation] [tutorials]
 

asked by Henri Menke https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=10995 20 votes

answered by Henri Menke https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=10995 18 votes

4.32.1.3 Why do numbers in a table appear as oldstyle figures when using Palatino/Euler Math?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=449167

I'm using the Palatino font in combination with Euler Math.  In most cases, digits in math mode appear as standard lined figures.  However, in tables, they appear as oldstyle figures.  Here's an  ... 
[tables] [oldstylenums] [mathpazo] [eulervm] [euler]
 

asked by Nathan Friend https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=169275 12 votes

answered by Ulrike Fischer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2388 14 votes

4.32.1.4 How to get a stairway symbol in math mode?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=448817

I am looking for a 'stair' or 'stairway' symbol that I can use in math mode to denote a stair-like curve, for example to be used as an integration path. I have included some pictures as examples  ... 
[math-mode] [symbols]
 

asked by M.G. https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=83254 12 votes

answered by CampanIgnis https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=128553 18 votes

4.32.1.5 Tikz pattern size in spy

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=449148

I have a problem using pattern to fill shapes: 
I've a shape thats filled with a self-defined pattern (simple dots with the same distance) and i want to zoom at one corner of the shape. I do this  ... 
[tikz-pgf] [pattern] [spy]
 

asked by Johannes Wendel https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=169662 11 votes

answered by marmot https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=121799 7 votes

4.32.1.6 Smarter way for a drawing

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=448986

Consider the following MWE: 
\documentclass[border=5pt]{article} 
\usepackage{tikz,anysize} 
\marginsize{0cm}{0cm}{0cm}{0cm} 
\definecolor{forest}{RGB}{34,139,34} 
\definecolor{rot}{RGB}{220,20,60} 
... 
[tikz-pgf] [foreach] [loops]
 

asked by current_user https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=166311 10 votes

answered by marmot https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=121799 3 votes

4.32.1.7 How to do a planar/multiview/first-angle projection in Tikz?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=448637

I need to make quite a few "first-angle projection" in Tikz (see  Wikipedia ) for an exercise sheet, so I was wondering if there is a routine to make them? 
By this I mean that I could give a certain  ... 
[tikz-pgf] [tikz-styles]
 

asked by ARG https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=22925 10 votes

answered by Max https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=74459 10 votes