4.34.1 Top new questions this week

4.34.1.1 How to create this gamma symbol

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=452110

How do I create this gamma symbol? 
[math-mode] [symbols] [blackboard]
 

asked by Jai Kumar https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=137779 21 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=4427 36 votes

4.34.1.2 Create sketch to identify people in a group picture

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=452316

How to create a sketch like the numbered ellipses on the right to help identifying people in a group image? Take for example this group picture of the 5th Solvay Conference in 1927 
If you want to  ... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by samcarter https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=36296 13 votes

answered by samcarter https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=36296 18 votes

4.34.1.3 Is it possible to display all boxes I am currently in?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=452347

I'm currently reading Knuth's TeXbook. As an educational reference, is there a way to display a hierarchical list of all boxes I am currently "in" (in other words, I'm typing the document  ... 
[tex-core]
 

asked by extremeaxe5 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=171101 11 votes

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=1090 12 votes

4.34.1.4 When does LaTex add indentation at the start of a paragraph?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=452707

Sometimes a paragraph starts with an indentation (which could be turned off with \noindent) but sometimes it does not. 
For example, I have currently an article where the section content is not  ... 
[indentation]
 

asked by lucidbrot https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=102826 7 votes

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=5001 16 votes

4.34.1.5 Why does the baseline skip depend on the letters depth in some fonts?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=452402

I have some trouble with the line high using an OTF with fontspec package. 
The baseline skip of a line differs depending on the depth of the used letter. So for example a line containing a A^>>gA^<< is  ... 
[xetex] [fontspec] [grid-typesetting] [baseline]
 

asked by user5950 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=28800 7 votes

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=1090 8 votes

4.34.1.6 Slightly complicated free body diagram

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=452697

I would like to use tikz to draw the following drawing 
I am brand new to tikz. My first trial is 
\begin{tikzpicture}[>=Latex] 
\draw[thick] (0,0) rectangle (10mm,10mm); 
\node at (0.5,0.5)  ... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by JennyToy https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=171254 6 votes

answered by marmot https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=121799 6 votes

4.34.1.7 How to create two box side by side in latex without using tikzlibrary

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=452668

I want to write down this code in latex. I write down a code for this but it not properly displayed as per the picture. 
My code 
\indent\fbox{$\Sigma=\Omega^{-1}$  \\ $\mu=\Omega^{-1}\xi$} 
What  ... 
[amsmath] [text] [documentation] [fbox]
 

asked by Ellena Mori https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=171093 6 votes

answered by Henri Menke https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=10995 7 votes