5.15.1 Top new questions this week

5.15.1.1 How to create a command for the "strange m" symbol in latex?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=486049

I am wanting to use the "strange m" symbol in my latex code. 
I had hoped to use the scorpio symbol, but have been unable to find a scorpio command that produces what I am looking for. The two that  ... 
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asked by Oliver Morrison https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=185062 17 votes

answered by CarLaTeX https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=101651 28 votes

5.15.1.2 How to write capital alpha?

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Unfortunately, the command \Alpha does not produce capital version of \alpha (as one might expect in analogy with how, say, \Pi produces capital \pi). It so happens that the capital alpha looks rather  ... 
[fonts] [greek]
 

asked by Jakub Konieczny https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=6151 15 votes

answered by Sergei Golovan https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=121550 29 votes

5.15.1.3 Engine problem? Creating dynamic diacritics using the Brill typeface

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Ia^\200\231m trying to recreate the following image from John Hudsona^\200\231s (principal designer of the Brill typeface) presentation slides: 
Source: The Brill Types, p. 22. 
The typeface is free for  ... 
[xetex] [luatex] [accents]
 

asked by Ruixi Zhang https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=164314 12 votes

answered by Khaled Hosny https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=729 10 votes

5.15.1.4 Draw 4 of the same figure in the same tikzpicture

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I want to draw this: 
I have managed to do one of the Hexagons using this code: 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{figure} 
... 
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asked by J.Rodriguez https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=181066 10 votes

answered by marmot https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=121799 11 votes

5.15.1.5 How does TikZ render an arc?

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With the sample MWE below, TikZ generates the following diagram: 
1. Drawing an arc 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{tikzpicture} 
\coordinate[label=below:$a$] (a)  ... 
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asked by subham soni https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=41885 8 votes

answered by marmot https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=121799 14 votes

5.15.1.6 Simple Line in LaTeX Help!

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=485843

I'm working in a project for university using latex and i'll make a gif explaning the radians of math! And I really dont know how to make this type of line (i'll put the example below) !! Plz help me  ... 
[tikz-pgf] [animations]
 

asked by Felipe Fonseca https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=186231 7 votes

answered by marmot https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=121799 12 votes

5.15.1.7 How to activate font fallbacks on typefaces in ConTeXt?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=485572

This is a follow-up to my previous question about setting the tt font in mathtt. As Henri Menke stated in a comment using typefaces should be preferred over font families. So I tried to convert the  ... 
[fonts] [context]
 

asked by TeXnician https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=124577 7 votes

answered by Henri Menke https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=10995 4 votes