5.23.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

5.23.2.1 Nice scientific pictures show off

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=158668

Task 
Show off your best scientific illustration ! 
The main purpose of this question is to share beautiful scientific pictures, preferably with an educational aspect. 
Content 
Your post must  ... 
[diagrams] [3d] [technical-drawing] [fun] [big-list]
 

asked by Thomas https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=42660 488 votes

answered by Charles Staats https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=484 295 votes

5.23.2.2 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 239 votes

answered by Alan Munn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2693 380 votes

5.23.2.3 What are the available "documentclass" types and their uses?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=782

Some of the available classes of documents in LaTeX are well known and widely used, such as the article and beamer classes, while others are not so well known, such as the standalone class. 
I found  ... 
[document-classes] [big-list]
 

asked by Vivi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=14 387 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=213 138 votes

5.23.2.4 Double line spacing

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=819

I would like to typeset a draft of my document with double linespacing so that my collaborators have space to write in their edits (with a pen).  How do I do it? 
[line-spacing] [setspace]
 

asked by Vebjorn Ljosa https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=35 179 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=213 131 votes

5.23.2.5 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=902 217 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=213 168 votes

5.23.2.6 Using multicolumn in latex

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=131867

I want to create a table like this using Latex 
|               sets            | 
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |  ... 
[multicolumn]
 

asked by mahmood https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=36294 66 votes

answered by m0nhawk https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=9790 94 votes

5.23.2.7 Command for argmin or argmax?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=5223

How can you get the argmin or argmax in Latex? Two solutions I found are: 
\underset{x}{\operatorname{argmax}} 
\DeclareMathOperator*{\argmin}{arg\,min} 
Any other ideas? 
[1]  ... 
[math-mode] [symbols] [math-operators]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

asked by Alejandro https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=1128 194 votes

answered by Jan Hlavacek https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=396 190 votes