1.21.1 Top new questions this week

1.21.1.1 Why is the fraction off the math axis in XeTeX?
1.21.1.2 Showcase of beautiful invitations in TeX
1.21.1.3 Use of spaces for readability
1.21.1.4 Conflict between fontspec and geometry
1.21.1.5 Why does \big\setminus not work?
1.21.1.6 pgfmathsetmacro issue in foreach
1.21.1.7 How do I position a node?
1.21.1.1 Why is the fraction off the math axis in XeTeX?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/281549/why-is-the-fraction-off-the-math-axis-in-xetex

The fraction in textstyle is off the math axis in XeTeX when I use a Unicode math font.  In LuaTeX, though, it aligns nicely with the math axis.  The follwing MWE should illustrate this.  Also, in  ...
 

- asked by Henri Menke (18 votes), answered by Herbert (3 votes)

1.21.1.2 Showcase of beautiful invitations in TeX

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/281415/showcase-of-beautiful-invitations-in-tex

I'm interested in using TeX and friends to produce beautifully typeset invitations (for parties, weddings, and especially thesis defences).  I understand that there is a package gcard for making  ...
 

- asked by Psychonaut (17 votes), answered by Henri Menke (13 votes)

1.21.1.3 Use of spaces for readability

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/281998/use-of-spaces-for-readability

Is there a reason to use the style like: 
\def\xx{foo} 
\let\yy = \xx 
instead of: 
\def \xx{foo} 
\let \yy = \xx 
I'm new to TeX, but everyone seems to prefer the former, while I think the latter  ...
 

- asked by Alice (14 votes), answered by egreg (11 votes)

1.21.1.4 Conflict between fontspec and geometry

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/281836/conflict-between-fontspec-and-geometry

Using the option lines=x of geometry does not give the expected result when the fontspec package is used in the same document. For example, declaring lines=40 does not result in 40 lines per page but  ...
 

- asked by lotomat (14 votes), answered by Ulrike Fischer (5 votes)

1.21.1.5 Why does \big\setminus not work?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/282133/why-does-big-setminus-not-work

The two macros \setminus and \backslash both produce a backslash in mathmode that is customarily used to denote, well, set differences: $A\setminus B$, $A\backslash B$. 
For \backslash there are also  ...
 

- asked by Sebastian (10 votes), answered by egreg (7 votes)

1.21.1.6 pgfmathsetmacro issue in foreach

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/281755/pgfmathsetmacro-issue-in-foreach

I am trying to use \pgfmathsetmacro inside a foreach loop to connect nodes which are adjacent and named according to position as follows: 
\foreach \src in {0,...,\T}{ 
...
 

- asked by Arun (10 votes), answered by Heiko Oberdiek (6 votes)

1.21.1.7 How do I position a node?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/281552/how-do-i-position-a-node

I've got the following: 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows} 
\begin{document} 
\pagestyle{empty} 
% Define block styles 
...
 

- asked by Nicholas Land (10 votes), answered by Alenanno (10 votes)