7.29.1 Top new questions this week

7.29.1.1 TeXbook for a "future" LaTeX3 developer
7.29.1.2 Understanding all output files when compiling a LaTeX document
7.29.1.3 How to manually define the center of a node in Tikz?
7.29.1.4 Single-width "10" for card game presentation
7.29.1.5 How to Produce This Chapter Ornament Using PDFLATEX
7.29.1.6 How to create an animation that deforms gradually a flat circular sector to a cone?
7.29.1.7 How to write these two symbols in LaTeX
7.29.1.1 TeXbook for a "future" LaTeX3 developer

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=596995

What should I read in the TeXbook that is necessary to try to be proficient in LaTeX3 coding? 
[latex3]
 
asked by projetmbc https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=6880 17 votes
answered by Phelype Oleinik https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=134574 16 votes
7.29.1.2 Understanding all output files when compiling a LaTeX document

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=597675

I've been using MiKTeX for a while, but I haven't really understood what all the output files are. I'm using pdflatex and I've just started using biber for bibliography. When I compile a .tex file I ... 
[output]
 
asked by Emanuele Giordano https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=242471 9 votes
answered by Vincent Kuhlmann https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=242407 11 votes
7.29.1.3 How to manually define the center of a node in Tikz?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=597323

I would like to ask the following question. 
How can I define the center of a node in Tikz? 
In the following example, I would like to define the respective bullets to be the respective centers (such ... 
[tikz-pgf]
 
asked by Bernhard Boehmler https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=25950 9 votes
answered by Henri Menke https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10995 7 votes
7.29.1.4 Single-width "10" for card game presentation

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I play and teach bridge, and the shape of hands is very important.  For instance: 
KJ854 
Q9842 
8 
A3 
is easy to recognize as equal-length majors (top two rows).  But then there's the ten. 
Various style ... 
[characters] [layout]
 
asked by Mycroft https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=214187 9 votes
answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 9 votes
7.29.1.5 How to Produce This Chapter Ornament Using PDFLATEX

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I would like to know how (if possible) to produce the following ornament using PDFLatex. 
I obtained the image from a book that was published over one hundred years ago and would like to make use of ... 
[graphics] [pdftex] [chapters]
 
asked by mlchristians https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=192836 7 votes
7.29.1.6 How to create an animation that deforms gradually a flat circular sector to a cone?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=597403

I want to create an animation that gradually deforms a flat circular sector to a cone. I am inspired by a question titled How to deform a 2d shape to make a 3d object?. 
The following source code can ... 
[tikz-pgf] [diagrams] [pstricks] [asymptote] [metapost]
 
asked by Kim Jong Un https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=87876 6 votes
answered by Juan CastaA~+-o https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=231368 7 votes
7.29.1.7 How to write these two symbols in LaTeX

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How to write these two symbols in LaTeX 
I know the Latex symbols are $\Delta$ but how to shade the Delta in Latex? 
Please help. 
[symbols]
 
asked by Math_Freak https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=192267 6 votes
answered by needle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=235026 20 votes