7.38.1 Top new questions this week

7.38.1.1 Does using more packages increase the size of the .tex file and pdf?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=601863

I'm curious about this question, since I've seen people using tens of packages in the preamble. Does including many packages increase file size? If not, then why not? 
[packages] [size]
 

asked by user71207 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=235908 17 votes

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 25 votes

7.38.1.2 Where can I follow, occasionally, the overall state of the "TeX ecosphere"?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=602452

I was recently surprised by a comment on a question, telling me that what I had thought was where the multilingual mainstream was "going" - namely xelatex and polyglossia - was actually not ... 
[latex-project] [news]
 

asked by einpoklum https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5640 7 votes

answered by Javier Bezos https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5735 2 votes

7.38.1.3 P symbol of probabilities

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=602018

I cannot find this P: 
My \mathbb{P} and \mathcal{P} are: 
I have found similar questions related to finding specific symbol or some P, but none of them looks for this P or shows a way to look for ... 
[symbols]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

asked by Chris https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=244669 7 votes

answered by SebGlav https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=204164 6 votes

7.38.1.4 How does one make a thousands glyph that scales appropriately?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=601988

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\cprotect\subsubsection{\verb|James Grimmelman (https://twitter.com/grimmelm/status/1406257482029322250?s=20) posted an idea for a thousands glyph|} 
\url{three vertically stacked sideways zeros} 
 
\begin{TEXTWinline} 
[symbols] [number]
 

asked by JPi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=43843 6 votes

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

7.38.1.5 Major changes in LaTeX2e/LaTeX3 kernel

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=602379

Just out of curiosity. 
If it would be possible to summarize the major changes/improvements in LaTeX2e/LaTeX3 kernel during the last decade, which they would be? 
[latex-base]
 

asked by Yorgos https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=66587 5 votes

answered by Joseph Wright https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=73 9 votes

7.38.1.6 How to make a node grow differently when other nodes are forked

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=602240

I am a beginner in latex and am very interested in exploring it's wide range of features. I wanted to build a family tree and decided to use the forest package. I use this manual - forest_doc. 
I ... 
[tikz-pgf] [nodes] [forest] [trees] [anchor]
 

asked by Veera Raagavan https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=244958 5 votes

answered by hpekristiansen https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8650 2 votes

7.38.1.7 Is obtaining the color of a node possible?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=602047

How can I obtain the color of a node? 
Objective: 
My code so far: 
\documentclass[border=2mm]{standalone} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\usetikzlibrary{calc} % calculates coordinates 
\usetikzlibrary{ backgrounds }... 
[tikz-pgf] [color]
 

asked by Aria https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=142774 5 votes

answered by Symbol 1 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=51022 8 votes