Category Archives for Fonts and Symbols
Lucida OpenType available
Today Karl Berry announced on the texhax mailing list, that the Lucida OpenType font distribution is now available. You can get it from the TeX Users Group (TUG): http://tug.org/lucida provides ordering information together with documents and samples. Lucida is a … Continue reading
Circled numbers in text
Martin Tapankov asked on TeX.SX: What is a good way to make circled numbers in text? I’m trying to make some good-looking numbers in a circle, using the simple command: \textcircled{1} However, the circle is misaligned vertically with the number, … Continue reading
Harpoons in TikZ
Yasser Sobhdel asked on TeX.SX: Can I have any harpoons in TikZ? I refer to my previous question on harpoons: “How to draw protocol interaction” using amsmath. The closest thing I have found is this code: \begin{tikzpicture}[decoration={bent,aspect=.3}] \node[circle,draw] (A) … Continue reading
New monospaced font on CTAN: Inconsolata
The Inconsolata font package has been released on CTAN yesterday. Inconsolata is a monospaced (“typewriter”) font designed for code listings and the like by Raph Levien. It’s supporting several encodings including T1, OT1 and LY1. The font can be used … Continue reading
Full justification with typewriter font
In a typewriter font aka monospaced font each character is given the same width. Monospaced fonts are frequently used by programmers to increase the readability of source code, but long text passages with monospace typeface are considerably less readable than … Continue reading
