The Communications of the
TeX Users Group
TUGboat 39:2, 2018
The Communications of the
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| Complete issue 39:2 as one pdf (5.8mb) | |
| Front cover | c1 |
| Inside front cover | c2 |
| Contents ordered by difficulty | c3 |
| Title page
Errata: should be 39th annual conference, not 38th. |
97 |
| TUG 2018 | |
| TUG 2018 conference information
organizers, sponsors, participants, program |
98 |
| TUG goes to Rio
Joseph Wright [Reports and notices — conference report] |
100-103 |
| TUG 2018 Annual Meeting notes
Joseph Wright |
104 |
| Graphics | |
| The tikzducks package
Susanne Raab [Introductory — introduction, tutorials, and fun with these TikZ graphics] |
105-106 |
| LaTeX | |
| A rollback concept for packages and classes
Frank Mittelbach [Intermediate Plus — supporting rollback by date or version for packages, as well as the kernel] |
107-112 |
| Font loading in LaTeX using the fontspec package: Recent updates
Will Robertson [Intermediate — usage summary, filename loading recommendation, futures] |
113-116 |
| Supporting color and graphics in expl3
Joseph Wright [Intermediate — LaTeX2e vs. LaTeX3 drivers, color, comparison with TikZ, examples] |
117-118 |
| siunitx: Past, present and future
Joseph Wright [Intermediate — origination, concepts, API, and enhancements] |
119-121 |
| Software & Tools | |
| Arara—TeX automation made easy
Paulo Cereda [Intermediate — TeX build tool supporting MVEL expressions and more] |
122-125 |
| The Canvas learning management system and LaTeXML
Will Robertson [Intermediate Plus — connecting coursework documents in LaTeX with web-based management] |
126-130 |
| Implementing PDF standards for mathematical publishing
Ross Moore [Intermediate Plus — five-year plan for archivable and accessible mathematical PDFs] |
131-135 |
| Fonts | |
| FreeType_MF_Module: A module for using Metafont directly inside the FreeType rasterizer
Jaeyoung Choi, Ammar Ul Hassan, Geunho Jeong [Advanced — rendering Metafont fonts on demand from within FreeType] |
136-142 |
| Methods | |
| WeTeX and Hegelian contradictions in classical mathematics
S.K. Venkatesan [Advanced — attempted computability of math markup; hierarchy of infinities] |
143-146 |
| Abstracts | |
| TUG 2018 abstracts
Doris Behrendt, Sandro Coriasco, Joachim Heinze, Tom Hejda, Mico Loretan, Frank Mittelbach, Ross Moore, Eduardo Ochs, Boris Veytsman, Joseph Wright |
147-149 |
| MAPS: Contents of issue 48 (2018) | 149 |
| Die TeXnische Komödie 2–3/2018 | 150 |
| Eutypon: Contents of issue 38–39 (October 2017) | 151 |
| General Delivery | |
| Don Knuth awarded Trotter Prize
Bart Childs, Rick Furuta [Reports and notices — a prize awarded by Texas A&M University to illuminate connections between science and religion] |
151 |
| Hyphenation exception log
Barbara Beeton [Reports and notices — update for missed and incorrect U.S. English hyphenations] |
152 |
| Book Reviews | |
| W.A. Dwiggins: A Life in Design, by Bruce Kennett
Boris Veytsman [Reports and notices — review of this superb and lavishly illustrated biography of Dwiggins] See the TUG books page for all book reviews and discounts. |
153-154 |
| Hints & Tricks | |
| The treasure chest
Karl Berry [Intermediate — new CTAN packages, April–August 2018] |
155-156 |
| Cartoon | |
| Comics: Hyphe-nation; Clumsy
John Atkinson |
156 |
| Advertisements | |
| TeX consulting and production services | 157-158 |
| TUG Business | |
| Institutional members | 158 |
| TUG 2019 election
TUG Elections committee |
159 |
| News | |
| Calendar | 160 |