Fancy Latex Tables

Do you like to create funny graphics like the following for your paper? Masters of Illustrator can probably chop-chop-compose such a thing in a flash. I, however, abruptly failed as I tried to insert formulae. Why not directly script it in latex, I thought.

Default Latex Template

I get frustrated every time I install latex and TeXnicCenter and wish to display some formulas or write a short essay and realize that there are no templates whatsoever that I could use. Then I get frustrated even more when I realize that I cannot even remember the most basic latex lines to start a [...]

Advanced Formulae in Latex

Remember when you couln’t think of the correct commands to write a certain formula in latex because it’s been a year since you did it the last time? This might help you find the light. Vectors Using 1\newcommand{\ve}[1]{\mbox{\bf #1}} in your preamble, you can easily write vectors as follows: 123\begin{equation}     \mathscr{L}(\ve v_i) = [...]

Latex Fonts in Illustrator

I recently wanted do insert a formula into a Adobe Illustrator figure. Since I didn’t find a way to do so directly in Illustrator and copying a formula from MS Word didn’t work properly, I wanted to copy the formula from a latex generated pdf (or ps) file. This, however, didn’t work either, as some [...]