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Have you seen this font before? This is Computer Modern and it's used everywhere from exams sheets to research papers, all because it is default font in popular typesetting language LaTeX, known for its ability to diplay maths equations, as well as being the de facto standard of writing articles in many fields of science.

Which is surprising as LaTeX is a far less productive option compared to office suites, according to this study, it is much easier to make mistakes in LaTeX than word, something you don't want on a research paper. So how did it against all odds, become the favourite of scientific communities?

Typesetting is the art of placing words on a page. Back in the 70s, it was usually done manually by professionals. However, this was not an option for Donald Knuth, as his publisher was too broke to afford one, instead they used computers to typeset his book, to which he was deeply dissatisfied with the poor results. Believing he can do better, he set out to create his own typ

Hello everyone! I've been working on developing an AR Drawing app... I'd love to hear what you liked about it and any things where you think it could be improved. I would appreciate any feedback from you!

This place hasn't gotten much activity and it looks like the admin hasn't been active for years. I've started another community at [email protected] (although it probably would've been wiser to just request ownership of this one but too late now.)

If you want to promote your own stuff, I'd recommend doing so there.

I made an illustration for this so I think it's worth glancing at. :)