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@dougmerritt There will probably be further updates to the annotated ‘Apology’, but I only expect noteworthy textual changes if someone (e.g.) points out another important response that I did not know about, or supplies one of the contemporaneous reviews that I have been unable to obtain.

Other updates will be small fixes or typographical improvements, or changes to the #TaggedPDF structure (hidden extra semantic data to aid screen-readers) as the development of the LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/] continues.

Thank you for your interest — and sorry for my reluctance to declare a final version. Maybe in a year or so, if I have not added anything new in that time. :-)

@dougmerritt There will probably be further updates to the annotated ‘Apology’, but I only expect noteworthy textual changes if someone (e.g.) points out another important response that I did not know about, or supplies one of the contemporaneous reviews that I have been unable to obtain.

Other updates will be small fixes or typographical improvements, or changes to the #TaggedPDF structure (hidden extra semantic data to aid screen-readers) as the development of the LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/] continues.

Thank you for your interest — and sorry for my reluctance to declare a final version. Maybe in a year or so, if I have not added anything new in that time. :-)

@dougmerritt There will probably be further updates to the annotated ‘Apology’, but I only expect noteworthy textual changes if someone (e.g.) points out another important response that I did not know about, or supplies one of the contemporaneous reviews that I have been unable to obtain.

Other updates will be small fixes or typographical improvements, or changes to the #TaggedPDF structure (hidden extra semantic data to aid screen-readers) as the development of the LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/] continues.

Thank you for your interest — and sorry for my reluctance to declare a final version. Maybe in a year or so, if I have not added anything new in that time. :-)

@dougmerritt There will probably be further updates to the annotated ‘Apology’, but I only expect noteworthy textual changes if someone (e.g.) points out another important response that I did not know about, or supplies one of the contemporaneous reviews that I have been unable to obtain.

Other updates will be small fixes or typographical improvements, or changes to the #TaggedPDF structure (hidden extra semantic data to aid screen-readers) as the development of the LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/] continues.

Thank you for your interest — and sorry for my reluctance to declare a final version. Maybe in a year or so, if I have not added anything new in that time. :-)

@dougmerritt There will probably be further updates to the annotated ‘Apology’, but I only expect noteworthy textual changes if someone (e.g.) points out another important response that I did not know about, or supplies one of the contemporaneous reviews that I have been unable to obtain.

Other updates will be small fixes or typographical improvements, or changes to the #TaggedPDF structure (hidden extra semantic data to aid screen-readers) as the development of the LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/] continues.

Thank you for your interest — and sorry for my reluctance to declare a final version. Maybe in a year or so, if I have not added anything new in that time. :-)

Update to ‘An Annotated Mathematician’s Apology’, with a new section on Wittgenstein’s response: https://archive.org/details/hardy_annotated (accessible #TaggedPDF, #OpenAccess)

My thanks go to Wolfgang Kienzler, professor at Friedrich Schiller Universität in Jena, who pointed me to Wittgenstein’s remarks, sent me notes about relevant sources, and critiqued my draft for the new section.

#GHHardy #Wittgenstein #philosophy #mathematics #MathematicalBeauty

Update to ‘An Annotated Mathematician’s Apology’, with a new section on Wittgenstein’s response: https://archive.org/details/hardy_annotated (accessible #TaggedPDF, #OpenAccess)

My thanks go to Wolfgang Kienzler, professor at Friedrich Schiller Universität in Jena, who pointed me to Wittgenstein’s remarks, sent me notes about relevant sources, and critiqued my draft for the new section.

#GHHardy #Wittgenstein #philosophy #mathematics #MathematicalBeauty

Update to ‘An Annotated Mathematician’s Apology’, with a new section on Wittgenstein’s response: https://archive.org/details/hardy_annotated (accessible #TaggedPDF, #OpenAccess)

My thanks go to Wolfgang Kienzler, professor at Friedrich Schiller Universität in Jena, who pointed me to Wittgenstein’s remarks, sent me notes about relevant sources, and critiqued my draft for the new section.

#GHHardy #Wittgenstein #philosophy #mathematics #MathematicalBeauty

Update to ‘An Annotated Mathematician’s Apology’, with a new section on Wittgenstein’s response: https://archive.org/details/hardy_annotated (accessible #TaggedPDF, #OpenAccess)

My thanks go to Wolfgang Kienzler, professor at Friedrich Schiller Universität in Jena, who pointed me to Wittgenstein’s remarks, sent me notes about relevant sources, and critiqued my draft for the new section.

#GHHardy #Wittgenstein #philosophy #mathematics #MathematicalBeauty

Update to ‘An Annotated Mathematician’s Apology’, with a new section on Wittgenstein’s response: https://archive.org/details/hardy_annotated (accessible #TaggedPDF, #OpenAccess)

My thanks go to Wolfgang Kienzler, professor at Friedrich Schiller Universität in Jena, who pointed me to Wittgenstein’s remarks, sent me notes about relevant sources, and critiqued my draft for the new section.

#GHHardy #Wittgenstein #philosophy #mathematics #MathematicalBeauty

I updated my phone/tablet-sized PDF version of Edward Gibbon’s ‘Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’: https://archive.org/details/gibbon_declineandfall

Previously there were some rough edges: a few awkward spacings and line breaks, some pushing side-headings out of position. I think these are all resolved now, but I might have missed some among the 3858 pages. :-)

LuaLaTeX source code: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/gibbon_declineandfall

The code uses the interfaces created by the LaTeX tagging project, so it is an accessible #TaggedPDF. The font is @mc_wiki’s beautiful Garamontio.

#history #literature #RomanHistory #accessibility #a11y #TeXLaTeX #typography

I updated my phone/tablet-sized PDF version of Edward Gibbon’s ‘Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’: https://archive.org/details/gibbon_declineandfall

Previously there were some rough edges: a few awkward spacings and line breaks, some pushing side-headings out of position. I think these are all resolved now, but I might have missed some among the 3858 pages. :-)

LuaLaTeX source code: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/gibbon_declineandfall

The code uses the interfaces created by the LaTeX tagging project, so it is an accessible #TaggedPDF. The font is @mc_wiki’s beautiful Garamontio.

#history #literature #RomanHistory #accessibility #a11y #TeXLaTeX #typography

I updated my phone/tablet-sized PDF version of Edward Gibbon’s ‘Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’: https://archive.org/details/gibbon_declineandfall

Previously there were some rough edges: a few awkward spacings and line breaks, some pushing side-headings out of position. I think these are all resolved now, but I might have missed some among the 3858 pages. :-)

LuaLaTeX source code: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/gibbon_declineandfall

The code uses the interfaces created by the LaTeX tagging project, so it is an accessible #TaggedPDF. The font is @mc_wiki’s beautiful Garamontio.

#history #literature #RomanHistory #accessibility #a11y #TeXLaTeX #typography

I updated my phone/tablet-sized PDF version of Edward Gibbon’s ‘Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’: https://archive.org/details/gibbon_declineandfall

Previously there were some rough edges: a few awkward spacings and line breaks, some pushing side-headings out of position. I think these are all resolved now, but I might have missed some among the 3858 pages. :-)

LuaLaTeX source code: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/gibbon_declineandfall

The code uses the interfaces created by the LaTeX tagging project, so it is an accessible #TaggedPDF. The font is @mc_wiki’s beautiful Garamontio.

#history #literature #RomanHistory #accessibility #a11y #TeXLaTeX #typography

I updated my phone/tablet-sized PDF version of Edward Gibbon’s ‘Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’: https://archive.org/details/gibbon_declineandfall

Previously there were some rough edges: a few awkward spacings and line breaks, some pushing side-headings out of position. I think these are all resolved now, but I might have missed some among the 3858 pages. :-)

LuaLaTeX source code: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/gibbon_declineandfall

The code uses the interfaces created by the LaTeX tagging project, so it is an accessible #TaggedPDF. The font is @mc_wiki’s beautiful Garamontio.

#history #literature #RomanHistory #accessibility #a11y #TeXLaTeX #typography

For newbies feeling hesitant or frustrated about #Emacs and its Lisp flavor. tl;dr #Foss #lifelonglearning victories!

In 2010 or so I watched an interview with the immortal Carsten Dominik, creator of Org mode. He made an offhand remark to the effect of "I just love coding in Emacs Lisp, it's just how I think, it's just so natural, don't you agree?" And I was very unhappy. Because I could not agree. That discouragement stuck with me.

My wife always says "the time is going to go by anyway," and this is wisdom. By 2023 I had written "org-teach" for producing classroom materials, shared it at EmacsConf, actually used it in the wild. Others around here have done similar, @randyridenour @ericsfraga @asilata sorry if I'm forgetting you.

Long story short, the underlying #TeXLaTeX core couldn't do #taggedpdf until 2025. I asked on here for help and @yantar92 went to the mailing list and before I could say meta x @paaguti and @schuemaa had us all sorted out. So grateful!

https://codeberg.org/paaguti/pdf-ua2-tests/src/branch/main/ltx-talk-test

With these significantly changed dependencies I decided to rewrite the jank that was org-teach from scratch. And it feels like lightning shoots from my fingertips now. I can implement functionality almost as fast as I can think of it. Too messy to share quite yet. But this kind of workflow and software self sufficiency feels like a superpower. Emacs Lisp just feels natural now. After only a decade and a half!

But seriously, all my progress is thanks to this community.

#emacslisp

For newbies feeling hesitant or frustrated about #Emacs and its Lisp flavor. tl;dr #Foss #lifelonglearning victories!

In 2010 or so I watched an interview with the immortal Carsten Dominik, creator of Org mode. He made an offhand remark to the effect of "I just love coding in Emacs Lisp, it's just how I think, it's just so natural, don't you agree?" And I was very unhappy. Because I could not agree. That discouragement stuck with me.

My wife always says "the time is going to go by anyway," and this is wisdom. By 2023 I had written "org-teach" for producing classroom materials, shared it at EmacsConf, actually used it in the wild. Others around here have done similar, @randyridenour @ericsfraga @asilata sorry if I'm forgetting you.

Long story short, the underlying #TeXLaTeX core couldn't do #taggedpdf until 2025. I asked on here for help and @yantar92 went to the mailing list and before I could say meta x @paaguti and @schuemaa had us all sorted out. So grateful!

https://codeberg.org/paaguti/pdf-ua2-tests/src/branch/main/ltx-talk-test

With these significantly changed dependencies I decided to rewrite the jank that was org-teach from scratch. And it feels like lightning shoots from my fingertips now. I can implement functionality almost as fast as I can think of it. Too messy to share quite yet. But this kind of workflow and software self sufficiency feels like a superpower. Emacs Lisp just feels natural now. After only a decade and a half!

But seriously, all my progress is thanks to this community.

#emacslisp

For newbies feeling hesitant or frustrated about #Emacs and its Lisp flavor. tl;dr #Foss #lifelonglearning victories!

In 2010 or so I watched an interview with the immortal Carsten Dominik, creator of Org mode. He made an offhand remark to the effect of "I just love coding in Emacs Lisp, it's just how I think, it's just so natural, don't you agree?" And I was very unhappy. Because I could not agree. That discouragement stuck with me.

My wife always says "the time is going to go by anyway," and this is wisdom. By 2023 I had written "org-teach" for producing classroom materials, shared it at EmacsConf, actually used it in the wild. Others around here have done similar, @randyridenour @ericsfraga @asilata sorry if I'm forgetting you.

Long story short, the underlying #TeXLaTeX core couldn't do #taggedpdf until 2025. I asked on here for help and @yantar92 went to the mailing list and before I could say meta x @paaguti and @schuemaa had us all sorted out. So grateful!

https://codeberg.org/paaguti/pdf-ua2-tests/src/branch/main/ltx-talk-test

With these significantly changed dependencies I decided to rewrite the jank that was org-teach from scratch. And it feels like lightning shoots from my fingertips now. I can implement functionality almost as fast as I can think of it. Too messy to share quite yet. But this kind of workflow and software self sufficiency feels like a superpower. Emacs Lisp just feels natural now. After only a decade and a half!

But seriously, all my progress is thanks to this community.

#emacslisp

For newbies feeling hesitant or frustrated about #Emacs and its Lisp flavor. tl;dr #Foss #lifelonglearning victories!

In 2010 or so I watched an interview with the immortal Carsten Dominik, creator of Org mode. He made an offhand remark to the effect of "I just love coding in Emacs Lisp, it's just how I think, it's just so natural, don't you agree?" And I was very unhappy. Because I could not agree. That discouragement stuck with me.

My wife always says "the time is going to go by anyway," and this is wisdom. By 2023 I had written "org-teach" for producing classroom materials, shared it at EmacsConf, actually used it in the wild. Others around here have done similar, @randyridenour @ericsfraga @asilata sorry if I'm forgetting you.

Long story short, the underlying #TeXLaTeX core couldn't do #taggedpdf until 2025. I asked on here for help and @yantar92 went to the mailing list and before I could say meta x @paaguti and @schuemaa had us all sorted out. So grateful!

https://codeberg.org/paaguti/pdf-ua2-tests/src/branch/main/ltx-talk-test

With these significantly changed dependencies I decided to rewrite the jank that was org-teach from scratch. And it feels like lightning shoots from my fingertips now. I can implement functionality almost as fast as I can think of it. Too messy to share quite yet. But this kind of workflow and software self sufficiency feels like a superpower. Emacs Lisp just feels natural now. After only a decade and a half!

But seriously, all my progress is thanks to this community.

#emacslisp

For newbies feeling hesitant or frustrated about #Emacs and its Lisp flavor. tl;dr #Foss #lifelonglearning victories!

In 2010 or so I watched an interview with the immortal Carsten Dominik, creator of Org mode. He made an offhand remark to the effect of "I just love coding in Emacs Lisp, it's just how I think, it's just so natural, don't you agree?" And I was very unhappy. Because I could not agree. That discouragement stuck with me.

My wife always says "the time is going to go by anyway," and this is wisdom. By 2023 I had written "org-teach" for producing classroom materials, shared it at EmacsConf, actually used it in the wild. Others around here have done similar, @randyridenour @ericsfraga @asilata sorry if I'm forgetting you.

Long story short, the underlying #TeXLaTeX core couldn't do #taggedpdf until 2025. I asked on here for help and @yantar92 went to the mailing list and before I could say meta x @paaguti and @schuemaa had us all sorted out. So grateful!

https://codeberg.org/paaguti/pdf-ua2-tests/src/branch/main/ltx-talk-test

With these significantly changed dependencies I decided to rewrite the jank that was org-teach from scratch. And it feels like lightning shoots from my fingertips now. I can implement functionality almost as fast as I can think of it. Too messy to share quite yet. But this kind of workflow and software self sufficiency feels like a superpower. Emacs Lisp just feels natural now. After only a decade and a half!

But seriously, all my progress is thanks to this community.

#emacslisp

Big update to ‘Form & Number: A History of Mathematical Beauty’: the PDFs are now *tagged* (plus various minor improvements).

A #TaggedPDF contains hidden extra semantic information to assist screen-reading software etc., including alt text for diagrams+images (in the case of ‘F&N’, 552 pieces of alt text were required, some quite lengthy).

The new version is available (#OpenAccess as always) at: https://archive.org/details/cain_formandnumber_ebook_large

Feedback from users of screen readers would be very welcome!

Creating this version has been possible because of the ongoing LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/] (thank you to the LaTeX team and other contributors!). I have been adapting my own #LuaLaTeX styles [https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos] to use the new interfaces.

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#accessibility #a11y #MathArt #HistMath #HistSci #MathematicalBeauty #aesthetics #typography #TeXLaTeX

Big update to ‘Form & Number: A History of Mathematical Beauty’: the PDFs are now *tagged* (plus various minor improvements).

A #TaggedPDF contains hidden extra semantic information to assist screen-reading software etc., including alt text for diagrams+images (in the case of ‘F&N’, 552 pieces of alt text were required, some quite lengthy).

The new version is available (#OpenAccess as always) at: https://archive.org/details/cain_formandnumber_ebook_large

Feedback from users of screen readers would be very welcome!

Creating this version has been possible because of the ongoing LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/] (thank you to the LaTeX team and other contributors!). I have been adapting my own #LuaLaTeX styles [https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos] to use the new interfaces.

1/2

#accessibility #a11y #MathArt #HistMath #HistSci #MathematicalBeauty #aesthetics #typography #TeXLaTeX

Big update to ‘Form & Number: A History of Mathematical Beauty’: the PDFs are now *tagged* (plus various minor improvements).

A #TaggedPDF contains hidden extra semantic information to assist screen-reading software etc., including alt text for diagrams+images (in the case of ‘F&N’, 552 pieces of alt text were required, some quite lengthy).

The new version is available (#OpenAccess as always) at: https://archive.org/details/cain_formandnumber_ebook_large

Feedback from users of screen readers would be very welcome!

Creating this version has been possible because of the ongoing LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/] (thank you to the LaTeX team and other contributors!). I have been adapting my own #LuaLaTeX styles [https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos] to use the new interfaces.

1/2

#accessibility #a11y #MathArt #HistMath #HistSci #MathematicalBeauty #aesthetics #typography #TeXLaTeX

Big update to ‘Form & Number: A History of Mathematical Beauty’: the PDFs are now *tagged* (plus various minor improvements).

A #TaggedPDF contains hidden extra semantic information to assist screen-reading software etc., including alt text for diagrams+images (in the case of ‘F&N’, 552 pieces of alt text were required, some quite lengthy).

The new version is available (#OpenAccess as always) at: https://archive.org/details/cain_formandnumber_ebook_large

Feedback from users of screen readers would be very welcome!

Creating this version has been possible because of the ongoing LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/] (thank you to the LaTeX team and other contributors!). I have been adapting my own #LuaLaTeX styles [https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos] to use the new interfaces.

1/2

#accessibility #a11y #MathArt #HistMath #HistSci #MathematicalBeauty #aesthetics #typography #TeXLaTeX

Big update to ‘Form & Number: A History of Mathematical Beauty’: the PDFs are now *tagged* (plus various minor improvements).

A #TaggedPDF contains hidden extra semantic information to assist screen-reading software etc., including alt text for diagrams+images (in the case of ‘F&N’, 552 pieces of alt text were required, some quite lengthy).

The new version is available (#OpenAccess as always) at: https://archive.org/details/cain_formandnumber_ebook_large

Feedback from users of screen readers would be very welcome!

Creating this version has been possible because of the ongoing LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/] (thank you to the LaTeX team and other contributors!). I have been adapting my own #LuaLaTeX styles [https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos] to use the new interfaces.

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#accessibility #a11y #MathArt #HistMath #HistSci #MathematicalBeauty #aesthetics #typography #TeXLaTeX

My #semigroups lecture notes ‘Nine Chapters on the Semigroup Art’ are now accessible #TaggedPDF files: https://archive.org/details/cain_semigroups_a4_screen

I have been working to update my LuaLaTeX style "minos" [https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos] to use the new interfaces created by the LaTeX tagging project, and this is the latest outcome [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/].

Besides adding "alt" text for the (many!) diagrams, there were only one or two small changes to be made to the LaTeX code of the document itself (which was mostly written in 2012, long before the tagging project started). Essentially all the complicated changes were in the style. This is a testament to the work of the tagging project team.

The files pass VeraPDF validation, but feedback from users of screen readers would be very welcome.

#accessibility #TeXLaTeX #typography #math #OpenAccess

My #semigroups lecture notes ‘Nine Chapters on the Semigroup Art’ are now accessible #TaggedPDF files: https://archive.org/details/cain_semigroups_a4_screen

I have been working to update my LuaLaTeX style "minos" [https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos] to use the new interfaces created by the LaTeX tagging project, and this is the latest outcome [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/].

Besides adding "alt" text for the (many!) diagrams, there were only one or two small changes to be made to the LaTeX code of the document itself (which was mostly written in 2012, long before the tagging project started). Essentially all the complicated changes were in the style. This is a testament to the work of the tagging project team.

The files pass VeraPDF validation, but feedback from users of screen readers would be very welcome.

#accessibility #TeXLaTeX #typography #math #OpenAccess

My #semigroups lecture notes ‘Nine Chapters on the Semigroup Art’ are now accessible #TaggedPDF files: https://archive.org/details/cain_semigroups_a4_screen

I have been working to update my LuaLaTeX style "minos" [https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos] to use the new interfaces created by the LaTeX tagging project, and this is the latest outcome [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/].

Besides adding "alt" text for the (many!) diagrams, there were only one or two small changes to be made to the LaTeX code of the document itself (which was mostly written in 2012, long before the tagging project started). Essentially all the complicated changes were in the style. This is a testament to the work of the tagging project team.

The files pass VeraPDF validation, but feedback from users of screen readers would be very welcome.

#accessibility #TeXLaTeX #typography #math #OpenAccess

My #semigroups lecture notes ‘Nine Chapters on the Semigroup Art’ are now accessible #TaggedPDF files: https://archive.org/details/cain_semigroups_a4_screen

I have been working to update my LuaLaTeX style "minos" [https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos] to use the new interfaces created by the LaTeX tagging project, and this is the latest outcome [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/].

Besides adding "alt" text for the (many!) diagrams, there were only one or two small changes to be made to the LaTeX code of the document itself (which was mostly written in 2012, long before the tagging project started). Essentially all the complicated changes were in the style. This is a testament to the work of the tagging project team.

The files pass VeraPDF validation, but feedback from users of screen readers would be very welcome.

#accessibility #TeXLaTeX #typography #math #OpenAccess

My #semigroups lecture notes ‘Nine Chapters on the Semigroup Art’ are now accessible #TaggedPDF files: https://archive.org/details/cain_semigroups_a4_screen

I have been working to update my LuaLaTeX style "minos" [https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos] to use the new interfaces created by the LaTeX tagging project, and this is the latest outcome [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/].

Besides adding "alt" text for the (many!) diagrams, there were only one or two small changes to be made to the LaTeX code of the document itself (which was mostly written in 2012, long before the tagging project started). Essentially all the complicated changes were in the style. This is a testament to the work of the tagging project team.

The files pass VeraPDF validation, but feedback from users of screen readers would be very welcome.

#accessibility #TeXLaTeX #typography #math #OpenAccess

Another update to my #LuaLaTeX style "minos", used in ‘Form & Number: A History of Mathematical Beauty’ and my other books (links in profile).

Git repository: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos

Download documentation or source .zip/.tar.gz: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos/releases

Improvements mostly concern #TaggedPDF-related features:

- Sidenotes are now tagged as *notes* (same as footnotes), not as "Aside" (the default for marginal content).

- The theorem number appears in the proof heads even when \DocumentMetadata is used — in the previous version I had not integrated this feature into the new interfaces for theorem-like environments.

(The number also appears in the QED symbol, which is a long-standing feature I would like to highlight. I think is useful with nested proofs; example from docs attached.)

#TeXLaTeX #typography

Another update to my #LuaLaTeX style "minos", used in ‘Form & Number: A History of Mathematical Beauty’ and my other books (links in profile).

Git repository: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos

Download documentation or source .zip/.tar.gz: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos/releases

Improvements mostly concern #TaggedPDF-related features:

- Sidenotes are now tagged as *notes* (same as footnotes), not as "Aside" (the default for marginal content).

- The theorem number appears in the proof heads even when \DocumentMetadata is used — in the previous version I had not integrated this feature into the new interfaces for theorem-like environments.

(The number also appears in the QED symbol, which is a long-standing feature I would like to highlight. I think is useful with nested proofs; example from docs attached.)

#TeXLaTeX #typography

Another update to my #LuaLaTeX style "minos", used in ‘Form & Number: A History of Mathematical Beauty’ and my other books (links in profile).

Git repository: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos

Download documentation or source .zip/.tar.gz: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos/releases

Improvements mostly concern #TaggedPDF-related features:

- Sidenotes are now tagged as *notes* (same as footnotes), not as "Aside" (the default for marginal content).

- The theorem number appears in the proof heads even when \DocumentMetadata is used — in the previous version I had not integrated this feature into the new interfaces for theorem-like environments.

(The number also appears in the QED symbol, which is a long-standing feature I would like to highlight. I think is useful with nested proofs; example from docs attached.)

#TeXLaTeX #typography

Another update to my #LuaLaTeX style "minos", used in ‘Form & Number: A History of Mathematical Beauty’ and my other books (links in profile).

Git repository: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos

Download documentation or source .zip/.tar.gz: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos/releases

Improvements mostly concern #TaggedPDF-related features:

- Sidenotes are now tagged as *notes* (same as footnotes), not as "Aside" (the default for marginal content).

- The theorem number appears in the proof heads even when \DocumentMetadata is used — in the previous version I had not integrated this feature into the new interfaces for theorem-like environments.

(The number also appears in the QED symbol, which is a long-standing feature I would like to highlight. I think is useful with nested proofs; example from docs attached.)

#TeXLaTeX #typography

‘Bertrand Russell & Trinity: A college controversy of the last war’ is a pamphlet written by G.H. Hardy in 1942, giving an account of the dismissal of Russell from his Trinity College lectureship in 1916 following his criminal conviction for anti-war political activity. (Hardy was at the time a fellow of Trinity and opposed Russell's ouster.)

Since there was no downloadable ebook, I made a re-typeset version, which I have just updated: https://archive.org/details/hardy_russellandtrinity

Creating this version was an exercise for me to learn how to (start to) adapt my LaTeX styles to the new interfaces created by the ongoing LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/]. (A #TaggedPDF contains supplementary information to assist screen reading software, data extraction, etc.)

The updates are mostly behind-the-scenes source code changes, particularly to use the new template interfaces for sectioning. I have made the source available in case it is useful as an example to others: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/hardy_russellandtrinity

#GHHardy #BertrandRussell #WorldWarI #pacficism #literature #TeXLaTeX #Accessibility

‘Bertrand Russell & Trinity: A college controversy of the last war’ is a pamphlet written by G.H. Hardy in 1942, giving an account of the dismissal of Russell from his Trinity College lectureship in 1916 following his criminal conviction for anti-war political activity. (Hardy was at the time a fellow of Trinity and opposed Russell's ouster.)

Since there was no downloadable ebook, I made a re-typeset version, which I have just updated: https://archive.org/details/hardy_russellandtrinity

Creating this version was an exercise for me to learn how to (start to) adapt my LaTeX styles to the new interfaces created by the ongoing LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/]. (A #TaggedPDF contains supplementary information to assist screen reading software, data extraction, etc.)

The updates are mostly behind-the-scenes source code changes, particularly to use the new template interfaces for sectioning. I have made the source available in case it is useful as an example to others: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/hardy_russellandtrinity

#GHHardy #BertrandRussell #WorldWarI #pacficism #literature #TeXLaTeX #Accessibility

‘Bertrand Russell & Trinity: A college controversy of the last war’ is a pamphlet written by G.H. Hardy in 1942, giving an account of the dismissal of Russell from his Trinity College lectureship in 1916 following his criminal conviction for anti-war political activity. (Hardy was at the time a fellow of Trinity and opposed Russell's ouster.)

Since there was no downloadable ebook, I made a re-typeset version, which I have just updated: https://archive.org/details/hardy_russellandtrinity

Creating this version was an exercise for me to learn how to (start to) adapt my LaTeX styles to the new interfaces created by the ongoing LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/]. (A #TaggedPDF contains supplementary information to assist screen reading software, data extraction, etc.)

The updates are mostly behind-the-scenes source code changes, particularly to use the new template interfaces for sectioning. I have made the source available in case it is useful as an example to others: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/hardy_russellandtrinity

#GHHardy #BertrandRussell #WorldWarI #pacficism #literature #TeXLaTeX #Accessibility

‘Bertrand Russell & Trinity: A college controversy of the last war’ is a pamphlet written by G.H. Hardy in 1942, giving an account of the dismissal of Russell from his Trinity College lectureship in 1916 following his criminal conviction for anti-war political activity. (Hardy was at the time a fellow of Trinity and opposed Russell's ouster.)

Since there was no downloadable ebook, I made a re-typeset version, which I have just updated: https://archive.org/details/hardy_russellandtrinity

Creating this version was an exercise for me to learn how to (start to) adapt my LaTeX styles to the new interfaces created by the ongoing LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/]. (A #TaggedPDF contains supplementary information to assist screen reading software, data extraction, etc.)

The updates are mostly behind-the-scenes source code changes, particularly to use the new template interfaces for sectioning. I have made the source available in case it is useful as an example to others: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/hardy_russellandtrinity

#GHHardy #BertrandRussell #WorldWarI #pacficism #literature #TeXLaTeX #Accessibility

‘Bertrand Russell & Trinity: A college controversy of the last war’ is a pamphlet written by G.H. Hardy in 1942, giving an account of the dismissal of Russell from his Trinity College lectureship in 1916 following his criminal conviction for anti-war political activity. (Hardy was at the time a fellow of Trinity and opposed Russell's ouster.)

Since there was no downloadable ebook, I made a re-typeset version, which I have just updated: https://archive.org/details/hardy_russellandtrinity

Creating this version was an exercise for me to learn how to (start to) adapt my LaTeX styles to the new interfaces created by the ongoing LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/]. (A #TaggedPDF contains supplementary information to assist screen reading software, data extraction, etc.)

The updates are mostly behind-the-scenes source code changes, particularly to use the new template interfaces for sectioning. I have made the source available in case it is useful as an example to others: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/hardy_russellandtrinity

#GHHardy #BertrandRussell #WorldWarI #pacficism #literature #TeXLaTeX #Accessibility

New version of my #LuaLaTeX style "minos".

Git repository: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos

Download documentation or source .zip/.tar.gz: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos/releases

- Many improvements related to creating #TaggedPDF, notably using template code for theorems and sectioning when \DocumentMetadata is used.

- Various new/adjusted/fixed kerning customizations.

#typography #TeXLaTeΧ

New version of my #LuaLaTeX style "minos".

Git repository: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos

Download documentation or source .zip/.tar.gz: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos/releases

- Many improvements related to creating #TaggedPDF, notably using template code for theorems and sectioning when \DocumentMetadata is used.

- Various new/adjusted/fixed kerning customizations.

#typography #TeXLaTeΧ

New version of my #LuaLaTeX style "minos".

Git repository: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos

Download documentation or source .zip/.tar.gz: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos/releases

- Many improvements related to creating #TaggedPDF, notably using template code for theorems and sectioning when \DocumentMetadata is used.

- Various new/adjusted/fixed kerning customizations.

#typography #TeXLaTeΧ

New version of my #LuaLaTeX style "minos".

Git repository: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos

Download documentation or source .zip/.tar.gz: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos/releases

- Many improvements related to creating #TaggedPDF, notably using template code for theorems and sectioning when \DocumentMetadata is used.

- Various new/adjusted/fixed kerning customizations.

#typography #TeXLaTeΧ

New version of my #LuaLaTeX style "minos".

Git repository: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos

Download documentation or source .zip/.tar.gz: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos/releases

- Many improvements related to creating #TaggedPDF, notably using template code for theorems and sectioning when \DocumentMetadata is used.

- Various new/adjusted/fixed kerning customizations.

#typography #TeXLaTeΧ

@BussedDuck

> Free, open, and self-determined option without the need for self hosting?

Exactly this, especially ‘self-determined’.

I presume most publishers would want me to follow a house style, but I like to have complete control over all aspects of the typography. (I wrote an article about the typography: https://tug.org/TUGboat/tb46-1/tb142cain-setting-form.pdf (open access))

Also, I have been able to make corrections and changes based on readers’ comments and upload new versions without having to seek a publisher’s approval.

In particular, earlier this year I updated my annotated version of Hardy’s ‘A Mathematician’s Apology’ [https://archive.org/details/hardy_annotated] to an accessible #TaggedPDF. I aim to do the same for ‘Form & Number’, but it is a (vastly!) more complicated document and it needs some features that I think are still under development by the LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/].

@BussedDuck

> Free, open, and self-determined option without the need for self hosting?

Exactly this, especially ‘self-determined’.

I presume most publishers would want me to follow a house style, but I like to have complete control over all aspects of the typography. (I wrote an article about the typography: https://tug.org/TUGboat/tb46-1/tb142cain-setting-form.pdf (open access))

Also, I have been able to make corrections and changes based on readers’ comments and upload new versions without having to seek a publisher’s approval.

In particular, earlier this year I updated my annotated version of Hardy’s ‘A Mathematician’s Apology’ [https://archive.org/details/hardy_annotated] to an accessible #TaggedPDF. I aim to do the same for ‘Form & Number’, but it is a (vastly!) more complicated document and it needs some features that I think are still under development by the LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/].

@BussedDuck

> Free, open, and self-determined option without the need for self hosting?

Exactly this, especially ‘self-determined’.

I presume most publishers would want me to follow a house style, but I like to have complete control over all aspects of the typography. (I wrote an article about the typography: https://tug.org/TUGboat/tb46-1/tb142cain-setting-form.pdf (open access))

Also, I have been able to make corrections and changes based on readers’ comments and upload new versions without having to seek a publisher’s approval.

In particular, earlier this year I updated my annotated version of Hardy’s ‘A Mathematician’s Apology’ [https://archive.org/details/hardy_annotated] to an accessible #TaggedPDF. I aim to do the same for ‘Form & Number’, but it is a (vastly!) more complicated document and it needs some features that I think are still under development by the LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/].

@BussedDuck

> Free, open, and self-determined option without the need for self hosting?

Exactly this, especially ‘self-determined’.

I presume most publishers would want me to follow a house style, but I like to have complete control over all aspects of the typography. (I wrote an article about the typography: https://tug.org/TUGboat/tb46-1/tb142cain-setting-form.pdf (open access))

Also, I have been able to make corrections and changes based on readers’ comments and upload new versions without having to seek a publisher’s approval.

In particular, earlier this year I updated my annotated version of Hardy’s ‘A Mathematician’s Apology’ [https://archive.org/details/hardy_annotated] to an accessible #TaggedPDF. I aim to do the same for ‘Form & Number’, but it is a (vastly!) more complicated document and it needs some features that I think are still under development by the LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/].

@BussedDuck

> Free, open, and self-determined option without the need for self hosting?

Exactly this, especially ‘self-determined’.

I presume most publishers would want me to follow a house style, but I like to have complete control over all aspects of the typography. (I wrote an article about the typography: https://tug.org/TUGboat/tb46-1/tb142cain-setting-form.pdf (open access))

Also, I have been able to make corrections and changes based on readers’ comments and upload new versions without having to seek a publisher’s approval.

In particular, earlier this year I updated my annotated version of Hardy’s ‘A Mathematician’s Apology’ [https://archive.org/details/hardy_annotated] to an accessible #TaggedPDF. I aim to do the same for ‘Form & Number’, but it is a (vastly!) more complicated document and it needs some features that I think are still under development by the LaTeX tagging project [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/].

RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@11011110/116688208890453456

Hey, @11011110 please tell us more about ltx-talk!

I've just heard about it today from @schuemaa and @oantolin and it sounds like just the thing, once we can get org-mode export supported as well as Beamer export has been.

#emacs #orgmode #accessibility #taggedPDF

RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@11011110/116688208890453456

Hey, @11011110 please tell us more about ltx-talk!

I've just heard about it today from @schuemaa and @oantolin and it sounds like just the thing, once we can get org-mode export supported as well as Beamer export has been.

#emacs #orgmode #accessibility #taggedPDF

RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@11011110/116688208890453456

Hey, @11011110 please tell us more about ltx-talk!

I've just heard about it today from @schuemaa and @oantolin and it sounds like just the thing, once we can get org-mode export supported as well as Beamer export has been.

#emacs #orgmode #accessibility #taggedPDF

RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@11011110/116688208890453456

Hey, @11011110 please tell us more about ltx-talk!

I've just heard about it today from @schuemaa and @oantolin and it sounds like just the thing, once we can get org-mode export supported as well as Beamer export has been.

#emacs #orgmode #accessibility #taggedPDF

RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@11011110/116688208890453456

Hey, @11011110 please tell us more about ltx-talk!

I've just heard about it today from @schuemaa and @oantolin and it sounds like just the thing, once we can get org-mode export supported as well as Beamer export has been.

#emacs #orgmode #accessibility #taggedPDF

I made a edition of Edward Gibbon’s ‘Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’ as a phone/tablet-sized PDF: https://archive.org/details/gibbon_declineandfall (3863 pages!)

LuaLaTeX source code: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/gibbon_declineandfall

The style uses the interfaces created by the LaTeX tagging project, so (at least in theory), it is an accessible #TaggedPDF.

The font is @mc_wiki’s beautiful Garamontio.

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#TeXLaTeX #typography #history #literature #RomanHistory

I made a edition of Edward Gibbon’s ‘Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’ as a phone/tablet-sized PDF: https://archive.org/details/gibbon_declineandfall (3863 pages!)

LuaLaTeX source code: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/gibbon_declineandfall

The style uses the interfaces created by the LaTeX tagging project, so (at least in theory), it is an accessible #TaggedPDF.

The font is @mc_wiki’s beautiful Garamontio.

1/2

#TeXLaTeX #typography #history #literature #RomanHistory

I made a edition of Edward Gibbon’s ‘Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’ as a phone/tablet-sized PDF: https://archive.org/details/gibbon_declineandfall (3863 pages!)

LuaLaTeX source code: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/gibbon_declineandfall

The style uses the interfaces created by the LaTeX tagging project, so (at least in theory), it is an accessible #TaggedPDF.

The font is @mc_wiki’s beautiful Garamontio.

1/2

#TeXLaTeX #typography #history #literature #RomanHistory

I made a edition of Edward Gibbon’s ‘Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’ as a phone/tablet-sized PDF: https://archive.org/details/gibbon_declineandfall (3863 pages!)

LuaLaTeX source code: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/gibbon_declineandfall

The style uses the interfaces created by the LaTeX tagging project, so (at least in theory), it is an accessible #TaggedPDF.

The font is @mc_wiki’s beautiful Garamontio.

1/2

#TeXLaTeX #typography #history #literature #RomanHistory

I made a edition of Edward Gibbon’s ‘Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’ as a phone/tablet-sized PDF: https://archive.org/details/gibbon_declineandfall (3863 pages!)

LuaLaTeX source code: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/gibbon_declineandfall

The style uses the interfaces created by the LaTeX tagging project, so (at least in theory), it is an accessible #TaggedPDF.

The font is @mc_wiki’s beautiful Garamontio.

1/2

#TeXLaTeX #typography #history #literature #RomanHistory

Yves-Marie André's (1675–1764) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Marie_André] ‘Essay on Beauty’ (‘Essai sur le beau’, 1741) was an important work of 18th-century aesthetics. In the article on beauty in the 2nd volume (1752) of the ‘Encylopédie’, Denis Diderot praised André's system as the best he knew, elevating it above the work of Plato, Augustine, Wolff, Crousaz, Shaftesbury.

In 2010, I released a #CreativeCommons-licensed annotated English translation [https://archive.org/details/EssayOnBeauty]. I have just made an update: the PDF is now an accessible #TaggedPDF.

(The LaTeX tagging system is still under development [https://latex3.github.io/tagging-project/], but I have been adapting my LaTeX styles to be tagging-compatible.)

Although I was a much less practised typographer 16 years ago, I have left the overall design of ‘Essay on Beauty’ unchanged, contenting myself with minor improvements offered by an updated version of the Baskervald font, ensuring that line-end hyphenations follow the OUP standard, and a few other localized improvements.

#accessibility #OpenAccess #aesthetics #HistPhil