Questions tagged [latin]
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Simulating language-related OpenType font features
In LuaLaTeX, is it possible to use babel (or anything else) to simulate some language-related OpenType features not defined in the font?
I give an example of what I mean:
Writing in ecclesiastical ...
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Justifying text [closed]
Text not breaking as expected with justified. Any way to break text so appears as truly justified, no sudo ragged right?
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{longtable}
\...
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Why is there a line break right before an interrogation mark in my Latin text?
I created the following document containing a text in Latin. I compile it with lualatex. I wonder why there is a line break before an interrogation mark, placing this mark at the start of a line.
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How to get the accent grave in è right using biblatex, biber and Latin10? [duplicate]
Which sign combination at a German keyboard has to be used to get the accent grave in è correct while \'e gives the é?
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How to preload hyphenation pattern for ecclesiasticlatin?
I have the following in my doc preamble:
\usepackage[main=spanish,ecclesiasticlatin]{babel}
\babelprovide[hyphenrules=liturgicallatin]{ecclesiasticlatin}
But latexmk returns the following error ...
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Can you suggest me a Greek font that has the same (or very similar) text glyphs with the Latin characters of Concrete font?
Please see the next MWE:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[a4paper, total={180mm,257mm},left=15mm,top=20mm]{geometry}
\usepackage{concrete}
\usepackage[T1,LGR]{fontenc}
\usepackage[greek]{...
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How to use "\textstrokecapitalt"
I am using Overleaf to create a report, and I have to use some Latin characters in the text.
For the word "SȾÁUTW̱", the unicodes are:
(U+023E) \textstrokecapitalt for "Ⱦ"
(U+00C1)...
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Italic Cyrillic character display as tofu characters and other weirdnesses in LuaTeX using font EB Garamond
For some reason with the EB Garamond font, italic Cyrillic characters do not appear at all with LuaTeX, even though I have the italic font installed (and it supports Cyrillic) and it works in XeTeX.
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Place middle dots in place of spaces
Is it possible to get middle dots (·) in place of space like in classical Latin inscriptions?
As example, the following code …
\dotseparation{SENATUS POPULUSQUE ROMANUS}
… should appear like this “...
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What's better than \emph for making my Latin terms italic?
My styleguide suggests writing Latin phrases, including e.g. "in-vivo", in cursive. \emph{in-vivo} does not feel appropriate for this since it carries a semantic meaning of emphasis. What's ...
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Is it possible to change the TeX hyphenation rules for Ecclesiastical Latin?
I am in the middle of a very large project using LaTeX (which means it would not be OK to switch to XeTeX or LuaTeX), and I'm starting to run into issues with hyphenation. The entire thing (some 3,000 ...
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I need help with customizing my List of Contents
Lads,
I want to make a Table of Contents as show in. I've been using the default option, but it is not what I'm looking for.
this is what I want:
I. PART ONE
I. Chapter one
1. subsection A
2. ...
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Updated way of including latin and greek languages?
I have had the following code in my custom classes to handle latin and greek:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setotherlanguage[variant=classic]{latin}
\newfontfamily\latinfont[Script=...
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Problem with latin language from polyglossia and xcolor
After recent update of Tex Live 2022 engine (especially polyglossia package) my document is no more compiling giving a lot of errors. The root cause of these errors is probably using of latin language ...
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Is this a Symbol or a Font; and How to Reproduce? [duplicate]
In typesetting some Latin footnotes, I have come across this rather unusual depiction of ff:
The double f looks to me like some type of a special symbol; but, I am wondering if it is the result of ...
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