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Some geeky stuff

L^aT_eX on Mac OS X

For my work I use L^aT_eX on a Mac. My toolbox contains the following software, designed for Mac OS:

• XeTeX - A typesetting system based on a merger of Donald Knuth's T_eX system with Unicode and Mac OS X font technologies. Runs on Mac OS, Linux and most Unix-like systems. [Common Public License]
• fontspec - A package for X_ƎT_eX that provides an interface to Mac OS X fonts with access to advanced AAT and OpenType features. [L^aT_eX Project Public License]
• TeXShop - A free graphical frontend for the L^aT_eX typesetting system, with support for different engines including X_ƎT_eX [GPL License]
• BibDesk - A graphical BibTeX bibliography database manager for Mac OS X [BSD License]
• SIL Fonts - An amazing collection of free Unicode fonts to use in conjunction with XeTeX to produce documents in virtually any writing system. Gentium and Doulos SIL are fabulous fonts that can be used for general purpose typesetting. [Open Font License]

X_ƎT_eX, fontspec, Bibdesk and TeXShop plus the standard L^aT_eX engine and packages come nicely packed and ready to install in the fabulous MacTeX distribution.

All the above are licensed as free and open source software, which means that their code is publicly available to the community of users and can be freely adapted, modified and redistributed under the terms of the license.

LaTeX ramblings

The Beauty of LaTeX. Why should one use L^aT_eX instead of an ordinary word processor? Here is a tentative answer comparing their typographic accuracy.

Typesetting an academic CV in LaTeX. Templates and examples of how to compose an academic curriculum vitae or resume using X_ƎT_eX and expert fonts.

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Brain dumping

WikkaWiki is my handy external memory (it's also the software running this website–yes, it's a wiki–to whose development I contribute).

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