{"id":120,"date":"2020-11-11T03:40:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T03:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nitens.org\/w\/?page_id=120"},"modified":"2020-11-11T03:40:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T03:40:11","slug":"tools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nitens.org\/w\/tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span class=\"latex\">L<sup>A<\/sup>T<sub>E<\/sub>X<\/span>\u00a0on Mac OS X<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/ctan.org\/lion.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"left\" title=\"LaTeX\" src=\"http:\/\/nitens.org\/img\/latex\/lion.png\" alt=\"LaTeX lion\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p>For my work I use\u00a0<span class=\"latex\">L<sup>A<\/sup>T<sub>E<\/sub>X<\/span>\u00a0on a Mac. 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Runs on Mac OS, Linux and most Unix-like systems.\u00a0<span class=\"notes\">[Common Public License]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctan.org\/tex-archive\/macros\/xetex\/latex\/fontspec\/\">fontspec<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; A package for\u00a0<span class=\"latex\">X<sub>\u018e<\/sub>T<sub>E<\/sub>X<\/span>\u00a0that provides an interface to Mac OS X fonts with access to advanced AAT and OpenType features.\u00a0<span class=\"notes\">[<span class=\"latex\">L<sup>A<\/sup>T<sub>E<\/sub>X<\/span>\u00a0Project Public License]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uoregon.edu\/~koch\/texshop\/texshop.html\">TeXShop<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; A free graphical frontend for the\u00a0<span class=\"latex\">L<sup>A<\/sup>T<sub>E<\/sub>X<\/span>\u00a0typesetting system, with support for different engines including\u00a0<span class=\"latex\">X<sub>\u018e<\/sub>T<sub>E<\/sub>X<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"notes\">[GPL License]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/bibdesk.sourceforge.net\/\">BibDesk<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; A graphical BibTeX bibliography database manager for Mac OS X\u00a0<span class=\"notes\">[BSD License]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/scripts.sil.org\/cms\/scripts\/page.php?site_id=nrsi&amp;cat_id=FontDownloads\">SIL Fonts<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; An amazing collection of free Unicode fonts to use in conjunction with\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/scripts.sil.org\/cms\/scripts\/page.php?site_id=nrsi&amp;id=xetex\">XeTeX<\/a>\u00a0to produce documents in virtually any writing system.\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/scripts.sil.org\/cms\/scripts\/page.php?site_id=nrsi&amp;item_id=Gentium\">Gentium<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/scripts.sil.org\/cms\/scripts\/page.php?site_id=nrsi&amp;item_id=DoulosSILfont\">Doulos SIL<\/a>\u00a0are fabulous fonts that can be used for general purpose typesetting.\u00a0<span class=\"notes\">[Open Font License]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"latex\">X<sub>\u018e<\/sub>T<sub>E<\/sub>X<\/span>, fontspec, Bibdesk and TeXShop plus the standard\u00a0<span class=\"latex\">L<sup>A<\/sup>T<sub>E<\/sub>X<\/span>\u00a0engine and packages come nicely packed and ready to install in the fabulous\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tug.org\/mactex\/\">MacTeX<\/a>\u00a0distribution.<\/p>\n<p>All the above are licensed as\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Free_and_open_source_software\">free and open source software<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n<h4>LaTeX ramblings<\/h4>\n<p><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/nitens.org\/taraborelli\/latex\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"left_border alignleft\" title=\"The beauty of LaTeX\" src=\"http:\/\/nitens.org\/taraborelli\/images\/mini\/latex.jpg\" alt=\"[latex]\" width=\"56\" height=\"56\" \/><\/a><a class=\"\" href=\"..\/latex\">The Beauty of <span class=\"latex\">L<sup>A<\/sup>T<sub>E<\/sub>X<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nA comparison of typographic accuracy in\u00a0<span class=\"latex\">L<sup>A<\/sup>T<sub>E<\/sub>X<\/span>\u00a0vs ordinary word processors.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/nitens.org\/taraborelli\/cvtex\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"left_border alignleft\" title=\"Typesetting an academic CV in LaTeX\" src=\"http:\/\/nitens.org\/taraborelli\/images\/mini\/cvtex.jpg\" alt=\"[latex]\" width=\"58\" height=\"58\" \/><\/a><a class=\"\" href=\"..\/cvtex\">Typesetting an academic CV in <span class=\"latex\">L<sup>A<\/sup>T<sub>E<\/sub>X<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nTemplates to compile an academic curriculum vitae or resume using\u00a0<span class=\"latex\">X<sub>\u018e<\/sub>T<sub>E<\/sub>X<\/span>\u00a0and expert fonts.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/nitens.org\/taraborelli\/TeXOpenType\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"left_border alignleft\" title=\"Accessing OpenType font features in LaTeX\" src=\"http:\/\/nitens.org\/taraborelli\/images\/mini\/opentype.jpg\" alt=\"[latex]\" width=\"58\" height=\"58\" \/><\/a><a class=\"\" href=\"..\/TeXOpenType\">Accessing OpenType font features in <span class=\"latex\">L<sup>A<\/sup>T<sub>E<\/sub>X<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nHow to access advanced OpenType font features in\u00a0<span class=\"latex\">X<sub>\u018e<\/sub>T<sub>E<\/sub>X<\/span>\u00a0via the\u00a0<tt>fontspec<\/tt>\u00a0package.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/nitens.org\/taraborelli\/texlogo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"left_border alignleft\" title=\"Pure CSS TeX logo\" src=\"http:\/\/nitens.org\/taraborelli\/images\/mini\/tools.jpg\" alt=\"[latex css logos]\" width=\"58\" height=\"58\" \/><\/a><a class=\"\" href=\"..\/texlogo\">Pure CSS <span class=\"latex\">T<sub>E<\/sub>X <\/span>logos<\/a><br \/>\nA simple hack to generate\u00a0<span class=\"latex\">T<sub>E<\/sub>X<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"latex\">L<sup>A<\/sup>T<sub>E<\/sub>X<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"latex\">X<sub>\u018e<\/sub>T<sub>E<\/sub>X<\/span>\u00a0logos in plain CSS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LATEX\u00a0on Mac OS X For my work I use\u00a0LATEX\u00a0on a Mac. 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Runs on Mac OS, Linux and most Unix-like systems.\u00a0[Common Public License] fontspec\u00a0&#8211; A package for\u00a0X\u018eTEX\u00a0that provides an interface to Mac OS X fonts &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nitens.org\/w\/tools\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tools&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-120","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitens.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitens.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitens.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitens.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitens.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nitens.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121,"href":"https:\/\/nitens.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120\/revisions\/121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitens.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}