If you’re looking for the poor man’s version of FF Meta, I can recommend Delicious. It’s free and looks awfully close to Meta, at least to the untrained eye (the most notable differences are in the numbers). It also comes with a choice of weights and styles (bold, italic, even small caps), which is nice since some free fonts only have one option. So what if it doesn’t have the 24/36 faces in the official versions? It doesn’t cost €229.00 either.
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I use R to do almost all of my statistical analysis and plotting. It has a very steep learning curve but once you get into it, it’s very powerful and you can customise almost anything. The only problem is that these changes are not always obvious or easy to do. Case in point: how to change the fonts on an R plot.
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I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to find this. Latex is my typesetting software of choice but I’ve always found references to be a pain. First you’ve got to convert your existing EndNote references into BibTeX. Then you need to tweak that file making sure all the ampersands, double-quotes and other marks are TeX-friendly and finally you need to find a style file that makes the whole thing display the way you want to. (I’m sure by this point people are thinking why even bother…)
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything but it’s been a busy summer, what with getting married (!), moving back to London and all. We’re enjoying London much more this time around as we now live in a slightly calmer part of town. But regardless of where you are, the Tube is always a part of your day.
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I was browsing the TeX showcase the other day and came across a catalogue which used a familiar-looking font. Usually if I see a font and want to know what it is, I will use something like Identifont or What the Font. But if you have a PDF with the fonts embedded (the norm), there’s an easier way. Simply open the Properties menu (File > Properties… or ctrl + d) and click on the Fonts tag. You’ll still have to figure out which font is which but that’s fairly easy.
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