TeXLive2026 is released!

Please give it a couple of days to reach the mirrors.
https://tug.org/texlive/acquire.html
https://tug.org/mactex

#TeXLaTeX #TeXLive

Mein ConTeXt-Buch ist jetzt beim Verlag bestellbar:

* Buch: https://www.lehmanns.de/shop/technik/88843184-9783965436046-drucksachen-gestalten-mit-context-und-luametatex (vorbestellbar)
* eBook: https://www.lehmanns.de/shop/mathematik-informatik/88842661-9783965436374-drucksachen-gestalten-mit-context-und-luametatex (sofort lieferbar)

Bestellet zuhauf, ich will reich werden! 🤑

DANTE-Mitglieder bekommen das Buch zu einem reduzierten Mitgliederpreis (EDIT: Mail mit Mitgliedsnummer an [email protected], um einen Gutscheincode zu bekommen). Bei der Tagung in Lahnau wird es vorliegen. 🤞
Die Suchfunktion des Shops findet es nur unter „LuaMetaTeX“… 😕

#TeXConTeXt

LaTeX Intro @ On March 4 in Vienna, we will dive into LaTeX, a pretty fancy document preparation system that is widely used in scientific, math and technical writing. After a short history and exploration of use cases, we will learn the very basics to setup our first document and explore more of LaTeXs features. It will be a choose-your-own-adventure kind of workshop that may take you into different directions depending on your experience and interest.

We will be working with https://www.overleaf.com, a LaTeX online editor. If you want to actively participate in the workshop, please create an account there and bring your own computer.

https://feminist-linux.diebin.at/2026/02/21/0x1b-latex-intro/

Schedule

17:30: Arrival and open chatting
18:00: General intro to the Feminist Linux Meetup and intro of participants
18:10: Presentation
18:30: Practical part
No registration required, just come by if our invitation policy and social conduct below suit you.

Location information

We will meet at Vordere Zollamtstraße 7, in the semainr room 24 (Seminarraum 24) on ground floor. The room is in a building of the University of Applied Arts next to Wien Mitte / The Mall, here on the map: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/176477793

On the Angewandte barrier-free page you find all infos on accessibility of the building and how to get there. If you have any specific questions regarding the location, or you would like to meet someone in front of the building, to guide you to the room, please contact us in time.

(*) Invitation policy and social conduct

The meetup (and workshop) is open to all women*, non-binary*, inter*, and trans* people, who are interested to talk about Linux and related topics. In this case, non-binary does mean that you neither fully identify as „woman“ or „man“. It does not mean, that you only programme in fuzzy-logic and don’t use binary numbers. This would of course be fantasticly queer, but believe us, our computers also work with binary code most of the time.

With the * we mark certain words to point to the fact, that all these categories are socially constructed. That means, that they do not exist „in nature“, but that we humans interpret nature in this specific way. Therefore it is also legitimate, that people choose these categories for themselves in a way that best fits them. If that unsettles you or you want to know more about it, take a look at our article on invitation policy: https://feminist-linux.diebin.at/invitation-policy/

Beyond that, we want to create an atmosphere and environment that is encouraging everyone. To do so, we created a Code of Conduct, that describes what we all can do, that no one has to be uncomfortable: https://feminist-linux.diebin.at/code-of-conduct/

In order for everyone to feel really welcome and accepted though, we want to be actively aware and foster a social environment that we describe here: https://feminist-linux.diebin.at/social-framework/

#latex #layout #feminist #linux #vienna #Wien #meetup #FLINTA

A list of font tools, ranging from font editors to proofing tools, and everything in-between: https://font-tools.com

By Olli Meier!

#typography #fonts

Twelve years. I started this project twelve years ago, and today I hold the result in my hand. It’s a book that combines bead weaving with math called, “Beading with Algorithms: Cellular Automata in Peyote Stitch.” With help from mathematician and artist Roger Antonsen, graphic designer Zelda Lin, a handful of talented proof readers, and the good people from World Scientific Publishing Company, my dream of combining my loves of math, art, and teaching into a book is finally a reality.

This book is the first of its kind, a recipe book of algorithms that can be used and combined to generate colorful patterns in peyote stitch beadwork in any size and shape you desire. These algorithms could also be applied to other pixelated art forms like tile laying, embroidery, crochet, and quilts. We included projects like bracelets, pill pouches, pendants, beaded beads, and key chains. We also included a bunch of different grids that you can photocopy and color with markers.

Of course I’m biased, but I think it’s a really beautiful book. We included multiple colorful images on almost every page, 172 pages in all. It was a huge layout challenge, but Zelda nailed it. My original goal was to write 128 pages on how to use algorithms to make beaded jewelry, but the more we explored the space, the more we found. Not just millions of algorithms, the space of possibilities is infinite. So of course, we couldn’t include them all. But we used math and Roger’s custom software that he wrote for this project to help us find dozens of the easiest algorithms and more than a hundred more in increasing levels of complexity. We included all of our favorites. 1/2

#MathArt #beading #Genuary #math #beadweaving