From 1139ff2ba2027a8736fad3b1ebb13ff8149e4cae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Gerardo=20Marx=20Ch=C3=A1vez-Campos?= Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 01:04:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update Readme units and geometry --- Readme.md | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md index 1387b49..29a8b9f 100644 --- a/Readme.md +++ b/Readme.md @@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ The repository is organized in the next way. The `1_basics` folder includes info ## Webinar Contents ## Here you can find the highlights of each day lecture, to avoid repetitive points during the webinar. + +------- + ### Day 1: Introduction (Marx) * What is LaTeX? * How LaTeX works? @@ -18,18 +21,26 @@ Here you can find the highlights of each day lecture, to avoid repetitive points * A dummy text definition command -#### Geometry and Lengths -##### Units + #### Geometry and Lengths + + ##### Geometry package + + ![](https://sharelatex-wiki-cdn-671420.c.cdn77.org/learn-scripts/images/f/fc/Layout-dimensions.png) -| Abbreviation | Value | -|pt| a point is approximately 1/72.27 inch, that means about 0.0138 inch or 0.3515 mm (exactly point is defined as 1/864 of American printer’s foot that is 249/250 of English foot)| -mm a millimeter -cm a centimeter -in inch -ex roughly the height of an 'x' (lowercase) in the current font (it depends on the font used) -em roughly the width of an 'M' (uppercase) in the current font (it depends on the font used) -mu math unit equal to 1/18 em, where em is taken from the math symbols family + ##### Units + The next table list the valid units used on LaTeX [^1]. + | Abbreviation | Value | + |--------------|--------| + | `pt` | a point is approximately 1/72.27 inch, that means about 0.0138 inch or 0.3515 mm (exactly point is defined as 1/864 of American printer’s foot that is 249/250 of English foot)| + |`mm`| a millimeter| + |`cm`| a centimeter| + |`in`| inch| + |`ex` |roughly the height of an 'x' (lowercase) in the current font (it depends on the font used)| + |`em` |roughly the width of an 'M' (uppercase) in the current font (it depends on the font used)| + |`mu` |math unit equal to 1/18 em, where em is taken from the math symbols family| + [^1]: Extracted from [Overleaf](https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Lengths_in_LaTeX) + ---- ### Day 2: Document Classes and Sectional Units ### ### Day 3: Equations, Tables and Figures (Marx) ### -- 2.26.2