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Looking for guides on setting text with regards to good typography
I'm about to dive into LaTeX in preparation for writing a (technical) Master's Thesis. Since I'm kind of disappointed with the disregard to typography that is sometimes shown in such works I want to ...
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Oldstyle numerals or lining numerals with units of measurement?
What is considered proper typography regarding which set of numerals to use with units of measurement?
A real-life example:
In the experiment, shown schematically in figure 2.2, we illuminate an ...
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Old-style figures: Use in references/brackets (e.g. to equations, bibliography) or not?
In my documents I usually use old-style figures for "non-mathematical" numbers. By this I mean for example dates, page numbers, telephone numbers and the like. For tables, results of equations etc. I ...
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Special cases when using old-style figures
When using old-style figures, what are the special cases of using lining figures (if any), apart from maths?
For instance, are reference marks one such instance?
Some 1998 text which references~[1]
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Using text figures in technical and scientific documents
Many sources, such as Bringhurst and other style guides, recommend using text figures everywhere except all-caps text. This would seem reasonable for documents containing a lot of regular text, such ...
