LaTeX Typography Guide

A collection of typography guidelines and conventions for writing documents in LaTeX. This guide combines established typographical practices with style preferences developed for my research group.

Contents

The guide covers topics including:

• Mathematical text and environments
• Working with units
• Proper use of multiplication symbols
• Table formatting with decimal alignment
• Correct typesetting of constants (Euler's number, differential signs)
• Function names and mathematical operators
• Quotation marks and punctuation
• Automatic bracket sizing
• Chemical notation
• Kröger-Vink defect notation

Files

• latex_typography_guide.tex - Main document source
• lab_notes.sty - Custom style package for formatting
• kroger_vink.sty - Package for Kröger-Vink notation
• Bibliography.bib - References
• user_commands.tex - Custom commands (if present)

Building

To compile the document:

pdflatex latex_typography_guide.tex
bibtex latex_typography_guide
pdflatex latex_typography_guide.tex
pdflatex latex_typography_guide.tex

Requirements

The document requires the following LaTeX packages:

• tufte-handout document class
• siunitx for units
• mhchem for chemical formulae
• amsmath for mathematical notation
• And various other standard packages

The kroger_vink package is included in this repository. It is also available separately at https://github.com/bjmorgan/kroger-vink

Licence

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

You are free to share and adapt this material for any purpose, including commercially, as long as you provide appropriate attribution.

Attribution

If you use or adapt this work, please provide attribution such as:

"LaTeX Typography Guide" by Benjamin J. Morgan, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Available at: https://github.com/bjmorgan/latex_typography_guide

Contact

Benjamin J. Morgan
Department of Chemistry, University of Bath