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Unpopular opinion: every time I see anything made with LaTeX, it makes my eyes bleed. While it might be great for editing, I find it to be a pain to read. I rea
by not_your_vase 2y ago
Unpopular opinion: every time I see anything made with LaTeX, it makes my eyes bleed. While it might be great for editing, I find it to be a pain to read. I really wish academic papers (and everything else it is used for) would be written with a tool that generate at least a bit more readable output...
- oneshtein 2y agoTeX output was optimized for printing, so it looks better on paper than on screen. (IMHO, it looks excellent on paper). Try to zoom in, for better experience, or view generated PDF on eInk display.
- naavis 2y agoWhy do you find it hard to read?
- not_your_vase 2y agoI think it's mostly the font itself that hurts me. It curls at all the bad places, and somehow I find most characters disproportional; just like the word spacing, which is pretty much random when you switch between styles (italics to maths formula to normal - spacing is all over the place). The font itself reminds me of the ugly skinny latin fonts you see on Chinese programs, especially when set in italics. I see that everyone loves LaTeX with virtually no exception - have no idea if it's an acquired taste that everyone gets, or it's my defect for being unable to find any inherent value in it as a reader. In any case, I just don't get it, lol.