news: TUGboat, Visible Language, TUG'25, conferences, CTAN
Radhakrishnan CV <[email protected]> Fri, 2 May 2025 07:15:44 +0530
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--===============8187105745350316879== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_8FDCD48F-12B5-40AD-BAA4-351AC23C5A75" --Apple-Mail=_8FDCD48F-12B5-40AD-BAA4-351AC23C5A75 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: TeX Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: May25 news: TUGboat, Visible Language, TUG'25, conferences, = CTAN Date: 2 May 2025 at 3:50:59=E2=80=AFAM IST Hello TUG members -=20 On the TUGboat front, the first issue for 2025 (168 pages!) is at the printer and we expect it to start mailing soon. As always, we welcome submissions for the upcoming issues. https://tug.org/TUGboat/ Many of us are interested in typography and text research as well as TeX. The long-time journal Visible Language is now fully open-access and available on the web: https://www.visible-language.org/journal/ The latest issue includes an article "Digital Type Challenges" by Lucida designers Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes: https://www.visible-language.org/59-1/digital-type-challenges https://tug.org/lucida/ Visible Language is welcoming submissions for a special student issue later this year: https://www.visible-language.org/journal/calls/ Enjoy! * The TUG 2025 conference will take place in Trivandrum, Kerala, India, hosted by TeXFolio, from July 18-20 (Fri-Sun), 2025. https://tug.org/tug2025/ The venue is the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Trivandrum (the booking deadline of May 31 is approaching): = https://www.hyatt.com/hyatt-regency/en-US/trvrt-hyatt-regency-trivandrum There will be a LaTeX developers' workshop on tagged PDF on Thursday, July 17, and a calligraphy demonstration and workshop on Sunday afternoon, July 20, by renowned Malayalam calligrapher Narayana Bhattathiri. Both are free of charge. https://tug.org/tug2025/workshop.html The deadline for presentation proposals has passed, but we will continue to accept submissions (title and abstract) while space permits. Additional remote presentations are welcome. https://tug.org/tug2025/cfp.html Conference information and the registration form are now available: https://tug.org/tug2025/register.html The conference program so far: https://tug.org/tug2025/program.html A visa will be needed by most participants coming from outside India; it's advisable to start that process as soon as possible. The conference committee is happy to provide invitation letters and any other assistance; you can email us at [email protected] * BachoTeX 2025 is taking place as this newsletter is going out! https://bachotex.gust.org.pl/2025/index_en.html The ConTeXt Meeting 2025, Chmielno, Poland, August 22-29, 2025. https://meeting.contextgarden.net/2025/ * New CTAN packages in March 2025 (all updates: = https://ctan.org/ctan-ann): - afperpack, a parametric questions' repositories framework - beamer-theme-albi, the Albi beamer theme - beamertheme-cleaneasy, a clean and minimalist Beamer theme - bracealign, align braces under and over math expressions - cistercian, display cistercian numerals - figureversions, figure versions for LaTeX - fontawesome6, Font Awesome 6 with LaTeX support - lua-regression, add polynomial regressions to graphs - mohe-book, typeset authored, translated, and research books according to MOHE (Afghanistan) rules - novabeamer-theme, a flexible and customizable LaTeX theme for creating professional presentations - onepgnote, space-efficient one-page notes for exams - open-everyday-symbols, a list of ``everyday'' symbols, to be extended by everybody - ou-tma, a package to aid in the writing of Tutor Marked Assessments for the Open University - qworld, draw graphical calculus in monoidal categories and quantum = theory - tikzfxgraph, plotting functions in a simplified way - traffic-light-protocol, show TLP (Traffic Light Protocol) tags Information about any CTAN package is available at https://ctan.org/pkg/PKGNAME Happy \TeX{}ing, Karl Berry, on behalf of the TUG Board --Apple-Mail=_8FDCD48F-12B5-40AD-BAA4-351AC23C5A75 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: = after-white-space;"><div><div><span style=3D"font-family: = -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, = sans-serif;"><b>From: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family: = -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, = sans-serif;">TeX Users Group = <[email protected]></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-family: = -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, = sans-serif;"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family: = -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, = sans-serif;"><b>May25 news: TUGboat, Visible Language, TUG'25, = conferences, CTAN</b></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-family: = -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, = sans-serif;"><b>Date: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family: = -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, = sans-serif;">2 May 2025 at 3:50:59=E2=80=AFAM = IST</span></div><div><br></div><div>Hello TUG members = - </div><div><font color=3D"#5856d6"><span style=3D"caret-color: = rgb(88, 86, 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>On the TUGboat front, = the first issue for 2025 (168 pages!) is at the</div><div>printer and we = expect it to start mailing soon. As always, we = welcome</div><div>submissions for the upcoming = issues.</div><div> https://tug.org/TUGboat/</div><div><font = color=3D"#5856d6"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>Many of us are interested in = typography and text research as well as</div><div>TeX. The = long-time journal Visible Language is now fully = open-access</div><div>and available on the = web:</div><div> https://www.visible-language.org/journal/</div><div><= font color=3D"#5856d6"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>The latest issue includes an article = "Digital Type Challenges" by</div><div>Lucida designers Charles Bigelow = and Kris = Holmes:</div><div> https://www.visible-language.org/59-1/digital-type= -challenges</div><div> https://tug.org/lucida/</div><div><font = color=3D"#5856d6"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>Visible Language is welcoming = submissions for a special student issue</div><div>later this = year:</div><div> https://www.visible-language.org/journal/calls/</div= ><div><font color=3D"#5856d6"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>Enjoy!</div><div><font = color=3D"#5856d6"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>*</div><div><font = color=3D"#5856d6"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>The TUG 2025 conference will take = place in Trivandrum, Kerala, India,</div><div>hosted by TeXFolio, from = July 18-20 (Fri-Sun), = 2025.</div><div> https://tug.org/tug2025/</div><div><font = color=3D"#5856d6"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>The venue is the Hyatt Regency Hotel = in Trivandrum (the booking deadline</div><div>of May 31 is = approaching):</div><div> https://www.hyatt.com/hyatt-regency/en-US/tr= vrt-hyatt-regency-trivandrum</div><div><font color=3D"#5856d6"><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>There will be a LaTeX developers' = workshop on tagged PDF on Thursday,</div><div>July 17, and a calligraphy = demonstration and workshop on Sunday</div><div>afternoon, July 20, by = renowned Malayalam calligrapher Narayana</div><div>Bhattathiri. Both are = free of = charge.</div><div> https://tug.org/tug2025/workshop.html</div><div><f= ont color=3D"#5856d6"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>The deadline for presentation = proposals has passed, but we will continue</div><div>to accept = submissions (title and abstract) while space = permits.</div><div>Additional remote presentations are = welcome.</div><div> https://tug.org/tug2025/cfp.html</div><div><font = color=3D"#5856d6"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>Conference information and the = registration form are now = available:</div><div> https://tug.org/tug2025/register.html</div><div= ><font color=3D"#5856d6"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>The conference program so = far:</div><div> https://tug.org/tug2025/program.html</div><div><font = color=3D"#5856d6"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>A visa will be needed by most = participants coming from outside</div><div>India; it's advisable to = start that process as soon as possible. The</div><div>conference = committee is happy to provide invitation letters and any</div><div>other = assistance; you can email us at [email protected]</div><div><font = color=3D"#5856d6"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>*</div><div><font = color=3D"#5856d6"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>BachoTeX 2025 is taking place as = this newsletter is going = out!</div><div> https://bachotex.gust.org.pl/2025/index_en.html</div>= <div><font color=3D"#5856d6"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>The ConTeXt Meeting 2025, Chmielno, = Poland, August 22-29, = 2025.</div><div> https://meeting.contextgarden.net/2025/</div><div><f= ont color=3D"#5856d6"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>*</div><div><font = color=3D"#5856d6"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>New CTAN packages in March 2025 (all = updates: https://ctan.org/ctan-ann):</div><div><font = color=3D"#5856d6"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>- afperpack, a parametric questions' = repositories framework</div><div>- beamer-theme-albi, the Albi beamer = theme</div><div>- beamertheme-cleaneasy, a clean and minimalist Beamer = theme</div><div>- bracealign, align braces under and over math = expressions</div><div>- cistercian, display cistercian = numerals</div><div>- figureversions, figure versions for = LaTeX</div><div>- fontawesome6, Font Awesome 6 with LaTeX = support</div><div>- lua-regression, add polynomial regressions to = graphs</div><div>- mohe-book, typeset authored, translated, and research = books according</div><div> to MOHE (Afghanistan) rules</div><div>- = novabeamer-theme, a flexible and customizable LaTeX theme for = creating</div><div> professional presentations</div><div>- = onepgnote, space-efficient one-page notes for exams</div><div>- = open-everyday-symbols, a list of ``everyday'' symbols, to be = extended</div><div> by everybody</div><div>- ou-tma, a package to = aid in the writing of Tutor Marked Assessments</div><div> for the = Open University</div><div>- qworld, draw graphical calculus in monoidal = categories and quantum theory</div><div>- tikzfxgraph, plotting = functions in a simplified way</div><div>- traffic-light-protocol, show = TLP (Traffic Light Protocol) tags</div><div><font color=3D"#5856d6"><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>Information about any CTAN package = is available = at</div><div> https://ctan.org/pkg/PKGNAME</div><div><font = color=3D"#5856d6"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);"><br></span></font></div><div>Happy \TeX{}ing,</div><div><div>Karl = Berry, on behalf of the TUG Board<br></div></div></div><br><div> <div><br></div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_8FDCD48F-12B5-40AD-BAA4-351AC23C5A75-- --===============8187105745350316879== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Home: http://www.tug.org.in/ TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq unsubscribe: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tugindia --===============8187105745350316879==--