I use LaTeX primarily through GNU Emacs (TeX mode), Org-mode and Pandoc. Following are my notes on things I have adapted to in the course of learning to produce great looking PDFs.
Memoir class looks better than the default classes:
use ebook instead of a4paper to get a PDF similar in size to a book.
Adjust margins. LaTeX uses wide margins; this increases the readability of text by reducing the number of words packed into each line. We can decrease the margins to cram more words to each line.
MikTex is really helpful when you want to try new things. It will install all the packages and fonts on the fly when you add them to your document.
Memoir class looks better than the default classes:
\documentclass[a4paper|ebook, 12pt]{memoir}
use ebook instead of a4paper to get a PDF similar in size to a book.
Adjust margins. LaTeX uses wide margins; this increases the readability of text by reducing the number of words packed into each line. We can decrease the margins to cram more words to each line.
\usepackage[in|cm, headings|myheadings]{fullpage}Better fonts. By default, Org-mode output use Latin Modern. But there are lots beautiful choices : - The Latex Font catalogue has them categorised: serifs, sans-serif, typewriter, calligraphical and handwritten and some others that I didn't knew existed (Uncial Fonts, Blackletter Fonts)
\usepackage{gfsartemisia} %GFS ArtemisiaPandoc mode for Emacs. This allows for interacting with Pandoc from Emacs itself, without using the command line. pandoc-mode
MikTex is really helpful when you want to try new things. It will install all the packages and fonts on the fly when you add them to your document.
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