11.83.1 Top new questions this week

11.83.1.1 Drawing a sphere and ellipsoid together

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=755898

I would like to draw a sphere, of radius 3, and an ellipsoid of semi-axis 2, 3 and 4 together. They intersect at two great circles on the sphere (marked in red). 
I started out with the sphere and the ... 
[tikz-pgf] [3d] [tikz-3dplot]
 

asked by Knudsen https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=129514 Score of 19

answered by Black Mild https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=140722 Score of 9

11.83.1.2 How to add a mirror like shadow effect to a title?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=755894

I would like to add a reversed gray shadow under a title to mimmic a mirror effect. How can we do that with standard pdflatex (the live tex distribution)? 
Currtently, the code below only add a dull ... 
[fonts] [text] [text-decorations] [shadows]
 

asked by Cham https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=139556 Score of 14

answered by Fran https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=11604 Score of 16

11.83.1.3 How to layout the two-side notes using Latex

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=755900

The following is an example from an English book. I'm planning to rewrite it in latex. 
The layout is with an itemize of points in the middle, and with "CONNECTIONS" notes along the two sides.... 
[tables]
 

asked by xuehao https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=271404 Score of 9

answered by Jasper Habicht https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=47927 Score of 14

11.83.1.4 How to avoid `\phantom  ` and empty groups in this array, while maintaining the same alignment?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=755912

I'm working on creating a specific two-column table in \LaTeX. The second column, $f(n)$, contains expressions that are linear combinations of $\alpha$, $\beta$, and $\gamma$, but not all terms are ... 
[arrays]
 

asked by tmc https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=426949 Score of 8

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 9

11.83.1.5 TikZ word search diagram v2

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=755786

As a continuation of TikZ word search diagram here is the problem I'm facing. I did what Explorer suggested and it worked fine except that my rounded rectangles look like sausages or like Hieroglyphic ... 
[tikz-pgf] [rounded-corners] [crossword] [word-search-game]
 

asked by yannis https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=18645 Score of 8

answered by Rmano https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=38080 Score of 12

11.83.1.6 How to set font family in `minted` style to an arbitrary font?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=755862

I'm trying to set up tcolorbox blocks using minted engine. I want to use a font of my choice in those, not the default monospaced one (or tt or helvetica, per minted manual). Let's say I want 'Code ... 
[fonts] [tcolorbox] [minted]
 

asked by yury10578 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=210048 Score of 7

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 8

11.83.1.7 Accented character type \e`

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=755858

Sometimes I see the accented A~.. written in LaTeX sources as a command like this: 
\`e 
I've always wondered the reason. 
On my laptop (a modern machine), I can type A~.. directly using the keyboard, and the ... 
[accents] [mac] [keyboard]
 

asked by Sebastiano https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=117876 Score of 7

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 10