1.20.1 Top new questions this week

1.20.1.1 What is the history of the A~\237 (Eszett) in the T1 encoding of Computer modern?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/280408/what-is-the-history-of-the-ss-eszett-in-the-t1-encoding-of-computer-modern

In the default font (Computer modern) the A~\237 looks ugly to me.  It really sticks out on a page as if it would come from a different font.  Here's an image: 
What is the history of this character?   ...
 

- asked by Thomas (26 votes), answered by Pont (40 votes)

1.20.1.2 December challenge: Create an Advent Calendar

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/280771/december-challenge-create-an-advent-calendar

While thinking about creating an own Advent Calendar for the beloved people around me a^\200\223 instead of buying a boring one with chocolate in it a^\200\223 a thought came to my mind: "How would I draw this in  ...
 

- asked by Benedikt Bauer (24 votes), answered by Tom Bombadil (18 votes)

1.20.1.3 Drawing the p,T-diagram with TikZ/pgfplots

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/280302/drawing-the-p-t-diagram-with-tikz-pgfplots

I am trying to draw a p,T-diagram with TikZ using pgfplots as shown in the picture. All I have so far is: 
\documentclass[a4paper, 11pt]{scrartcl} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\usepackage{pgfplots} 
...
 

- asked by Yannick (13 votes), answered by TorbjA~,rn T. (10 votes)

1.20.1.4 What is the difference between assigning and \def

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/280836/what-is-the-difference-between-assigning-and-def

What is the syntax difference between these two assignments (basically) 
\arraycolsep=1mm 
\def\arraystretch{0.7} 
What are the fundamental differences of the command \arraycolsep and \arraystretch  ...
 

- asked by Gabriel (11 votes), answered by Christian Hupfer (11 votes)

1.20.1.5 Apply a macro to every word

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/280967/apply-a-macro-to-every-word

In order to improve the \sameword feature of reledmac, I would like to find a way to automatically apply a command to every word. For example, in plain TeX, 
\def\foo#1{#1 (#1)} 
foo bar foo bar foo  ...
 

- asked by MaA~\257eul (10 votes), answered by David Carlisle (13 votes)

1.20.1.6 Show the code example below the image if the width is greater than X

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/280472/show-the-code-example-below-the-image-if-the-width-is-greater-than-x

I've been studying answers like this onehttp://tex.stackexchange.com/a/120953/85210 to create "side by side" code examples: 
But... I'm not sure about the way to use it when it looks like this: 
...
 

- asked by belford (8 votes), answered by Symbol 1 (6 votes)

1.20.1.7 \if-statement to know whether a new chapter has been created

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/280493/if-statement-to-know-whether-a-new-chapter-has-been-created

I am trying to create a conditional function to determine whether a new chapter has been created (for a different purpose than that of the MWE). So far I have been unsuccessful, despite having tryed  ...
 

- asked by HcN (8 votes), answered by Werner (6 votes)