2.26.1 Top new questions this week

2.26.1.1 Extract first letter of each word, also after a special character like a dash

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/318538/extract-first-letter-of-each-word-also-after-a-special-character-like-a-dash

This question based on this answer. 
Found letter missing when it occurs next to dash, as per the below MWE: 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{readarray} 
\usepackage{ifthen} 
...
 

- asked by Kumaresh PS (13 votes), answered by Nicola Talbot (12 votes)

2.26.1.2 ebgaramond swashy Q, LaTeX vs. Lilypond

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/319148/ebgaramond-swashy-q-latex-vs-lilypond

I am using LaTeX (pdflatex) and Lilypond together for a critical music edition, using the EB Garamond typeface for both. The two programs are giving me different glyphs for "Q": LaTeX provides a  ...
 

- asked by Andrew Cashner (11 votes), answered by Andrew Cashner (1 vote)

2.26.1.3 Where are the math font parameters?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/318483/where-are-the-math-font-parameters

I've been studying the algorithms used to render formulas in math mode.  I was hoping to be able to replicate some of this functionality, so I started looking for the different parameters needed from  ...
 

- asked by breeden (10 votes), answered by egreg (4 votes)

2.26.1.4 Where can I find the definitions of TeX environments?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/319346/where-can-i-find-the-definitions-of-tex-environments

As can be seen by my comments here, here and here, I'm currently trying to find out how to see the definitions of environments, but I felt that a new question would be responded to quicker. I want to  ...
 

- asked by ahorn (9 votes), answered by egreg (8 votes)

2.26.1.5 Gimp-like perspective transform in TikZ

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/319172/gimp-like-perspective-transform-in-tikz

I am brand new to TikZ, so please forgive any foolishness I express in this post. 
Gimp has a very nice perspective transform tool, which shows a 3x3 matrix with values that change as you drag using  ...
 

- asked by user3558855 (9 votes), answered by Steven B. Segletes (7 votes)

2.26.1.6 How to properly use \collect@body within align environment

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/319011/how-to-properly-use-collectbody-within-align-environment

The following code (an example of using \collect@body as a test case for this specific question) modified bmatrix to not add the surrounding [ and ]. This seems to work fine, but requires that I  ...
 

- asked by Peter Grill (8 votes), answered by egreg (5 votes)

2.26.1.7 Vertical space before vbox

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/318703/vertical-space-before-vbox

Note: I'm using plain TeX 
I'm trying to create a layout for theatrical plays that shows stage directions aligned to the right. 
I had to enclose the directions in a \vbox to prevent them from being  ...
 

- asked by Marc Trius (8 votes), answered by egreg (6 votes)