Wissenschaftliches Schreiben/Typographie
- uniformly capitalize in headings and captions (see Ausarbeitungshinweise#Namen von Kapitelüberschriften).
- use
\centering
instead of\begin{center}
...\end{center}
as the latter inserts additional vertical space - use
\begin{align*}
...\end{align*}
instead of\begin{eqnarray*}
...\end{eqnarray*}
as the latter adds addtional horizontal space - use
\'{e}
instead of\'e
or{\'e}
as the latter breaks kerning (the process of adjusting the spacing between characters)- or use UTF-8 as input encoding and write
é
- or use UTF-8 as input encoding and write
- use
\usepackage{subcaption}
instead of\usepackage{subfig}
as the latter is incompatible to hyperref and caption - use
\usepackage{siunitx}
for the formatting of numbers- group large numbers automatically, e.g.:
\num{12345678.90}
→ 12 345 678.90 or 12.345.678,90 (depending on language setting) - correctly format numbers with units, e.g.
\qty{4}{\kg}
→ 4 kg instead of 4kg - use it in tables to align numbers at the decimal marker
- see package documentation
- group large numbers automatically, e.g.: