Wissenschaftliches Schreiben/Typographie
- uniformly capitalize in headings and captions (see Ausarbeitungshinweise#Namen von Kapitelüberschriften).
- use
\centeringinstead 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\'eor{\'e}as the latter breaks kerning (the process of adjusting the spacing between characters)- or use UTF-8 as input encoding and write
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- 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.: