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MetaPost library initially written to automate some elements of black and white illustrations for a physics textbook

8 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 2 stories, 6 comments · first 2018-09-17 · latest 2026-09-13

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  1. The illustrations use https://github.com/jemmybutton/fiziko to get pretty line rendering.
    comment by mjmas · 2026-09-13 · in Vintage Scientific Papers with LaTeX
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    MetaPost library for black and white illustrations
    story by mjmas · 2026-09-13 · 0 comments
  3. Well, for that hand-drawn charm if you're willing to use METAPOST there is: https://github.com/jemmybutton/fiziko
  4. …a MetaPost library that can draw old-style physics illustrations. This is not my software. [0]: https://github.com/jemmybutton/fiziko
    comment by enricozb · 2021-04-11 · in Old Book Illustrations
  5. …black and white illustrations for a physics textbook, especially useful for TeX/LaTeX users.[0] [0] https://github.com/jemmybutton/fiziko
  6. This is amazing: https://github.com/jemmybutton/fiziko There's an excellent blog post by the author with many more illustrations but I can't find it right now. Edit: found it! https://habr.com/en/post/454376/
  7. …endfig; after the author has defined the sphere.c function (macro) with shading and shadows etc ( https://github.com/jemmybutton/fiziko/blob/2ccb6e1/fiziko.mp... ). It's really a fantastic way to draw for certain people, but it requires…
    comment by svat · 2019-07-07 · in Various Things in MetaPost
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    Creating old school illustrations for physics book programmatically
    story by codedokode · 2018-09-17 · 1 comment