• phcorcoran@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I’m sorry but you can totally control the margin size in LaTeX if you learn the right incantation

    backslash UsEpAcKaGe letterpaper H-maaaaaaargin point seventy-niiiiiine inch brackets GEOOOOOMETRY

    then you spread the entrails slightly and stab towards the sky. Really don’t see what the big fuss is all about.

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      1 month ago

      My former colleague and I both decided on the same template for our dissertation, but hers looked wonky with the default margins. Sacrificing that lamb to have slightly tighter margins was worth it, even if the eldritch ramblings keep me awake at night.