https://github.com/jemmybutton/byrne-euclid

MetaPost + TeX rendition of Oliver Byrne's "The first six books of the Elements of Euclid"
https://github.com/jemmybutton/byrne-euclid

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MetaPost + TeX rendition of Oliver Byrne's "The first six books of the Elements of Euclid"

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jemmybutton/byrne-euclid
• Owner: jemmybutton
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2017-01-05T22:01:06.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-06-14T17:51:51.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-29T07:34:03.125Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: book, byrne, euclid, geometry, metapost, tex
• Language: TeX
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• Size: 3.43 MB
• Stars: 1,170
• Watchers: 56
• Forks: 104
• Open Issues: 33
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING

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README

        
MetaPost + TeX rendition of [Oliver Byrne's "The first six books of the

Elements of Euclid"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Byrne_(mathematician)#Byrne.27s_Euclid)

![title](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7447349/41129584-737480dc-6abb-11e8-8f73-7b9a9afcb38a.png)

This project is not intended to create the exact copy of the original, but

rather is an attempt to implement all its most important features in a way that

would allow easy modification and creation of similarly styled geometric proofs.

At the moment, all the code for this purpose exists as a standalone LaTeX

[package](https://github.com/jemmybutton/byrne-latex), is 

[on CTAN](https://www.ctan.org/pkg/byrne),and can be used by employing 

`\usepackage{byrne}`.

![comparison](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7447349/52147564-2c240580-2678-11e9-9803-01a2b7c970da.png)

Beyond merely reproducing Byrne's original design elements, this version

features some improvments over the original. E.g., it has a mechanism to

add small letters to Byrne's colorful diagrams, as suggested by Edward

Tufte in [Envisioning Information](https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_ei).

This feature is turned on by default in the Russian version and can be

turned on with one line in the English version (save for some layout

changes which arise due to letter designations taking more space).

![labels](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7447349/52147400-a30cce80-2677-11e9-9a2a-3b7f88419c90.png)

This edition features generated initials and vignettes, so there are no 

two identical initials in the whole book. This feature is pretty much 

work-in-progress, and, when ready (i.e. when it starts producing 

satisfactory results), is likely to become a part of 

[fiziko](https://github.com/jemmybutton/fiziko) library.

![lettrines](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7447349/52147399-a2743800-2677-11e9-83a1-d25620253263.png)

The book itself (byrne-en-latex.tex) and its Russian translation

(byrne-ru-latex.tex) are licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

MetaPost library (byrne.mp) and initials generator (lettrines.mp) are 

licensed under GPLv3 or later.

To build the book run `lualatex byrne-en-latex.tex` or

`lualatex byrne-ru-latex.tex` within the book directory. To generate the

initials run `mpost lettrines.mp` within `\lettrines` directory.

See releases for prepared .pdfs (at the moment it's an older ConTeXt 

version). See Actions for fresher pdfs (unless they are expired).