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Tufte Handout

Edward Tufte-style handout with sidenotes, margin figures, and wide margins. The classic layout of Tufte's books, via the tufte-latex class.

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This workspace is set up as a Tufte-style handout: sidenotes, margin figures, and \newthought openings, in the layout of Tufte's books. Tell me what the handout is about and I'll draft it in this style, or paste your content and I'll typeset it.

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  • Starter files
  • main.tex2.0 KB
    \documentclass{tufte-handout}
    
    \usepackage{amsmath}
    \usepackage{booktabs}
    \usepackage{graphicx}
    \usepackage{microtype}
    
    \title{An Example Tufte Handout}
    \author{Your Name}
    \date{\today}
    
    \begin{document}
    
    \maketitle
    
    \begin{abstract}
    \noindent This handout demonstrates the Tufte-\LaTeX{} layout: a wide margin
    for sidenotes and small figures, tight integration of text and graphics, and
    restrained typography. Replace this abstract with a one-paragraph summary of
    your handout.
    \end{abstract}
    
    \section{The Layout}
    
    \newthought{The defining feature} of this class is the margin.
    Footnotes become sidenotes\sidenote{Like this one, numbered automatically
    and placed in the margin, right next to the text they annotate.}, so the
    reader never has to jump to the bottom of the page.
    
    Unnumbered remarks go in with \verb|\marginnote|.\marginnote{A margin note:
    no number, just commentary placed alongside the paragraph.}
    
    \section{Figures and Tables}
    
    Small figures belong in the margin, full-width figures span both columns:
    
    \begin{marginfigure}
      \begin{center}
        \setlength{\unitlength}{1pt}
        \begin{picture}(120,80)
          \put(0,0){\framebox(120,80){margin figure}}
        \end{picture}
      \end{center}
      \caption{A margin figure sits in the sidenote column.}
      \label{fig:margin}
    \end{marginfigure}
    
    Tables follow Tufte's rules as well: no vertical rules, minimal horizontal
    ones.
    
    \begin{table}[ht]
      \centering
      \begin{tabular}{lrr}
        \toprule
        Quantity & 1900 & 2000 \\
        \midrule
        Alpha & 12.4 & 18.1 \\
        Beta  &  3.1 &  9.7 \\
        \bottomrule
      \end{tabular}
      \caption{A table in the main column.}
      \label{tab:example}
    \end{table}
    
    \section{Mathematics}
    
    Displayed mathematics is unchanged from standard \LaTeX:
    \begin{equation}
      \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} e^{-x^2}\,dx = \sqrt{\pi}.
    \end{equation}
    
    \newthought{To start writing}, replace the sections above with your content,
    or ask the agent in the chat alongside this document to draft, restructure, or
    typeset material in this style for you.
    
    \end{document}
    
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