Question

Why don't you teach me the basics,
@Whitemonsterbunny17 :P

Answer 1

\(\Large\frak\color{magenta}{\heartsuit~Welcome~To~LaTeX!!!~\heartsuit}\)

Answer 2

Always start a command with
\(

Answer 3

And end with
\)

Answer 4

I know that already :P but hardly anything else

Answer 5

Okay.
Do you know sizes, fonts, and colors?

Answer 6

not at all

Answer 7

Ooooooh. This shall be fun! :3

We'll start with the sizes.

Answer 8

I know how to do this \(\sqrt{\frac{a}{b}}\) that is all

Answer 9

You don't have to teach me if you don't want

Answer 10

Okay, so you don't know how to \(\normalsize\bf\color{lime}{make~text~like~this?}\)

Answer 11

Nopeee

Answer 12

Oooooh, well then welcome to a new world of colorful LaTeX!!! :D

Answer 13

So, the sizes.

\tiny
\scriptsize
\small
\normalsize
\large
\Large
\LARGE
\huge
\Huge

Answer 14

what would script size be? Like this? \(\scriptsize\text{this}\)

Answer 15

that one looks funny

Answer 16

Haha, yeah, anything smaller than normalsize is pretty small xD

Answer 17

I had to get closer to my laptop to read it

Answer 18

Haha yeah, I don't suggest using those small sizes XD

So, you know how to insert words, that's good. (:
Next, we'll learn color. :3

Answer 19

All you have to do for color is type \color{colorname}
Example:
`\(\Large\frak\color{red}{Hello!}\)`

Answer 20

How come yours didnt work? :o

Answer 21

I did that on purpose so that you can see the commands. (:

Answer 22

Oh thanks, so if i want it to be green and large I type \(\Large\color{green}{Hello!}\)

Answer 23

Yep! :3

Answer 24

You are good at explaining it

Answer 25

I felt dumb at first xD

Answer 26

Lol, you're clearly not dumb... it is actually easy to teach you because you already know some LaTeX. :3

Answer 27

One of the moderators told me some of the math symbols but that was all

Answer 28

Ah, see, I never use that type of LaTeX. XD I suck at math, so I never use that stuff haha.

Answer 29

I am good at math.. but horrible at everything else

Answer 30

Haha my best subject is English, but math, for me.... Terrible. XD
Haha, wanna learn the fonts?? :3

Answer 31

Yes please :)

Answer 32

\(\large\frak\color{magenta}{Awesome!}\)

Okay, so the fonts are:

\sf
\tt
\it
\bf
\rm
\cal
\scr
\frak

Note that the first few are more normal fonts, while the rest are fancier fonts.

Answer 33

Do I put them in from or after the size? or does it not matter?

Answer 34

You put them after the size.
An example:
`\(\Large\cal\color{red}{LaTeX~is~awesome!}\)`

Answer 35

\(\Large\cal\color{blue}{You~are~awesome~too!!}\)

Answer 36

I like that one

Answer 37

Haha thanks, but you're more awesome. ;p
And yea, that's cal. :3
It's one of the most liked.
You should try the rest, to see which ones you like best.

Answer 38

\(\Large\frak\color{red}{test}\)
\(\Large\scr\color{orange}{test}\)
\(\Large\rm\color{yellow}{test}\)
\(\Large\bf\color{green}{test}\)
\(\Large\it\color{blue}{test}\)
\(\Large\tt\color{indigo}{test}\)
\(\Large\sf\color{purple}{test}\)
a lot of them look the same to me

Answer 39

Some of them only change capitalized letters.

Answer 40

Oh, oops...
oh well I think I still like the first one the best

Answer 41

Yeah, cal is usually the most liked. (:
Otherwise \bf is also a nice font to use to have plain text.

Answer 42

If I just left the size and font blank would it use normal ?

Answer 43

Yeah, I believe so.

Answer 44

\(\color{red}{hello}\)

^ That has no font or size specified.

Answer 45

:( I keep doing it wrong apparently

Answer 46

How did you do yours?

Answer 47

Oh?
Type it and post it, so I can see what is going wrong.

Answer 48

\(\color{red}{Yay!}\)
Nevermind I found the problem, silly me

Answer 49

I had forgotten a backslash

Answer 50

Haha awesome! :p
Yeah, that'll do it.

Now.. Want to learn spacing?

Answer 51

Sure

Answer 52

Okay, there are several ways to insert spaces.
The easiest is "~".
Example:
`\(\Large\cal\color{magenta}{Hello!~Welcome~To~LaTeX}\)`

Answer 53

\(\normalsize\cal\color{indigo}{Like~this!}\)

Answer 54

\(\large\frak\color{purple}{Yes!~That~looks~great!~\bigstar}\)

Answer 55

\(\Large\cal\color{violet}{Mine~was~smaller}\)

Answer 56

Woah, that was bright

Answer 57

Haha yeah, I usually use like \large or \Large
Btw, you can left click any LaTeX, click "Show math as", then "TeX commands", and you'll see what the commands used are. (:

Answer 58

Fyi, using that trick doesn't work on my rainbow bunny, though c;

Answer 59

That must have taken you a long time, so glad it doesn't. Thanks for the hint though :)

Answer 60

Haha it did! Took quite a few hours to make xD
And no problem! :3

Hmm.. The only other thing left is special characters. Wanna learn how to insert those?

Answer 61

Sure

Answer 62

Okay.
To make the star: add \bigstar
Example:
`\(\color{red}\bigstar\)`

Answer 63

\(\color{blue}\bigstar\Large\bf\color{blue}{like~this?}\)

Answer 64

Now I can make a whole rainbow of stars

Answer 65

Yep! :3

Haha do et!! That'd be awesome!! xD
The heart is also the same as the star, but its command is \heartsuit
Example:
`\(\Large\color{red}\heartsuit\)`

Answer 66

I might when I have time, I need to sleep soon because I have to get up early \(\Large\color{red}\heartsuit\) ooh its not filled in either

Answer 67

Haha okay, same here.
\(\large\frak\color{blueviolet}{Sleep~well!~\bigstar}\)

Answer 68

It was actually learning something for a change,
\(\Huge\cal\color{blue}{Thank~You!!!}\)

Answer 69

Fun* :P

Answer 70

\(\Large\frak\color{magenta}{You're~Welcome!!~\heartsuit}\)

Answer 71

Goodnight :)

Answer 72

\(\large\frak\color{blueviolet}{Night!~\bigstar}\)

Answer 73

\(\Large\cal\color{purple}{I'm~back}\)

Answer 74

I can still do it :P

Answer 75

\(\large\cal\color{magenta}{Haha,~Awesome!}\)

Answer 76

\(\Large\cal\color{blue}{Wish~I~could~do~more,~but~I~need~to~study!}\) :(

Answer 77

Yeah, it takes practice.
And study? What subject?? (:

Answer 78

Math, my final is tomorrow morning

Answer 79

Ohhh, haha, sorry, can't help ya there. :p

Answer 80

It's alright :P

Answer 81

Haha, well after tomorrow I'll be off of OpenStudy for a while.
Just letting you know :p