LaTeX Coffee Stains (2009)

[improbable22]

Some earlier research on this topic:

http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.3365

and

http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3367

[justifier]

any idea as the to the purpose?

are the stains preprint(o) identifiers?

or just good humored researchers?

or troll(i) identifiers like bad grammar often is?

or some undiscussed other?

(o) http://www.astrobetter.com/blog/2011/12/12/to-post-or-not-to...

(i) http://snarxiv.org/vs-arxiv/

[fizixer]

wrong thread?

[k2enemy]

Along similar lines, I'm a fan of the "latex-therefore" package: https://github.com/bgschiller/latex-therefore

[p4bl0]

I looked for something similar but with red wine instead of coffee for my PhD thesis. It didn't exist so in the end I just used a scanned stain of red wine and the wallpaper package :).

[JohnHammersley]

There is now a wine stains version too :) https://www.overleaf.com/latex/examples/latex-wine-stains/cd...

(although I like your workaround!)

[gibsjose]

This is right up there with \usepackage{amsmath} as a truly must-have package for any real scientific paper.

[bitwize]

Excellent. I've been looking to write some papers in heptapod, and found that LaTeX was woefully not up to the task. This looks like a great starting point for future expansion; thanks!

[zoom6628]

This could create a whole digital market for food stains. Mac&Cheese, soy sauce, pesto-drip,...... for those whose keyboard/desk is also their 'feeding station' could be huge. Seriously though - its clever and great to have some put their talent to something with humour instead of lets have the 57th variant of some js thingy. Well done.

[SpicyPython]

Or another goddamn python datetime library

[wyc]

Yes! This would go wonderfully with LobLib, the Lobster library:

https://github.com/bae43/LobLib/

[yellowapple]

I normally wouldn't pair seafood with coffee, though.

However, a tea stain or wine stain package would indeed pair nicely with LobLib, now wouldn't it?

[bjd2385]

Love it! Any thoughts on supporting different shades too? I like extra cream.

[JohnHammersley]

Lian Tze created this handy variant if you prefer to give a different impression :)

https://www.overleaf.com/latex/examples/latex-wine-stains/cd...

[amelius]

I'm wondering if these stains would still be realistic if made on a full black background, and an evenly colored background.

[throwanem]

How common a use case is that, though? I suppose it's possible someone might print a paper for distribution on paper of some shade other than white, but I've never seen it done.

[tedmiston]

Slow load but eventually got through.

Here's a direct link to the PDF with examples of the coffee stains provided:

http://hanno-rein.de/downloads/coffee.pdf

[chrisper]

Seems to be down for me.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:93GWNN8...

[grzm]

(2009)

[ci5er]

Really? Why?

EDIT: I see this terse comment (or rather, a comment with the form of) often, but since the articles are often javascript framework related, I just assume it's because that world keeps shifting. But, here, not so much. I don't see any guidance in the guidelines to denote the age of "timeless" publications. On the other hand, I saw somebody demand/request/suggest "(1912)" after an Edgar Rice Burroughs work some time back. I guess I'm missing something?

[sctb]

Thanks! Updated.

[bbcbasic]

Can we have wine stains and blood stains too?

[reduced_]

A must have.