Foadsf/vintage-latex

Twenty LuaLaTeX and MetaPost (fiziko) examples of the old scientific-paper aesthetic: engraved plates, star charts, computed log tables, knots, telescopes

Learning & listsPowerShell#latex#lualatex#metapost#scientific-illustration#tikz

4.8 Early signal Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 14, 2026.

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About the project

A set of twenty standalone LuaLaTeX and MetaPost (fiziko) examples showing techniques for the old scientific-paper aesthetic: engraved plates, star charts, computed log tables, knots, telescopes.

Useful for

Compile a single LuaLaTeX example to study one typographic effect
Build an engraved-style scientific figure with TikZ for a paper or talk
Check how fiziko traces rays through a lens or telescope inside LuaLaTeX

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

81 stars today.
The spike has held for 3 days in a row — not a one-off blip.
The repository is 4 days old and already has 343 stars.
Top new repositories this week: #31.
Hacker News: “Vintage Scientific Papers with LaTeX” — 109 points, 4 days ago.
Recent forks include notable developers: @mbrukman (386 followers), @hasantayyar (212 followers).

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 343
Stars in a day: 82
Forks: 19
Issues and pull requests: 0
Watchers: 0
Language: PowerShell
Created: September 9, 2026
Last push: September 9, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Hacker News discussions

Vintage Scientific Papers with LaTeX109 points, September 9, 2026

Spotted in

September 13, 2026Top new repositories this week: #30; Spotted on Hacker News

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