Fancy Euclid's “Elements” in TeX
To add some context, this is a version, prepared in ConTeXt and MetaPost by Sergey Slyusarev (@jemmybutton), of Oliver Byrne's 1847 work “The first six books of the elements of Euclid, in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used instead of letters for the greater ease of learners”.<p>This linked post on habr.com is definitely worth reading; also see the sources on GitHub page here: <a href="https://github.com/jemmybutton/byrne-euclid" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/jemmybutton/byrne-euclid</a><p>A scan of Byrne's 1847 original here: <a href="https://archive.org/details/firstsixbooksofe00byrn/page/n6" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/firstsixbooksofe00byrn/page/n6</a><p>Another person's (Nicholas Rougeux's) reproduction here: <a href="https://www.c82.net/euclid/about/" rel="nofollow">https://www.c82.net/euclid/about/</a><p>A publisher's attempt to “extend” Byrne's work from 6 to all 13 books here (Kickstarter + preorder; I don't believe it's done yet): <a href="https://www.kroneckerwallis.com/product/euclids-elements-completing-oliver-byrnes-work/" rel="nofollow">https://www.kroneckerwallis.com/product/euclids-elements-com...</a><p>There's also a facsimile reproduction of Byrne's original by the publisher Taschen, with a review here that goes into some detail on Euclid editions and on Byrne: <a href="https://www.maa.org/publications/maa-reviews/the-first-six-books-of-the-elements-of-euclid" rel="nofollow">https://www.maa.org/publications/maa-reviews/the-first-six-b...</a>