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All TUG memberships are for the calendar year, and include all benefits for the year no matter when you join. <p><a href="https://lists.tug.org/tex-announce"><b>Subscribe to our monthly newsletter</b></a> if you like (open to all, automatically sent to members). <p id="new"><b><a href="/begin.html">Get started with TeX</a></b> if you're looking for a system to install, or have questions to ask. <p id="help"><b>If you're looking for help</b>, you can get community support via: <a href="https://tex.stackexchange.com/" rel="nofollow">q&a site</a> (tex.stackexchange.com), <a href="https://latex.org/forum/">forum</a> (latex.org), <a href="https://lists.tug.org/texhax">public mailing list</a> (texhax), <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LaTeX/">reddit</a>, and <a href="/interest.html#doc">in other ways</a>. <!-- $Id: begging.html,v 1.2 2024/12/28 23:27:48 karl Exp $ --> <hr> <p><b>A gentle reminder</b>: While TeX and friends are (and always will be) free, TUG's activities, such as publishing our TeX journal <a href="/TUGboat/">TUGboat</a> and books, organization of <a href="/meetings/">conferences</a>, coordination of TeX development including <a href="/texlive/">TeX Live</a>, cost money. You can help by <a href="/forms/current/memberapp.html">joining TUG</a> or, if you wish, to <a href="/donate.html">make a donation</a>. The contributions may be tax deductible in the US—and are always very welcome. <!-- end begging.html --> <!-- emacs-page --> <hr> <p> <font color="8B0000"><b>News</b></font> <small>(<a href="https://tex.social/">blogs</a>)</small> <a href="http://tug.org/rss/tug.xml"><img src="/rss/xml.png" width=36 height=14 alt="TUG RSS feed"></a> <p class="negskip"> <ul> <li>The <b><a href="/texlive/pretest.html">pretest for TeX Live 2025</a></b> is in process now, for anyone who'd like to help with the upcoming release. <li><b><a href="/join.html">TUG membership forms for 2025</a></b> are posted for your joining/renewing pleasure (automatic renewals are underway). Early bird rate ends on March 31. For anyone new to TUG, we offer a <a href="/forms/current/trialapp.html">trial membership</a> with full benefits for $35, or with only electronic journal access (and all other benefits) for $20. <li><b><a href="/TUGboat/tb45-2/">TUGboat 45:3</a></b>, <!-- the <a href="/tug2024/">TUG'24</a> proceedings, --> has been mailed to current TUG members; it is also available online and from the <a href="/store/#tugboat">TUG store</a>. <!-- <a href="/l/tug24-video">Videos for all TUG'24 talks</a> are available. --> In addition, prior TUGboat issue <a href="/TUGboat/tb45-2/">45:2</a> is now publicly available. <!-- The next issue will be the <a href="/tug2024/">TUG'24</a> proceedings; the deadline for papers to be included there is July 28, 2024; presentation proposals are welcome and requested; see the <a href="/tug2024/cfp.html">call for papers</a>. --> <!-- Submissions for the next regular issue are welcome and appreciated (deadline October 4). --> <a href="/TUGboat/location.html">Early submissions for the next issue</a> are welcome and encouraged; the deadline is March 21, 2025. <!-- , but submissions will be accepted for a couple more days. --> <li><b><a href="/election/">2025 is an election year for TUG</a></b>. Nomination forms for board positions and president are available. Submission deadline: <b>1 March 2025</b>, 7am US/Pacific. <!-- <li><b><a href="/books/#reviews">New book reviews:</a></b> <a href="/books/reviews/tb141reviews-kottwitz-cookbook2.html" >LaTeX Cookbook</a>, second edition, by Stefan Kottwitz, reviewed by Uwe Ziegenhagen; and <a href="/books/reviews/tb141reviews-gratzer6.html" >Text and Math Into LaTeX</a>, sixth edition, by George Grätzer, reviewed by Jim Hefferon. --> <li><b><a href="/texlive/">TeX Live 2024</a> and <a href="/mactex/">MacTeX 2024</a></b> have been released. They are primarily distributed online through <a href="https://ctan.org/">CTAN</a> (<a href="https://ctan.org/pkg/texlive">TL</a>, <a href="https://ctan.org/pkg/mactex">MacTeX</a>). 2024 is the first year without distributing a DVD as a general membership benefit: <a href="dvd/">more info</a>. <!-- <li><b><a href="/election/">TUG 2023 election results</a></b> are available online and will be printed in the next TUGboat. There is no need for a ballot this year. Many thanks and congratulations to the incoming (officially as of the <a href="/tug2023/">TUG23 conference</a>) president Arthur Rosendahl, and new board members Max Chernoff, Tom Hejda, and Jérémy Just. Many thanks also to Paulo Cereda, who is stepping down after years of service. --> </ul> <p><font color="8B0000"><b>Upcoming events</b></font> (<a href="meetings.html">meeting list</a>) <p class="negskip"> <ul> <li><b><a href="https://www.dante.de/veranstaltungen/dante2025/cfp/">DANTE e.V., 67. annual meeting (DANTE 2025)</a></b>, April 3-5, 2025, at Hochschule Darmstadt (<a href="https://h-da.de">https://h-da.de</a>). <li><b><a href="https://bachotex.gust.org.pl/2025/index_en.html">BachoTeX 2025</a></b>, in Bachotek, Poland, April 30-May 4, 2025. This year's theme: “TeX in education”. <a href="https://bachotex.gust.org.pl/2025/cfp_en.html">Call for papers</a>. <li><b><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5zbtdcJDde7NrVemsEA_9TsUd9nfAUd5PST2si-KmSXyjSg/viewform" >SILICON Type Design Incubator</a></b>: Empowering New Voices in Typography, online 5-10 week course starts late May, 2025. Application deadline: <b>February 28, 2025</b>. Especially eager to meet students from digitally disadvantaged language communities. <li id="tug25"><b><a href="/tug2025/">TUG 2025</a></b>, <a href= "https://www.hyatt.com/hyatt-regency/en-US/trvrt-hyatt-regency-trivandrum" >Hyatt Regency</a>, Trivandrum, Kerala, India, July 18-20 (Friday-Sunday). <!-- The registration form and more information will be posted when available. --> <!-- <br><a href="https://youtube.com/c/texusersgroup/live" >YouTube Live</a> stream is available. Videos for individual talks will be available as soon as time permits. --> <!-- , starting Friday 08:55 CEST. The conference is streamed at no charge and no online registration is necessary; <a href="/donate.html">donations</a> are greatly appreciated to help defray the cost. --> <br><a href="/tug2025/travel.html">Visa application</a> is advised to be started as soon as possible. <br><a href="/bursary/2025app.html">Bursary application available</a > (for financial assistance): deadline April 4. <br><a href="/tug2025/register.html">Register for the conference</a>: early bird deadline April 25. <br><a href="/tug2025/cfp.html">Call for papers</a>: submission deadline April 25.<!-- , as long as the schedule remains open. --> <br><a href="/tug2025/#hotel">Hotel reservations</a>: deadline June 1; booking early is highly advisable. <li><b><a href="https://meeting.contextgarden.net/2025/">ConTeXt Meeting 2025</a></b>: Chmielno, Poland, August 22-29, 2025. </ul> <font color="8B0000"><b>Recent events</b></font> <p class="negskip"> <ul> <li><b><a href="https://silicon.stanford.edu/face-interface/" >Face/Interface 2025</a></b>, Stanford University, January 17-18, 2025. This conference is about global type design human-computer interaction, and brings together scholars, designers, technologists, and more, of all levels of experience. Several <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbhkDo027WpAtTH4AJAORDwcRq2AktyS9" >talks from the 2023 conference</a> are available online. <li><b><a href="https://www.gutenberg-asso.fr/Journee-GUTenberg-2024" >Journée GUTenberg 2024</a></b> (annual meeting), Paris, France, November 16, 2024. <li><b><a href="https://grafematik2024.sciencesconf.org/" >Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century</a></b>: From graphemes to knowledge, Venice, Italy, and online, October 23-25, 2024. Donald Knuth will be a keynote speaker and hold an “all questions answered” session. The presentation proposal deadline is June 15, 2024; see the conference web site for details. <li><b><a href="https://accessibility2024.arxiv.org/" >arXiv Accessibility Forum 2024</a></b>, online, September 3-13, 2024: <a href="https://accessibility2024.arxiv.org/schedule" >list of sessions</a>. The Forum is fully remote, free, and open to all. Specifically related to TeX: the discussion on September 12 about HTML papers on arXiv, with Norbert Preining, Deyan Ginev, and others. <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYgeAMJvRZ6ZRuNQGoekx0FdjXqEG0bzM" >Videos for the entire forum are available</a>. <li><b><a href="https://www.documentengineering.org/doceng2024/program" >DocEng2024</a></b> will include a talk by Frank Mittelbach et al. on accessible LaTeX, and by Didier Verna on the Knuth-Plass algorithm (as at TUG'24). San Jose, California, August 20-23. </ul> <!-- emacs-page --> <p><hr size=1 noshade> <b>TUG is a not-for-profit organization by, for, and of its members</b>, also representing the interests of TeX users worldwide. If you use any TeX-related programs (TeX, <a href="http://www.latex-project.org/">LaTeX</a>, <a href="http://www.contextgarden.net/">ConTeXt</a>, <a href="http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe/fonts/metafont.html">Metafont</a>, <a href="/metapost.html">MetaPost</a>, <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/">Texinfo</a>, <a href="/interest.html">et al.</a>), please consider <a href="/join.html">joining TUG</a> (or <a href="/usergroups.html">another TeX user group</a>). <a href="/join.html">Memberships</a> and <a href="/donate.html">donations</a> are <a href="/tax-exempt/">tax-deductible</a> in the US. <p><b><a href="/aims_ben.html">TUG membership benefits</a></b> include our journal <a href="/TUGboat"><i>TUGboat</i></a> (available both in print and online). TUG also runs an <a href="meetings.html">annual TeX conference</a>, and supports updates to the <a href="/texcollection/">TeX Collection</a> software: <a href="/texlive/">TeX Live</a>, <a href="/mactex/">MacTeX</a>, <a href="https://ctan.org/">snapshot of CTAN</a>, among other activities. <!-- emacs-page --> <p><hr size=1 noshade> <b>The <a href="https://ctan.org/">Comprehensive TeX Archive Network</a> (CTAN)</b> is the primary repository for TeX-related software on the Internet. CTAN has many thousands of items; its <a href="https://ctan.org/pkg/">package list</a>, <a href="https://ctan.org/topics/cloud">topic cloud</a>, and <a href="https://ctan.org/search.html">CTAN search page</a> can help you find what you need. <p><font color="8B0000"><b>Latest <a href="https://ctan.org/">CTAN</a> updates</b></font> <a href="https://ctan.org/ctan-ann/rss"><img src="/rss/xml.png" width=36 height=14 alt="CTAN RSS feed"></a> - <a href="https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/Z78yhIkf2o3FA2gl@prptp">postit</a> - <a href="https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/Z776aaRh1BeGiRiT@prptp">llncs</a> - <a href="https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/Z77xOFEbZETjZYzx@prptp">expltools</a> - <a href="https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/6573f7bc-6b60-4f61-a392-9697ba384ac5@ctan.org">OpTeX</a> - <a href="https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/6db587dd-eee4-0426-7ea4-7914d7b98fc4@ctan.org">luatexko</a> - <a href="https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/cc19c8c4-9824-4cda-49ad-85a789c2779d@ctan.org">xetexko</a> - <a href="https://www.ctan.org/ctan-ann/id/330e4b50-d702-3941-853b-73ccd5c96049@ctan.org">tkz-elements</a> - 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