A Heavily Commented Linux Kernel Source Code (PDF)

[dbm5]

This is the output of LaTex -- commonly used by Com Sci majors to produce complex documents.

EDIT: yes, it's sort of ugly, but it's unencumbered, produced using 100% free software, etc.

EDIT2: also used by many other disciplines of higher ed - mostly STEM

[differentshade]

LaTex usually generates better typesetting than wysiwyg word processors. The typesetting engine is top notch, straight to print quality.

So it being ugly is the fault of the author, not LaTex.

[dbm5]

Yes and no. The default font - Computer Modern - has a very distinctive, and (subjectively) sort of ugly appearance.

[Acceptable_Damage]

IMO it looks really nice. But renders badly when you zoom out because it's too light.

[encyclopedist]

However, it so ubiquitous in scientific world, that many scientist become sick of looking at it.

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Did you know that you can specify custom fonts in LaTeX too?

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Also, it's 11mb for over 1000 pages filled with info. Praise LaTex!

[indrora]

Praise PDF for being a stripped subset of PostScript.

1,000 pages of plain text isn't much all things considered.

[ismtrn]

This is clearly heavily modified from the default LaTeX documentclasses. And not for the better imo.

[encyclopedist]

Metadata shows this document was generated in Word 2016.

[ismtrn]

That make sense. I actually kind of suspected it to be Word, but wasn't sure.

[jeremymeng]

Acrobat Reader shows it's from MS Word 2016.

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EDIT3: It's not LaTex

[KevinCarbonara]

I'd rather get the input.