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| \chapter{Coda}
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| \section{What I Learned About \LaTeX{} While Creating This Issue}
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| \subsection{Easy Ways with \textsf{tikz}}
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| I included some illustrations of card layouts back on page \pageref{cards}. Since these are just rectangles, I knew I could create them pretty easily using the \textsf{tikz} package. All I needed were the coordinates where the three rectangles would begin and end, and the coordinates of the nodes where I would put the letters. 
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| As it turns out, this was difficult to figure out using my mind alone—there was too much guesswork. I'm a big fan of having the right tools to do a job and then using those tools. I see no point in being a martyr. So I pulled out the best tool I had for this: graph paper and a pencil. No guess work, just straight lines and a bit of counting. I felt like I was in my eighth grade geometry class again, and I actually enjoyed it. 
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| Protip: draw it on paper first. 
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| \setlength{\fboxsep}{0pt}
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| \setlength{\fboxrule}{0.5pt}
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| \begin{center}
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| \fbox{\includegraphics[scale=0.30]{tikz-on-paper}}
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| \end{center}
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| %\newpage % Use only to keep the afterword together if we end up with orphans
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| \section{Afterword}
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| \begin{multicols}{2}
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| \begin{small}
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| \noindent{}First paragraph.
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| \medskip
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| \begin{flushright}
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| \noindent{}Thanks,\\—Ken
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| \end{flushright}
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| \end{small}
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| \end{multicols} |