The physica module (for physics)

The manual. Download releases here.

Available at the official collection of Typst packages.

This Typst package provides handy typesetting utilities for physics, including:

• Braces,
• Vectors and vector fields,
• Matrices,
• Dirac braket notations,
• Common math functions,
• Differentials and derivatives, including partial derivatives of mixed orders with automatic order summation,
• Familiar "h-bar", tensor abstract index notations, isotopes,
• Signal sequences i.e. digital timing diagrams.

⚠️ Typst is in beta and evolving, and this package evolves with it. As a result, no backward compatibility is guaranteed yet.

ℹ️ In response to the official Typst package guideline "Package names should not be merely descriptive to create level grounds for everybody", this package was renamed from physics to physica.

A quick look

See the manual for more details.

Using physica in your Typst document

With typst package management (recommended)

See https://github.com/typst/packages.

// Style 1
#import "@preview/physica:0.8.0": *

$ curl (grad f), tensor(T, -mu, +nu), pdv(f,x,y,[1,2]) $

// Style 2
#import "@preview/physica:0.8.0": curl, grad, tensor, pdv

$ curl (grad f), tensor(T, -mu, +nu), pdv(f,x,y,[1,2]) $

// Style 3
#import "@preview/physica:0.8.0"

$ physica.curl (physica.grad f), physica.tensor(T, -mu, +nu), physica.pdv(f,x,y,[1,2]) $

Without typst package management

Similar to examples above, but import with the undecorated file path like "physica.typ".

Manual

See the manual physica-manual.pdf for a more comprehensive coverage, a PDF file generated directly with the Typst binary.

CLI Version:

$ typst --version
typst 0.8.0 (360cc9b9)

To regenerate the manual, use command

typst watch physica-manual.typ

Contribution

• Bug fixes are welcome!

• New features: welcome as well. If it is small, feel free to create a pull request. If it is large, the best first step is creating an issue and let us explore the design together. Some features might warrant a package on its own.

• Testing: currently testing is done by closely inspecting the generated physica-manual.pdf. This does not scale well. I plan to add programmatic testing by comparing rendered pictures with golden images.

License

• Code: the MIT License.
• Docs: the Creative Commons BY-ND 4.0 license.