Florilegium: Procedural Flowers in LaTeX
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- nanna
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- Oct 30, 2026
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Florilegium: Procedural Flowers in LaTeX was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 30, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 63 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #7 of 30, reached on Oct 30, 22:52 UTC. It is #9 right now, holding steady at #9 over the last 6 checks.
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In the same vein, a few years ago, somebody implemented procedural decorations for a recreation of Byrne's "Elements of Euclid" in LaTeX: https://github.com/jemmybutton/byrne-euclid (bottom of the readme)
I've recently spent some time staring at the contents of the MacTeX Distribution. https://tug.org/mactex/ Which is how I discovered Toby Thruston's classic, "Drawing with MetaPost". https://github.com/thruston/Drawing-with-Metapost Procedural drawing with Lua is lovely. MetaPost provides another drawing language that…
In the reddit post, it is clear the person who came up with this didn't want it to be copied. I feel sad for that person.
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Is Florilegium: Procedural Flowers in LaTeX trending on Hacker News right now?
Yes. As of Oct 31, 08:37 UTC it is #9, holding steady at #9 over the last 6 checks.
What is the highest rank Florilegium: Procedural Flowers in LaTeX reached?
#7 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 30, 22:52 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Florilegium: Procedural Flowers in LaTeX been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 30, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (63 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
235 points and 43 comments; submitted by nanna on Oct 30, 2026.