[Tex/LaTex] A specific format for nice tables

colorfontsnewtxtables

With this code:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{mathtools,amssymb}
\usepackage{booktabs, isotope}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{lcc}
\toprule
\textbf{Osservabile} & \textbf{Simbolo} & \textbf{Operatore associato} \\
\toprule
Posizione & $\bar{r}$ & $\bar{r}$ \\
Momento & $\bar{p}$ & $-i\hslash \overline \nabla$ \\
Energia potenziale & $  \mathcal{U}$ &  $\mathcal{U}(r)$ \\
Energia cinetica & $\mathcal{K}$ &  $-\dfrac{\hslash^2}{2m}\nabla^2$ \\
Hamiltoniana & $H$ & $-\dfrac{\hslash^2}{2m}\nabla^2+\mathcal{U}(r)$\\
Energia totale & $E$ & $-i\hslash\dfrac{\partial}{\partial t}$\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\vskip 1cm
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{cccc}
\toprule
\textbf{Numeri di massa} & \textbf{Elemento chimico} & \textbf{Prodotto iniziale} & \textbf{Prodotto finale}\\
\midrule
$4n$ &  Torio   &   \isotope[232][90]{Th} &   \isotope[208][82]{Pb} \\
$4n+1$ &  Neptunio   &  \isotope[237][93]{Np}  &  \isotope[209][83]{Bi}  \\
$4n+2$ &  Uranio   &  \isotope[238][92]{U}  & \isotope[206][82]{Pb}  \\
$4n+3$ &  Attinio   &  \isotope[235][92]{U}  &  \isotope[207][82]{Pb} \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{document}

I'm finding to create two tables that they have the same structure of the below picture:

1. I would like to create as the upper image, the label (same color) of the table in upper case with a different character (I use into my book URW Classic as Sans Serif character (\fontfamily) and by default as normal text character is newtxtext, the clone of Times).

See this example for the figure below:

2. A thicker line with the same color as the image if possible;

3. The comment of the table must be with the character newtxtext;

4. A slightly larger space between rows in my second table. Precisely between one chemical element and the other below.

Thank you very much.

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see, if the following solution is close to what you after:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article} % <---
\usepackage{mathtools,amssymb}                % <---
\usepackage{booktabs, 
            makecell}                         % <---
\setcellgapes{3pt}                            % <---
\usepackage{isotope}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}                    % <---
\arrayrulecolor{teal}                         % <--- 

\usepackage[skip=1ex]{caption}                % <---
    \DeclareCaptionFont{teal}{\color{teal}}   % <---
    \captionsetup[table]{font=bf,             % <---
                         labelfont={teal,bf},
                         singlelinecheck=off}

\begin{document}
    \begin{table}[htb]              % <---
    \makegapedcells                 % <---
    \caption{My fancy table}        % <---
\begin{tabular}{l*{2}{>{$}c<{$}}}   % <---
    \toprule[2pt]                   % toprule thickens you can change according 
                                    % to your taste, for example to 3pt or more
\textbf{Osservabile} & \textbf{Simbolo} & \textbf{Operatore associato}  \\
    \midrule
Posizione           & \bar{r}       & \bar{r}                           \\
Momento             & \bar{p}       & -i\hslash \overline \nabla        \\
Energia potenziale  & \mathcal{U}   & \mathcal{U}(r)                    \\
Energia cinetica    & \mathcal{K}   & -\dfrac{\hslash^2}{2m}\nabla^2    \\
Hamiltoniana        & H             & -\dfrac{\hslash^2}{2m}\nabla^2+\mathcal{U}(r) \\
Energia totale      & E             & -i\hslash\dfrac{\partial}{\partial t}         \\
    \bottomrule
\end{tabular}
    \end{table}

    \begin{table}[htb]
    \caption{My another fancy table}
\makegapedcells
\begin{tabular}{cccc}
    \toprule[2pt]      % <---
\thead{Numeri\\ di massa}     
        & \thead{Elemento\\ chimico}     
                        & \thead{Prodotto\\ iniziale}   
                                                    & \thead{Prodotto\\ finale}\\   % <---
    \midrule
$4n$    &  Torio        &   \isotope[232][90]{Th}   &   \isotope[208][82]{Pb}   \\
$4n+1$  &  Neptunio     &   \isotope[237][93]{Np}   &   \isotope[209][83]{Bi}   \\
$4n+2$  &  Uranio       &   \isotope[238][92]{U}    &   \isotope[206][82]{Pb}   \\
$4n+3$  &  Attinio      &   \isotope[235][92]{U}    &   \isotope[207][82]{Pb}   \\
    \bottomrule
\end{tabular}
    \end{table}

\end{document}

so far i consider only tables in your mwe (it not contain your table 13.1, if you will provide code for this table content, i will show solution example for it too)

edit: differences between above and your mwe are indicated by % <---. as you can see, above are added packages xcolor for coloring table rules as well font for tables' labels, makecell for adding more vertical spaces around cells contents and for macro \thead, which enable to write column heads in two (or more, if necessary) lines, caption for defining caption style (font family and color, positioning of caption).

in above mwe tables are not horizontally centered. if you like to have them centered, just add \centering after \begin{table}[...]. but in this case the caption will be aligned with left text border. for aligning it width beginning of table, you should use threeparttable as shown in mwe below. in it is also added a way how to select font used in caption and have upper case font in caption label (indicaed by % <===). so far i select iwona, but you can replace it with font of your wish. also the thikness of rules are defined globally.

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,italian]{article}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{mathtools,amssymb}
\usepackage{booktabs, makecell, 
            threeparttable}       % <---
\setlength\heavyrulewidth{2pt}    % <---
\setlength\lightrulewidth{1.2pt}  % <---

\setcellgapes{3pt}
\renewcommand\theadfont{\normalsize\bfseries}
\renewcommand\theadgape{}

\usepackage{isotope}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\arrayrulecolor{teal}
\usepackage[skip=0.5ex]{caption}
    \DeclareCaptionLabelFormat{uc}{\MakeUppercase{#1}~#2}                % <===
    \DeclareCaptionFont{teal}{\color{teal}\fontfamily{iwona}\selectfont} % <===
    \captionsetup[table]{font={large,teal,bf},
                         labelformat=uc,                                 % <===
                         singlelinecheck=off}                               

%---------------- show page layout. don't use in a real document!
\usepackage{showframe}
\renewcommand\ShowFrameLinethickness{0.15pt}
\renewcommand*\ShowFrameColor{\color{red}}
%---------------------------------------------------------------%

\begin{document}
    \begin{table}[htb]
    \centering                  % <---
   \begin{threeparttable}       % <---
    \caption{My fancy table}
\makegapedcells
\begin{tabular}{l*{2}{>{$}c<{$}}}
    \toprule
\textbf{Osservabile} & \textbf{Simbolo} & \textbf{Operatore associato}  \\
    \midrule
Posizione           & \bar{r}       & \bar{r}                           \\
Momento             & \bar{p}       & -i\hslash \overline \nabla        \\
Energia potenziale  & \mathcal{U}   & \mathcal{U}(r)                    \\
Energia cinetica    & \mathcal{K}   & -\dfrac{\hslash^2}{2m}\nabla^2    \\
Hamiltoniana        & H             & -\dfrac{\hslash^2}{2m}\nabla^2+\mathcal{U}(r) \\
Energia totale      & E             & -i\hslash\dfrac{\partial}{\partial t}         \\
    \bottomrule
\end{tabular}
    \end{threeparttable}        % <---
    \end{table}

    \begin{table}[htb]
    \centering                  % <---
   \begin{threeparttable}       % <---
    \caption{My another fancy table}
\makegapedcells
\begin{tabular}{cccc}
    \toprule
\thead{Numeri\\ di massa}
        & \thead{Elemento\\ chimico}
                        & \thead{Prodotto\\ iniziale}
                                                    & \thead{Prodotto\\ finale}\\
    \midrule
$4n$    &  Torio        &   \isotope[232][90]{Th}   &   \isotope[208][82]{Pb}   \\
$4n+1$  &  Neptunio     &   \isotope[237][93]{Np}   &   \isotope[209][83]{Bi}   \\
$4n+2$  &  Uranio       &   \isotope[238][92]{U}    &   \isotope[206][82]{Pb}   \\
$4n+3$  &  Attinio      &   \isotope[235][92]{U}    &   \isotope[207][82]{Pb}   \\
    \bottomrule
\end{tabular}
    \end{threeparttable}        % <---
    \end{table}
\end{document}

which gives:

(red lines indicate page borders)

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[Tex/LaTex] Nice tables in beamer presentation

Beamer loads xcolor by itself. So if you want to use specific xcolor options (and the approach does) you have to pass them to beamer and not load xcolor again with these settings.

\documentclass[xcolor=usenames,dvipsnames]{beamer} % <-- set xcolor options here

\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\tcbuselibrary{skins}

\newcolumntype{Y}{>{\raggedleft\arraybackslash}X}

\tcbset{tab1/.style={fonttitle=\bfseries\large,fontupper=\normalsize\sffamily,
colback=yellow!10!white,colframe=red!75!black,colbacktitle=Salmon!40!white,
coltitle=black,center title,freelance,frame code={
\foreach \n in {north east,north west,south east,south west}
{\path [fill=red!75!black] (interior.\n) circle (3mm); };},}}

\tcbset{tab2/.style={enhanced,fonttitle=\bfseries,fontupper=\normalsize\sffamily,
colback=yellow!10!white,colframe=red!50!black,colbacktitle=Salmon!40!white,
coltitle=black,center title}}

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}{Nice Tables}
\begin{tcolorbox}[tab2,tabularx={X||Y|Y|Y|Y||Y}]
Group & One     & Two     & Three    & Four     & Sum      \\\hline\hline
Red   & 1000.00 & 2000.00 &  3000.00 &  4000.00 & 10000.00 \\\hline
Green & 2000.00 & 3000.00 &  4000.00 &  5000.00 & 14000.00 \\\hline
Blue  & 3000.00 & 4000.00 &  5000.00 &  6000.00 & 18000.00 \\\hline\hline
Sum   & 6000.00 & 9000.00 & 12000.00 & 15000.00 & 42000.00
\end{tcolorbox}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] Making nice tables

Some suggestions, in no particular order.

Engage in as little visual formatting as possible. It's much better to set some top-level parameters and let LaTeX do the formatting.
Numeric data with decimal markers tend to be easier to read if they're aligned on the decimal markers.
Use the facilities of the caption package to format the caption to your liking.
You'll get a much better look the line-drawing macros of the booktabs package -- \toprule, \cmidrule, \midrule and \bottomrule -- than with the basic LaTeX commands \hline and \cline.
Don't overuse bold-face. For readability, a table primarily needs to be laid out very well. Bold-facing should hardly ever be necessary.
Using a tabularx environment instead of the more basic tabular environment will simplify making the 6 data columns all have the same widths.
For footnote-like material at the bottom of a table, use \footnotesize -- or \small if you think that \footnotesize makes the contents look to, well, small.
One formatting choice I'd question in the screenshot you posted is the left-aligning of the entries in the data columns. I think that centering would be a more natural choice. The following code and screenshot shows both looks. I think the second table, which centers the contents of the data columns, is more visually balanced. In terms of code, it differs from the first tabularx environment only in the use of \mC instead of \mX wrapper macros. (\mC and \mX are defined in the preamble as handy shortcut macros.)

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularx,dcolumn,booktabs,caption,ragged2e,geometry}
\geometry{a4paper,margin=2.5cm} % set page and textblock parameters
\captionsetup{justification = RaggedRight, singlelinecheck=false,
              font = bf, skip = 0.33\baselineskip}
\newcolumntype{d}[1]{D..{#1}} % for aligning numerical data on decimal marker
\newcommand\mX[1]{\multicolumn{1}{X}{#1}} % handy shortcut macro
\newcolumntype{C}{>{\Centering\arraybackslash}X}
\newcommand\mC[1]{\multicolumn{1}{C}{#1}} % another handy shortcut macro

\begin{document}
\begin{table}[t]
\caption{Baseline OLS and 2SLS results. Contents of data columns left-aligned.}
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@{}l*{6}{d{1.5}}@{}}
\toprule
& \mX{(1)} & \mX{(2)} & \mX{(3)} & \mX{(4)} & \mX{(5)} & \mX{(6)}  \\
\cmidrule(l){2-7}
& \mX{OLS} & \mX{OLS} & \mX{OLS} & \mX{OLS} & \mX{2SLS} & \mX{2SLS}  \\
\midrule
Tax identification number (TIN) 
   & 0.533^{***} & & & & & 1.376^{**}\\
   & (0.12)      & & & & & (0.66)\\
Constant 
   & 8.020^{***} & & & & & 7.367^{***} \\
   & (0.58)      & & & & & (0.86)\\
Observations & \mX{404} & & & & & \mX{369}\\
R\textsuperscript{2} & \mX{0.21} & & & & & \\
First-stage F-statistic & & & & & 10.77 & 12.77 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabularx}

\medskip
\footnotesize
Dependent variable: log monthly profits.

Robust standard errors in parentheses.

$^{*}$, $^{**}$ and $^{***}$ indicate significance \dots

Instrument in columns (5) \dots

(1) Baseline OLS, (2) \dots

Control estimates left out of table.

See: Table 4 in \dots
\end{table}


\begin{table}[h]
\caption{Baseline OLS and 2SLS results. Contents of data columns centered.}
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@{}l*{6}{d{1.5}}@{}}
\toprule
& \mC{(1)} & \mC{(2)} & \mC{(3)} & \mC{(4)} & \mC{(5)} & \mC{(6)}  \\
\cmidrule(l){2-7}
& \mC{OLS} & \mC{OLS} & \mC{OLS} & \mC{OLS} & \mC{2SLS} & \mC{2SLS}  \\
\midrule
Tax identification number (TIN) 
   & 0.533^{***} & & & & & 1.376^{**}\\
   & (0.12)      & & & & & (0.66)\\
Constant 
   & 8.020^{***} & & & & & 7.367^{***} \\
   & (0.58)      & & & & & (0.86)\\
Observations & \mC{404} & & & & & \mC{369}\\
R\textsuperscript{2} & \mC{0.21} & & & & & \\
First-stage F-statistic & & & & & 10.77 & 12.77 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabularx}
\end{table}
\end{document}

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