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| Donald
Knuth's tau epsilon chi is a typesetting system created
specifically for his monumental series The Art of Computer
Programming. ..... Since its creation, TeX has come to be a standard for mathematical and high-quality typesetting, with many extensions available either as macro packages or specialized programs and a number of commercial implentations. Its H&J algorithm (hyphenation and justification) has even found its way into commercial programs such as Adobe's InDesign (by way of URW's HZ program named in honour of Prof. Hermann Zapf). ..... Because of its academic nature, and Prof. Knuth's decision to place the underlying algorithms in the public domain, TeX has engendered a vibrant user community, with many user's groups, including the US group, TUG, with a rich collection of macro packages, fonts and documentation, much of which is available at CTAN. Here I list on-line documentation which I consider of especial significance. There is a separate listing of traditional printed books on TeX. Additions and corrections are welcome. |
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Mathematical Writing by Donald E. Knuth, others | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First and
foremost, TeX is a system for typesetting documents which contain
mathematical formulas. Until its advent, mathematics was extremely
difficult (and expensive) to typeset properly, with the sobriquet,
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| By Peter
Wilson, The Herries Press, 6th edition, January 2004. ..... Memoir is a new documentclass for LaTeX intended for typesetting books. The first half of this wonderful text covers basic design and page layout concepts every graphic designer and typographer should know. |
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A Gentle Introduction to TeX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The TeXbook | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic by
Dr. Donald E. Knuth, .tex source (may not be processed without
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| Classic by
Dr. Donald E. Knuth, .tex source (may not be processed without
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| TeX for the Impatient | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Combination
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| TeX by Topic: A Technician's Reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhaustive
reference text on Plain TeX and its underpinnings by Victor
Eijkhout---donation requested. |
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The Font Installation Guide | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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postscript fonts to their full potential with latex ..... By Philipp Lehman, .pdf at www.ctan.org. |
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| Making TeX Work | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norman
Walsh's ``global guide'' available in .html readable on-line and as
.tex source available from http://www.sourceforge.net via CVS. |
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| The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX 2e | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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LaTeX 2e in 145 minutes ..... The standard free tutorial for LaTeX it is frequently up-dated and available in many languages. |
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symbols tabulated and indexed. |
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| An
introduction to Latex coded in SGML published in TUGboat 23(2).
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| Created by
the Indian TeX User's Group, this is a nice example of the sort of font
installation which Philipp Lehman's guide makes possible. |
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