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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 traditional printed books on TeX which I own, and my commentary on same. There is a separate listing of on-line documentation for TeX which I consider of especial significance. Additions and corrections are welcome. |
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Digital Typography CLSI Lecture Notes Number 78 Knuth, Donald E. (California: Stanford University, 1999). ISBN 1-57586-010-4 (paperback). |
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| Collection of many papers by the creator of TeX and METAFONT encompassing the beginning through the final errors. I was fortunate to be the recipient of one of Dr. Knuth's fabled reward checks for finding one error and one very minor point of improvement in it (see his entries for pages 33 & 143). |
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TeX Unbound: LaTeX and TeX Strategies for Fonts, Graphics, & More Hoenig, Alan (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998). ISBN 0-19-508686-x (paperback) ISBN 0-19-509685-1 (hardcover) |
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| The first book on TeX which I purchased. Wonderfully broad overview of specialized aspects of book design, production and typography. |
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TeX in Practice Volume II: Paragraphs, Math and Fonts von Bechtolsheim, Stephan (New York: Springer-Verlag, 1993). |
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| Part of a four volume set, this series at once explains Plain TeX and re-writes quite a bit of LaTeX. |
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Digital Typography Using LaTeX Syropolous, Apostolos and Antonis Tsolomitis and Nick Sofroniou. (New York: Springer-Verlag, 2003). ISBN 0-387-95217-9 (paperback). |
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| Foreword by Yannis Haralambous. .....A useful and interesting book, esp. for those with an interest in Omega or multi-lingual typography. Marred by low Springer production values (the copyright page is horribly typeset, the back cover text typesetting is mediocre, and the text itself is rife with errors, which the available errata covers only part of, the gutter margin is too narrow, page spreads don't base align, tables want more vertical space and fewer rules, &c.), this is still a good choice for the beginning user of TeX, or as an undergraduate level textbook. The Table of Contents is available on-line. |
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