An edition of Computers & Typesetting, Volume A: The TeXbook (Computers & Typesetting Series) (1986)

Computers & Typesetting, Volume A

The TeXbook (Computers & Typesetting Series)

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An edition of Computers & Typesetting, Volume A: The TeXbook (Computers & Typesetting Series) (1986)

Computers & Typesetting, Volume A

The TeXbook (Computers & Typesetting Series)

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Addison-Wesley Professional
Language
English
Pages
496

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Subjects
TeX (Computer file), Computerized typesetting, Mathematics printing

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Cover of: Computers & Typesetting, Volume A
Computers & Typesetting, Volume A: The TeXbook (Computers & Typesetting Series)
January 1, 1986, Addison-Wesley Professional
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First Sentence

"Gentle Reader: This is a handbook about TeX, a new typesetting system intended for the creation of beautiful books--and especially for books that contain a lot of mathematics."

Table of Contents

1. The Name of the Game Page 1 2. Book Printing versus Ordinary Typing Page 3 3. Controlling TeX Page 7 4. Fonts of Type Page 13 5. Grouping Page 19 6. Running TeX Page 23 7. How TeX Reads What You Type Page 37 8. The Characters You Type Page 43 9. TeX's Roman Fonts Page 51 10. Dimensions Page 57 11. Boxes Page 63 12. Glue Page 69 13. Modes Page 85 14. How TeX Breaks Paragraphs into Lines Page 91 15. How TeX Makes Lines into Pages Page 109 16. Typing Math Formulas Page 127 17. More about Math Page 139 18. Fine Points of Mathematics Typing Page 161 19. Displayed Equations Page 185 20. Definitions (also called Macros) Page 199 21. Making Boxes Page 221 22. Alignments Page 231 23. Output Routines Page 251 24. Summary of Vertical Mode Page 267 25. Summary of Horizontal Mode Page 285 26. Summary of Math Mode Page 289 27. Recovery from Errors Page 295
Appendices
A. Answers to All the Exercises Page 305 B. Basic Control Sequences Page 339 C. Character Codes Page 367 D. Dirty Tricks Page 373 E. Example Formats Page 403 F. Font Tables Page 427 G. Generating Boxed Formulas Page 441 H. Hyphenation Page 449 I. Index Page 457 J. Join the TeX Community Page 483

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686.2/2544
Library of Congress
Z253.4.T47KK58 1986

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OL7406778M
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computerstypeset00knut_638
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0201134470
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9780201134476
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1190262

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