Computers & Typesetting, Volume A The TeXbook

by Knuth, Donald E.

• ISBN13: 9780201134476
• ISBN10: 0201134470
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1986-01-01
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Summary

creator, Donald E. Knuth.

TeX represents the state of the art in computer typesetting. It is particularly valuable where the document, article, or book to be produced contains a lot of mathematics, and where the user is concerned about typographic quality. TeX software offers both writers and publishers the opportunity to produce technical text of all kinds, in an attractive form, with the speed and efficiency of a computer system.

Novice and expert users alike will gain from The TeXbook the level of information they seek. Knuth warns newcomers away from the more difficult areas, while he entices experienced users with new challenges. The novice need not learn much about TeX to prepare a simple manuscript with it. But for the preparation of more complex documents, The TeXbook contains all the detail required.

Knuth's familiar wit, and illustrations specially drawn by Duane Bibby, add a light touch to an unusually readable software manual.

The TeXbook is the first in a five-volume series on Computers and Typesetting, all authored by Knuth.

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Author Biography

Donald E. Knuth is known throughout the world for his pioneering work on algorithms and programming techniques, for his invention of the Tex and Metafont systems for computer typesetting, and for his prolific and influential writing. Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming at Stanford University, he currently devotes full time to the completion of these fascicles and the seven volumes to which they belong.

Table of Contents

The Name of the Game	1	(3)
Book Printing versus Ordinary Typing	3	(4)
Controlling TEX	7	(6)
Fonts of Type	13	(6)
Grouping	19	(4)
Running TEX	23	(14)
How TEX Reads What You Type	37	(6)
The Characters You Type	43	(8)
TEX's Roman Fonts	51	(6)
Dimensions	57	(6)
Boxes	63	(6)
Glue	69	(16)
Modes	85	(6)
How TEX Breaks Paragraphs into Lines	91	(18)
How TEX Makes Lines into Pages	109	(18)
Typing Math Formulas	127	(12)
More about Math	139	(22)
Fine Points of Mathematics Typing	161	(24)
Displayed Equations	185	(14)
Definitions (also called Macros)	199	(22)
Making Boxes	221	(10)
Alignment	231	(20)
Output Routines	251	(16)
Summary of Vertical Mode	267	(18)
Summary of Horizontal Mode	285	(4)
Summary of Math Mode	289	(6)
Recovery from Errors	295	(10)
Appendices
A Answers to All the Exercises	305	(34)
B Basic Control Sequences	339	(28)
C Character Codes	367	(6)
D Dirty Tricks	373	(30)
E Example Formats	403	(24)
F Font Tables	427	(14)
G Generating Boxes from Formulas	441	(8)
H Hyphenation	449	(8)
I Index	457	(26)
J Joining the TEX Community	483