Computers & Typesetting: The TeXbook Volume A

This guide to computer typesetting using TeX is written by Donald Knuth, the system's creator. TeX offers both writers and publishers the ability to produce plain or technical text, especially text containing a great deal of mathematics, comparable to the work of the finest printers. Novice and expert alike will find The TeXbook useful; it is accessible to the beginner, and also contains the details required by experienced users. A Complete User's Guide to Computer Typesetting with TeX Now, 35 years after the first edition, the leading worldwide experts on these systems have spent several months inspecting every page thoroughly. We believe that every'i'has been properly dotted, every't'has been properly crossed, and every bug has been properly exterminated. Here is the definitive guide to the use of TeX, written by the system's 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 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. The TeXbook is also available in softcover.

Here is the definitive guide to the use of TeX, written by the system's 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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The Name of the Game Book Printing versus Ordinary Typing Controlling TeX Fonts of Type Grouping Running TeX How TeX Reads What You Type The Characters You Type TeX's Roman Fonts Dimensions Boxes Glue Modes How TeX Breaks Paragraphs into Lines How TeX Makes Lines into Pages Typing Math Formulas More about Math Fine Points of Mathematics Typing Displayed Equations Definitions (also called Macros) Making Boxes Alignments Output Routines Summary of Vertical Mode Summary of Horizontal Mode Summary of Math Mode Recovery from Errors Appendices Answers to All the Exercises Basic Control Sequences Character Codes Dirty Tricks Example Formats Font Tables Generating Boxed Formulas Hyphenation Index Join the TeX Community 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. Useful for novice and expert users alike, this is a guide to the use of TeX. 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.