TEX in Practice: Volume 1: Basics (Monographs in Visual Communication)
TEX in Practice: Volume 1: Basics by Stephan v. Bechtolsheim, published by Springer on July 9, 1993, is a comprehensive guide designed to teach users how to effectively utilize the TEX typesetting system. This edition, written in English and spanning 426 pages, addresses the complexities that have historically limited TEX’s adoption beyond academic circles, making it accessible to a wider audience including writers, designers, and engineers.
Readers will find a step-by-step tutorial that illustrates the use of TEX through meaningful examples, catering to both beginners and experienced users. This volume serves as the first in a four-volume set, with subsequent volumes focusing on advanced topics such as paragraphs, math, fonts, and output routines. TEX in Practice aims to be an essential resource for the TEX community, providing a solid foundation for novices while also serving as a reference for seasoned “TEXperts.”
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TEX has always been regarded as the most elegant and powerful system for computer typesetting. However, its widespread use, beyond academia, was hampered by its complexity. Recently, fairly good TEX implementations have come out for PCs putting TEX on the desks of many people: writers, designers, desktop publishers, engineers, and consequently, the interest in TEX has surged. What is needed at this point is a book that teaches step-by-step how to use TEX, illustrating each step by meaningful examples. This is exactly what S.v. Bechtolsheim’s book does. It is a tutorial and guide for the first-time users of TEX, as well as a reference for the most experienced “TEXpert.” TEX in Practice will appear as a four volume set, starting with volume 1 Basics, followed by volume 2 Paragraphs, Math and Fonts, volume 3 Tokens, Macros and volume 4 Output Routines, Tables. TEX in Practice will be an indispensable reference for the TEX community and a guide through the first steps for the TEX novice.
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