Digital typography using LaTeX /
The purpose of the book is to introduce new users to the use of the TeX system, in particular document preparation using LaTeX. It seeks to avoid the pitfalls of having to search through several advanced books on the subject, by collecting together the more frequently required tools and presenting t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer,
[2003]
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| Series: | Springer professional computing.
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| Summary: | The purpose of the book is to introduce new users to the use of the TeX system, in particular document preparation using LaTeX. It seeks to avoid the pitfalls of having to search through several advanced books on the subject, by collecting together the more frequently required tools and presenting these in a single accessible volume. It will also describe the recent developments in multilingual typesetting using TeX that now make it straightforward for users to prepare documents in their own language and alphabet, giving the book a global readership. The main presentation will be independent of any particular type of computer hardware, though a section will contain details of some of the more popular versions of TeX for each type of machine and details of where they can be downloaded on the Internet from, or purchased at low cost on a convenient compact disk. Topics and features: multi-lingual uses of LaTeX; discussion of hardware implementations; use and misuse of particular LaTeX commands; some treatment of graphics; inclusion of exercises with solutions*discussion of common errors; inclusion of many examples. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxix, 510 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-470) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 038722436X 9780387224367 0585473455 9780585473451 0387952179 9780387952178 |