Digital Typography
Centre for the Study of Language & Information (Verlag)
978-1-57586-010-7 (ISBN)
Donald Knuth's influence in computer science ranges from the invention of literate programming to the development of the TeX programming language. One of the foremost figures in the field of mathematical sciences, Knuth has written papers which stand as milestones of development over a wide range of topics. In this collection, the second in the series, Knuth explores the relationship between computers and typography. The present volume, in the words of the author, is the legacy of all the work he has done on typography. When type designers, punch cutters, typographers, book historians, and scholars visited the University while Knuth was working in this field, it gave to Stanford what some consider to be its golden age of digital typography. By the author's own admission, the present work is one of the most difficult books that he has prepared. This is truly a work that only Knuth could have produced.
Donald E. Knuth is one of the world's pre-eminent computer scientists, whose works have had a profound influence on the subject since the publication in 1968 of the first volume of The Art of Computer Programming. Knuth created TeX, a language for typesetting mathematical and scientific texts, and METAFONT, a computer software system for alphabet design. He is professor emeritus at Stanford University.
1. Digital typography; 2. Mathematical typography; 3. Breaking paragraphs into lines; 4. Mixing right-to-left texts with left-to-right texts; 5. Recipes and fractions; 6. The TeX logo in various fonts; 7. Printing out selected pages; 8. Macros for Jill; 9. Problem for a Saturday morning; 10. Exercises for TeX: the program; 11. Mini-indexes for literate programs; 12. Virtual fonts: more fun for Grand Wizards; 13. The letter S; 14. My first experience with Indian scripts; 15. The concept of a meta-font; 16. Lessons learned from MetaFont; 17. AMS Euler - a new typeface for mathematics; 18. Typesetting concrete mathematics; 19. A course on MetaFont programming; 20. A punk meta-font; 21. Fonts for digital halftones; 22. Digital halftones by Dot diffusion; 23. A note on digital angles; 24. TEXDR.AFT; 25. TEX.ONE; 26. TeX Incunabula; 27. Icons for TeX and MetaFont; 28. Computers and typesetting; 29. The new versions of TeX and MetaFont; 30. The future of TeX and MetaFont; 31. Questions and answers, I; 32. Questions and answers, II; 33. Questions and answers, III; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.3.1999 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes ; 78 |
| Verlagsort | Stanford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 930 g |
| Einbandart | kartoniert |
| Themenwelt | Informatik ► Grafik / Design ► Desktop Publishing / Typographie |
| Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► LaTeX | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-57586-010-4 / 1575860104 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-57586-010-7 / 9781575860107 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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