The modern personal computer software can undertake typography or publishing preparation system, with wysiwyg type for the mainstream, from early MacPublisher PageMaker Aldus, Apple, to have very prosperous QuarkXPress, and now is, even MoBuRu InDesign Microsoft Word can be as such. But, in the desktop computer graphical user interface, character has actually been appeared on the terminal of the outstanding typographical tools. This tool is probably not intuitive, but it may also be its advantages: writers can concentrate efforts on the document content, rather than the above form show, As a source of pure text does not depend on deck, easy to manage and version control, Used for processing source program can also extremely expansibility. This is actually a typical computer program design concept, this system also is really out of the hand of a computer scientist – you may have guess what I’m saying, TeX.
TeX about the origin of the name, even with the design philosophy, TeX behind this short web Users Group introduction is a good point, interested readers might itself. In 1969, The Computer science, GaoDeNa mogul Donald (e. Knuth) which is The Art of TAOCP Programming (1) FuZi, use typography is quite GaoDeNa admire Monotype typesetting. Seven years later, word printing basically is replaced, and photographic typography TAOCP second volume in the second edition. GaoDeNa received from the publisher arrange version of sample after seen as the picture: the new type system by making book edition quality than the previous version of the metal typeface. Computer science is the colleague, MIT artificial intelligence laboratory of Patrick the slip in digital form of his new book 2 inspired by, he realized that actually means will slip font is 0 (blank) and (1) for the reasonable arrangement of ink mode. GaoDeNa said (careless) : “as a computer scientist, I work with 0 and 1 is closely related to the model, I should be able to do something about it.” Then he began to study math book publishing rules of traditional TAOCP (lots of mathematical formula) and good type elements, as well as the typeface design knowledge — at that time, GaoDeNa need not use of mathematical symbols of digital fonts. He plans to start with six months of development process, but actually, until after 10 years, TeX typesetting system and vector fonts METAFONT finally finalize the design language. This work GaoDeNa won many help, some TIB many readers should name won’t feel strange, Chuck Hermann: Zapf Bigelow, Kris Holmes, also with Richard Southall politburo. The final result, “as hopeless perfectionist” 4, GaoDeNa to give his computer programming theory book publishing, has established a high quality digital typography system, and free, thus become the standard type in academia tools used today.
The modern personal computer software can undertake typography or publishing preparation system, with wysiwyg type for the mainstream, from early MacPublisher PageMaker Aldus, Apple, to have very prosperous QuarkXPress, and now is, even MoBuRu InDesign Microsoft Word can be as such. But, in the desktop computer graphical user interface, character has actually been appeared on the terminal of the outstanding typographical tools. This tool is probably not intuitive, but it may also be its advantages: writers can concentrate efforts on the document content, rather than the above form show, As a source of pure text does not depend on deck, easy to manage and version control, Used for processing source program can also extremely expansibility. This is actually a typical computer program design concept, this system also is really out of the hand of a computer scientist – you may have guess what I’m saying, TeX.
TeX about the origin of the name, even with the design philosophy, TeX behind this short web Users Group introduction is a good point, interested readers might itself. In 1969, The Computer science, GaoDeNa mogul Donald (e. Knuth) which is The Art of TAOCP Programming (1) FuZi, use typography is quite GaoDeNa admire Monotype typesetting. Seven years later, word printing basically is replaced, and photographic typography TAOCP second volume in the second edition. GaoDeNa received from the publisher arrange version of sample after seen as the picture: the new type system by making book edition quality than the previous version of the metal typeface. Computer science is the colleague, MIT artificial intelligence laboratory of Patrick the slip in digital form of his new book 2 inspired by, he realized that actually means will slip font is 0 (blank) and (1) for the reasonable arrangement of ink mode. GaoDeNa said (careless) : “as a computer scientist, I work with 0 and 1 is closely related to the model, I should be able to do something about it.” Then he began to study math book publishing rules of traditional TAOCP (lots of mathematical formula) and good type elements, as well as the typeface design knowledge — at that time, GaoDeNa need not use of mathematical symbols of digital fonts. He plans to start with six months of development process, but actually, until after 10 years, TeX typesetting system and vector fonts METAFONT finally finalize the design language. This work GaoDeNa won many help, some TIB many readers should name won’t feel strange, Chuck Hermann: Zapf Bigelow, Kris Holmes, also with Richard Southall politburo. The final result, “as hopeless perfectionist” 4, GaoDeNa to give his computer programming theory book publishing, has established a high quality digital typography system, and free, thus become the standard type in academia tools used today.
