Computers and Typesetting, Volume E: Computer Modern Typefaces

The Complete Design of a Large Family of Fonts Now, 35 years after the first edition, the leading worldwide experts on these systems have spent several months inspecting every page thoroughly. We now believe that every "i" has been properly dotted, every "t" has been properly crossed, and every bug has been properly exterminated. This volume contains precise definitions of about 500 letters, numerals, and other symbols, all described with METAFONT, Donald E. Knuth's revolutionary language for the design of typefaces. Readers will learn how to make their own personal variations of the fonts, simply by changing a few parameters. Special symbols that are needed for unusual applications can also be created by using the many examples in this book as a model. More ambitious readers will be able to extend this work to other character sets, such as phonetic or Cyrillic alphabets. A close study of the details captured in these METAFONT programs will reveal many previously unpublished tricks that type designers have learned during the past centuries. Computer Modern is a family of typefaces that includes 75 standard fonts, ranging from the sans-serif faces used to typeset the copy on this book jacket to the more formal alphabets and mathematical symbols used to typeset the text of the book itself. The 75 standard fonts can easily be extended to an essentially infinite number of further variations, because Computer Modern is a "meta-design" rather than a single design. In particular, this means that different point sizes of type can be drawn to different specifications, thereby obtaining better readability. Compatible typefaces can be generated for all sorts of printing equipment, ranging from low-resolution CRT displays to medium-resolution laser printers to high-resolution phototypesetters. Charles Bigelow's introduction explains the history of the "modern" style of the type design, which originated 200 years ago and is being brought up to date by the developments in this book. The type designs are accompanied by almost 750 illustrations, which are interesting in their own right as examples of mechanically constructed letterforms. Specimens of the 75 standard fonts appear near the close of this book, followed by several comprehensive indexes. Computer Modern Typefaces is the fifth in a five-volume series on Computers and Typesetting , all authored by Knuth. This series presents the results of nearly a decade of innovative research on the problems of preparing publications of high typographic quality. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Preface 8 Modern Typefaces 11 Supplementary Bibliography 15 Contents 17 Introduction to the Parameters 20 Organization of the Files 27 Parameter Files 29 Driver Files 55 roman: Roman text and typewriter text 55 title: Caps and digits only 57 texset: Extended ASCII character set 57 csc: Caps and small caps 59 textit: Italic text and typewriter text 60 mathit: Math italic 63 mathsy: Math symbols 63 mathex: Math extension characters 63 Program Files 65 accent: Accents common to roman and italic 68 bigacc: Wide accents for math extension font 82 bigdel: Delimiters for math extension font 85 bigop: Operators for math extension font 122 calu: Calligraphic capitals 142 comlig: Ligatures common to roman and italic 160 cscspu: Special uppercase for caps and small caps 164 greekl: Lowercase Greek 166 greeku: Uppercase Greek 190 itald: Italic digits 212 italig: Italic f-ligatures 218 itall: Italic lowercase 228 italms: Italic math specials 252 italp: Italic punctuation 258 italsp: Special lowercase for italic 264 olddig: Oldstyle digits 270 punct: Punctuation common to roman and italic 284 romand: Roman digits 304 romanl: Roman lowercase 324 romanp: Roman punctuation 380 romanu: Roman uppercase 388 romlig: Roman f-ligatures 440 romms: Roman math specials 450 romspl: Special lowercase for roman 462 romspu: Special uppercase for roman 470 romsub: Substitutes for ligatures 476 sym: Math symbols common to several fonts 478 symbol: Math symbols in symbol font only 502 tset: Extended ASCII symbols 561 tsetsl: Extended ASCII symbols to be slanted 562 The Base File 564 Font Specimens 573 General Index 590 Index to Character Programs 600 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.