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The METAFONTbook
Author(s): Donald Ervin Knuth (Author), Duane Bibby (Illustrator)
- Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
- Publication Date: December 1, 1986
- Language: English
- Print length: 376 pages
- ISBN-10: 0201606453
- ISBN-13: 9780201606454
Book Description
METAFONT, created by author Donald E. Knuth, is a computer language that allows you to produce professional quality typefaces using mathematical type design. "The METAFONTbook," a user's guide and reference manual, enables readers with only minimal computer science or word processing experience to master the basic as well as the more advanced areas of METAFONT programming.
Readers will learn how to write a program for each letter or symbol of a typeface. Using METAFONT, it is possible to customize a type design that already exists, or even to create an entire alphabet from scratch. It is particularly easy to create logos or special symbols. Advanced users will enjoy the freedom and artistry that METAFONT allows in creating original typefaces.
Knuth's familiar wit, and illustrations specially drawn by Duane Bibby, add a light touch to an unusually readable software manual.
