@slide(layout=chapter-slide) @title What is LATEX? @slide(layout=two-previews) @left-image svg/chapter-01/example-word-orig.svg @left-caption ++ Classic Word document @right-image svg/chapter-01/example-latex-orig.svg @right-caption ++ Classic LaTeX document @slide(layout=content-and-preview) @title Origin @content * Donald **Knuth**, 1977–1986: typesetting system **TeX**τεχ → /tɛç, tɛx, tɛk/ for The Art of Computer Programming * Leslie **Lamport**, from 1980s: software package **LaTeX** made TeX easier to use
Donald Knuth
Leslie Lamport
@preview ![](svg/chapter-01/taocp.jpg) @slide(layout=two-previews) @left-image svg/chapter-01/example-word-orig.svg @left-caption Classic Word document @right-image svg/chapter-01/example-latex-orig.svg @right-caption Classic LaTeX document @slide(layout=content-and-preview) @title Typography @content ### Macro typography * type area * line length and leading * placement of headings in whitespace * placement of images and tables * widows and orphans * even grey value * …
Type area construction by Villard (source)
@preview ![](svg/chapter-01/vergleich-makro.svg) @slide(layout=content-and-preview) @title Typography @content ### Micro typography * ligatures * kerning * real italics, small capitals, font sizes … * word spacing * …
Font styles:
straight, oblique, italic
Font sizes:
small, small scaled up, large
@preview ![](svg/chapter-01/vergleich-mikro.svg) @slide(layout=content-only) @title Further advantages @content * much better default settings
than any other word processor * structured workflow * reliable undo * easy versioning * independence of proprietary software * source code and output
readable in the long term * easy cooperation with other software @slide(layout=content-and-preview) @title Procedure of this workshop @content **Goal:** you are going to build your own
LaTeX manual based on [l2kurz](https://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/lshort/german). * learning by doing * understanding how LaTeX works * details can be looked up later
**Outline:** 1. ~~What is LaTeX?~~ 2. How does LaTeX work? 3. Basic structure of a LaTeX document 4. Project structure 5. Lots of features 6. Reference management 7. Outlook
@preview ![](svg/chapter-01/l2kurz-orig.svg)