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What is L<sup style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 73%; margin-left: -.25em; margin-right: -.05em; position: relative; top: .2em">A</sup>T<sub style="font-size: 100%; margin-left: -.1em">E</sub>X?


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++ Classic Word document

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++ Classic LaTeX document

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Origin

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* Donald **Knuth**, 1977–1986: typesetting system **TeX**<span class="bubble fragment" style="margin-top: -3em;">τεχ → /tɛç, tɛx, tɛk/</span> for The Art of Computer Programming
* Leslie **Lamport**, from 1980s: software package **LaTeX** made TeX easier to use

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  <figure><img src="svg/chapter-01/knuth.jpg" style="height: 13em"/><figcaption>Donald Knuth</figcaption></figure>
  <figure><img src="svg/chapter-01/lamport.jpg" style="height: 13em"/><figcaption>Leslie Lamport</figcaption></figure>
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![](svg/chapter-01/taocp.jpg)

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svg/chapter-01/example-word-orig.svg

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Classic Word document

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Classic LaTeX document

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Typography

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### Macro typography
* type area
* line length vs. distance
* placement of headings in whitespace
* placement of images and tables
* widows and orphans
* even grey value
* …

<figure style="display: flex; justify-content: space-between; width: 100%; align-items: flex-end;">
  <img src="svg/chapter-01/satzspiegel.svg" style="height: 8em;"/>
  <figcaption style="margin-left: 1em; font-size: .8em">Type area construction by Villard (<a class="dark-font" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Satzspiegel-4.svg">source</a>)
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Typography

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### Micro typography
* ligatures
* kerning
* real italics, small capitals, font sizes …
* word spacing
* …

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  <figure><img src="svg/chapter-01/schriftschnitte-crop.svg" style="height: 1.7em;"/><figcaption style="font-size: .8em;">Font styles:<br/>straight,&nbsp;oblique,&nbsp;italic</figcaption></figure>

  <figure><img src="svg/chapter-01/schriftgrade.svg" style="height: 2.2em;"/><figcaption style="font-size: .8em">Font sizes:<br/>small,&nbsp;small&nbsp;magnified,&nbsp;large</figcaption></figure>
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Further advantages

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* much better default settings<br/>than in any word processor
* structured workflow
* reliable undo
* easy versioning
* independence of proprietary software
* source code and output<br/>readable over the long term
* easy cooperation with other software


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Procedure of this workshop

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**Goal:** you are going to build your own <br/>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

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**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
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