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@title What is LATEX?
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@right-image svg/chapter-01/example-latex-orig.svg
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@title Origin
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- Donald Knuth, 1977–1986: typesetting system TeXτεχ → /tɛç, tɛx, tɛk/ for The Art of Computer Programming
- Leslie Lamport, from 1980s: software package LaTeX made TeX easier to use
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@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
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@title Typography
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Macro typography
- type area
- line length and leading
- placement of headings in whitespace
- placement of images and tables
- widows and orphans
- even grey value
- …
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@title Typography
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Micro typography
- ligatures
- kerning
- real italics, small capitals, font sizes …
- word spacing
- …
straight, oblique, italic
small, small scaled up, large
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@title Further advantages
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- 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
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@title Procedure of this workshop
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Goal: you are going to build your own little
LaTeX manual based on our LaTeX script.
- learning by doing
- understanding how LaTeX works
- details can be looked up later
What is LaTeX?- How does LaTeX work?
- Basic structure of a LaTeX document
- Project structure
- Lots of features
- Reference management
- Outlook
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