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@title What is LATEX?

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@title Origin

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  • Donald Knuth, 19771986: typesetting system TeXτεχ → /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

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@title 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
Type area construction by Villard (source)

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@title Typography

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Micro typography

  • ligatures
  • kerning
  • real italics, small capitals, font sizes …
  • word spacing
Font styles:
straight, oblique, italic
Font sizes:
small, small magnified, large

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@title Further advantages

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

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@title Procedure of this workshop

@content Goal: you are going to build your own
LaTeX manual based on l2kurz.

  • 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

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