The TeX Users Group (TUG) was founded in 1980 for educational and scientific purposes, to provide an organization for those who have an interest in typography and font design, and are users of the TeX typesetting system invented by Donald Knuth.

TUG is an organization by, for, and of its members and also representing the interests of TeX users worldwide. It is nearly entirely member-supported, so if you use any TeX-related programs (TeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt, Metafont, MetaPost, Texinfo, et al.), please consider joining TUG (or another TeX user group). The membership benefits include our journals TUGboat and The PracTeX Journal, as well as TeX Live, proTeXt, MacTeX, and other software distributions.

The Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) is the primary repository for TeX-related software on the Internet. CTAN has many thousands of items: whole systems, LaTeX packages, and much more. The TeX Catalogue can help you find what you need.

If you are new to TeX and want a system to install, or have questions to ask, click here to get started.

News

• TUGboat 28:2, a regular issue, is now publicly available online. Printed copies are still available through the TUG store.
• Tom Rokicki, author of dvips, TeX's original Pascal to C converter, and the PK file format, is the latest subject in the Interview Corner.
• TheLinuxFund.org credit card is available to support free and open source software projects; their organization has made substantial contributions to TUG in the past, so we are supporting them in return with this publicity and link, and hope you'll consider doing so too.
• Snapshots of TeX Live 2008 are available for testing. We expect the final release to be made later this summer. Any problems not found in testing will be present in the real release, so please do try a test if you can.
• TUGboat 29:2, a regular issue, has been mailed to current TUG members. It is also available online to members and from the TUG store.
• The PracTeX Journal issue 2008-1 is available online. The theme of this issue is LaTeXniques.
• TeX Collection 2007, comprised of TeX Live, proTeXt, MacTeX, and a CTAN snapshot has been released and mailed to TUG members for 2006 and 2007.

Upcoming Events (full calendar)

• 2nd ConTeXt user meeting, in Bohinj, Slovenia, August 20-25, 2008.

• TUG'08 returned to Cork, Ireland, for TeX's 30th birthday. There was an extensive program. Conference dates: July 20-24, 2008.
• BachoTeX'08, Bachotek, Poland. Conference dates: April 30-May 4, 2008.