Books about TeX and Friends

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The same offer applies to any book under any Pearson imprint: Prentice-Hall, New Riders, Peachpit and more. You can browse the Pearson site for any book, and still receive the discount. We've selected a few of the most important TeX titles below. (If you have suggestions for others, please email us.)

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Of course there are many excellent and useful TeX-related books not published by Pearson. Our general web resources pages lists some of them, as well as several freely available books. One book in particular that may be of interest is Digital Typography, by Donald Knuth, which collects most of his TeX-related papers and reports. It was published by Cambridge University Press.

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Donald E. Knuth

The TeXbook by Donald E. Knuth. Available in hardcover or spiral bound.
Novice and expert users alike will gain from The TeXbook the level of information they seek. Knuth warns newcomers away from the more difficult areas, while he entices experienced users with new challenges. The novice need not learn much about TeX to prepare a simple manuscript with it. But for the preparation of more complex documents, The TeXbook contains all the detail required.

The METAFONTbook by Donald E. Knuth.
Metafont is a computer language that allows you to produce professional quality typefaces using mathematical type design. The METAFONTbook, a users guide and reference manual, enables readers with only minimal computer science or word processing experience to master the basic as well as the more advanced areas of Metafont programming.

Computers and Typesetting by Donald E. Knuth.
This Millennium Boxed Set -- five elegantly printed books that describe their own method of creation -- celebrates Knuth's monumental coupling of programming and typography. Originally published in 1986, each volume has changed so much in subsequent printings that nearly every page has been touched in some way. Improvements to the books have followed developments in digital printing technology; they also reflect corrections submitted over the years by thousands of volunteers.

The Art of Computer Programming by Donald E. Knuth.
This multivolume work is widely recognized as the definitive description of classical computer science. The first three volumes have for decades been an invaluable resource in programming theory and practice for students, researchers, and practitioners alike. It was also Knuth's proximate cause for creating of the TeX system.

LaTeX

LaTeX: A Document Preparation System, 2nd Edition by Leslie Lamport.
This authoritative user's guide and reference manual for the LaTeX computer typesetting system has been revised to document features now available in the new standard software release -- LaTeX2e. The new edition features additional styles and functions, improved font handling, and enhanced graphics capabilities. Other parts of the book have been revised to reflect user comments and suggestions. Selected sections have been rewritten to explain challenging concepts or functions, and the descriptions of both MakeIndex and BibTeX have been updated.

Guide to LaTeX, 4th Edition by Helmut Kopka and Patrick W. Daly.
This popular book shows you how to begin using LaTeX to create high-quality documents. The book also serves as a handy reference for all LaTeX users. In this completely revised edition, the authors cover the LaTeX2e standard and offer more details, examples, exercises, tips, and tricks. They go beyond the core installation to describe the key contributed packages that have become essential to LaTeX processing. As did the three best-selling editions that preceded it, Guide to LaTeX, Fourth Edition will prove indispensable to anyone wishing to gain the benefits of LaTeX.

The LaTeX Companion, 2nd Edition by Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, Johannes Braams, David Carlisle, and Chris Rowley.
The LaTeX Companion has long been the essential resource for anyone using LaTeX to create high-quality printed documents. This completely updated edition brings you all the latest information about LaTeX and the vast range of add-on packages now available--over 200 are covered! Full of new tips and tricks for using LaTeX in both traditional and modern typesetting, this book will also show you how to customize layout features to your own needs--from phrases and paragraphs to headings, lists, and pages.

The LaTeX Web Companion: Integrating TeX, HTML, and XML by Michel Goossens, Sebastian Rahtz, Eitan M. Gurari, Ross Moore, and Robert S. Sutor.
This book shows how you can publish LaTeX documents on the web. LaTeX was born of the scientist's need to prepare well-formatted information, particularly with pictures and mathematics included; the web was born of the scientist's need to communicate information electronically. Until now, it has been difficult to find solutions that address both needs. HTML and today's Web browsers deal inadequately with the nontextual components of scientific documents. This book, at last, describes tools and techniques for transforming LaTeX sources into web formats for electronic publication, and for transforming web sources into LaTeX documents for optimal printing.

The LaTeX Graphics Companion, 2nd Edition by Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach, Sebastian Rahtz, Denis Roegel, Herbert Voss.
The LaTeX typesetting system remains a popular choice for typesetting a wide variety of documents, from papers, journal articles, and presentations to books, especially those that include technical text or demand high-quality composition. This book is the most comprehensive guide to making illustrations in LaTeX documents, and it has been completely revised and expanded to include the latest developments in LaTeX graphics. The authors describe the most widely used packages, and provide hundreds of solutions to the most commonly encountered LaTeX illustration problems.

The LaTeX Companions, Third Revised Boxed Set: A Complete Guide and Reference for Preparing, Illustrating, and Publishing Technical Documents by Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, Sebastian Rahtz, Helmut Kopka, Patrick Daly.
This attractively priced boxed set comprises four authoritative books on the LaTeX software system for typesetting documents. Because LaTeX is especially good for technical documents and is freely available for almost any computer system, it has become a lingua franca of the scientific world. Whether you are new to LaTeX or want to be sure that your LaTeX library is current and complete, you will find a useful place for this set on your reference shelf.

Other

The Unicode Standard: Version 5.0.
This new edition of Unicode's official reference manual has been substantially updated to document the latest revisions to the Unicode Standard, with hundreds of pages of new information. It includes major revisions to text, figures, tables, definitions, and conformance clauses, and provides clear and practical answers to common questions. For the first time, the book contains the Unicode Standard Annexes, which specify vital processes such as text normalization and identifier parsing.

PDF Reference Manual 1.6, 5th Edition.
Containing all of the info from previous editions, plus new material on what's been added to PDF Version 1.5, this essential guide makes a highly technical subject accessible and intelligible. You'll find complete coverage of all major aspects of the format/imaging model, architecture, syntax, graphics, operators, fonts, and rendering--as well as highly readable explanations of its interactive and multimedia features, transparency capabilities, intellectual property issues, and more.

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	The TeXbook by Donald E. Knuth. Available in hardcover or spiral bound. Novice and expert users alike will gain from The TeXbook the level of information they seek. Knuth warns newcomers away from the more difficult areas, while he entices experienced users with new challenges. The novice need not learn much about TeX to prepare a simple manuscript with it. But for the preparation of more complex documents, The TeXbook contains all the detail required.

	The METAFONTbook by Donald E. Knuth. Metafont is a computer language that allows you to produce professional quality typefaces using mathematical type design. The METAFONTbook, a users guide and reference manual, enables readers with only minimal computer science or word processing experience to master the basic as well as the more advanced areas of Metafont programming.

	Computers and Typesetting by Donald E. Knuth. This Millennium Boxed Set -- five elegantly printed books that describe their own method of creation -- celebrates Knuth's monumental coupling of programming and typography. Originally published in 1986, each volume has changed so much in subsequent printings that nearly every page has been touched in some way. Improvements to the books have followed developments in digital printing technology; they also reflect corrections submitted over the years by thousands of volunteers.

	The Art of Computer Programming by Donald E. Knuth. This multivolume work is widely recognized as the definitive description of classical computer science. The first three volumes have for decades been an invaluable resource in programming theory and practice for students, researchers, and practitioners alike. It was also Knuth's proximate cause for creating of the TeX system.

	LaTeX: A Document Preparation System, 2nd Edition by Leslie Lamport. This authoritative user's guide and reference manual for the LaTeX computer typesetting system has been revised to document features now available in the new standard software release -- LaTeX2e. The new edition features additional styles and functions, improved font handling, and enhanced graphics capabilities. Other parts of the book have been revised to reflect user comments and suggestions. Selected sections have been rewritten to explain challenging concepts or functions, and the descriptions of both MakeIndex and BibTeX have been updated.

	Guide to LaTeX, 4th Edition by Helmut Kopka and Patrick W. Daly. This popular book shows you how to begin using LaTeX to create high-quality documents. The book also serves as a handy reference for all LaTeX users. In this completely revised edition, the authors cover the LaTeX2e standard and offer more details, examples, exercises, tips, and tricks. They go beyond the core installation to describe the key contributed packages that have become essential to LaTeX processing. As did the three best-selling editions that preceded it, Guide to LaTeX, Fourth Edition will prove indispensable to anyone wishing to gain the benefits of LaTeX.

	The LaTeX Companion, 2nd Edition by Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, Johannes Braams, David Carlisle, and Chris Rowley. The LaTeX Companion has long been the essential resource for anyone using LaTeX to create high-quality printed documents. This completely updated edition brings you all the latest information about LaTeX and the vast range of add-on packages now available--over 200 are covered! Full of new tips and tricks for using LaTeX in both traditional and modern typesetting, this book will also show you how to customize layout features to your own needs--from phrases and paragraphs to headings, lists, and pages.

	The LaTeX Web Companion: Integrating TeX, HTML, and XML by Michel Goossens, Sebastian Rahtz, Eitan M. Gurari, Ross Moore, and Robert S. Sutor. This book shows how you can publish LaTeX documents on the web. LaTeX was born of the scientist's need to prepare well-formatted information, particularly with pictures and mathematics included; the web was born of the scientist's need to communicate information electronically. Until now, it has been difficult to find solutions that address both needs. HTML and today's Web browsers deal inadequately with the nontextual components of scientific documents. This book, at last, describes tools and techniques for transforming LaTeX sources into web formats for electronic publication, and for transforming web sources into LaTeX documents for optimal printing.

	The LaTeX Graphics Companion, 2nd Edition by Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach, Sebastian Rahtz, Denis Roegel, Herbert Voss. The LaTeX typesetting system remains a popular choice for typesetting a wide variety of documents, from papers, journal articles, and presentations to books, especially those that include technical text or demand high-quality composition. This book is the most comprehensive guide to making illustrations in LaTeX documents, and it has been completely revised and expanded to include the latest developments in LaTeX graphics. The authors describe the most widely used packages, and provide hundreds of solutions to the most commonly encountered LaTeX illustration problems.

	The LaTeX Companions, Third Revised Boxed Set: A Complete Guide and Reference for Preparing, Illustrating, and Publishing Technical Documents by Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, Sebastian Rahtz, Helmut Kopka, Patrick Daly. This attractively priced boxed set comprises four authoritative books on the LaTeX software system for typesetting documents. Because LaTeX is especially good for technical documents and is freely available for almost any computer system, it has become a lingua franca of the scientific world. Whether you are new to LaTeX or want to be sure that your LaTeX library is current and complete, you will find a useful place for this set on your reference shelf.

	The Unicode Standard: Version 5.0. This new edition of Unicode's official reference manual has been substantially updated to document the latest revisions to the Unicode Standard, with hundreds of pages of new information. It includes major revisions to text, figures, tables, definitions, and conformance clauses, and provides clear and practical answers to common questions. For the first time, the book contains the Unicode Standard Annexes, which specify vital processes such as text normalization and identifier parsing.

	PDF Reference Manual 1.6, 5th Edition. Containing all of the info from previous editions, plus new material on what's been added to PDF Version 1.5, this essential guide makes a highly technical subject accessible and intelligible. You'll find complete coverage of all major aspects of the format/imaging model, architecture, syntax, graphics, operators, fonts, and rendering--as well as highly readable explanations of its interactive and multimedia features, transparency capabilities, intellectual property issues, and more.