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For a more gentle introduction, check out 'The METAFONTbook', also by Donald E. Knuth. I think that it is still not available in a digital format, but your loca
by kipari 6y ago
For a more gentle introduction, check out 'The METAFONTbook', also by Donald E. Knuth. I think that it is still not available in a digital format, but your local CS-oriented library might have a physical copy.
- enriquto 6y agoOne of my favorite reads! Somehow, it turns out to be much funnier than the TeXBook, which is a bit arid. I love when he explains that drawing a beautiful S is wickedly difficult. And the metafont language is quite slick.
- Tomte 6y agoThe character S also has its own chapter in Knuth's "Digital Typography": https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/dt.html https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/dt.html The half-tone chapter is also quite cool.
- dhosek 6y agoI remember when the half-tone article was first published in TUGboat. In those days when scanners were exotic equipment not easily accessible, the illustrations were amazing to see (and to recreate).
- guylepage3 6y agoThis is very cool. Thanks for sharing.
- daffy 6y agoIt can be found with images missing. The full version can be borrowed from archive.org.