Computers And Typesetting

The books are loved by Mathematician s and other -dependent life-forms. They are less well appreciated by Computer Scientist s and Programmer s, as the project was an 8-year diversion to Knuth's multi-volume The Art Of Computer Programming .
The books themselves were typeset in the Computer Modern Roman typeface using ; thus, in Knuth's words, they "belong to the class of books that describe precisely their own appearance."

VOLUMES

The five volumes are published by Addison-Wesley.
#Volume A: The book. ''Describes the typesetting language''. It is by far the most common and available of the set, as the interpreter is widely used for typesetting. It is available in softcover ISBN 0201134489 (blue spiral-bound with that built-in flap for a bookmark) and hardcover ISBN 0201134470
#Volume B: : The program. ''A documented listing of the source code of the interpreter'' The 1986 edition in hardcover is ISBN 0201134373
#Volume C: The METAFONTbook. ''Describes the METAFONT font description language.'' Hardcover ISBN 0201134454, softcover ISBN 0201134446.
#Volume D: Metafont: The program. ''A documented listing of the source code of the Metafont interpreter.'' Hardcover ISBN 0201134381, paperback ISBN 0201606585
#Volume E: Computer Modern Typefaces. ''A character-by-character listing (in the Metafont language) of the source code for the Computer Modern typefaces (cmr, cmbx, cmti, etc) used by TeX.'' Hardcover: ISBN 0201134462, Softcover: ISBN 0201606607
The set is also available as a hardcover boxed set with the latest editions as of the year 2000. ISBN 0201734168

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