Digital Typography: Volume 78 (Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes) - Softcover

Knuth, Donald E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1575860104 ISBN 13: 9781575860107

Publisher: The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications, 1999

Synopsis

Donald Knuth's influence in computer science ranges from the invention of literate programming to the development of the TeX programming language. One of the foremost figures in the field of mathematical sciences, Knuth has written papers which stand as milestones of development over a wide range of topics. In this collection, the second in the series, Knuth explores the relationship between computers and typography. The present volume, in the words of the author, is the legacy of all the work he has done on typography. When type designers, punch cutters, typographers, book historians, and scholars visited the University while Knuth was working in this field, it gave to Stanford what some consider to be its golden age of digital typography. By the author's own admission, the present work is one of the most difficult books that he has prepared. This is truly a work that only Knuth could have produced.

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About the Author

Donald E. Knuth is one of the world's pre-eminent computer scientists, whose works have had a profound influence on the subject since the publication in 1968 of the first volume of The Art of Computer Programming. Knuth created TeX, a language for typesetting mathematical and scientific texts, and METAFONT, a computer software system for alphabet design. He is professor emeritus at Stanford University.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1575860104
• ISBN 13: 9781575860107
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 402