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The LaTeX Graphics companion.

Contributor(s): Series: Addison-Wesley series on tools and techniques for computer typesettingUpper Saddle River, NJ : Addison-Wesley, 2008Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxxiv, 925 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780321508928
  • 0321508920
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: LaTeX Graphics companion.DDC classification:
  • 686.2/2544536 22
LOC classification:
  • Z253.4.L38 G663 2008
Other classification:
  • 54.82
  • ST 351 T28
  • ST 351
Online resources:
Contents:
Graphics with LaTeX -- Standard LaTeX interfaces -- METAFONT and METAPOST : TeX's mates -- METAPOST applications -- Harnessing PostScript inside LaTeX : PSTricks -- The main PSTricks packages -- The Xy-pic package -- Applications in science, technology, and medicine -- Preparing music scores -- Playing games -- The world of color -- Appendix A. Producing PDF from various sources -- Appendix B. LaTeX software and user group information.
Review: "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."--Jacket.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab Z253.4. L38 .G663 2008 1 Available 50583020023796
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 819-834) and indexes.

Graphics with LaTeX -- Standard LaTeX interfaces -- METAFONT and METAPOST : TeX's mates -- METAPOST applications -- Harnessing PostScript inside LaTeX : PSTricks -- The main PSTricks packages -- The Xy-pic package -- Applications in science, technology, and medicine -- Preparing music scores -- Playing games -- The world of color -- Appendix A. Producing PDF from various sources -- Appendix B. LaTeX software and user group information.

"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."--Jacket.

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