Tex Xml And Digital Typography

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on TEX, XML, and Digital Typography, held jointly with the 25th Annual Meeting of the TEX User Group, TUG 2004 in Xanthi, Greece in August/September 2004. The 21 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers reflect the state of the art of digital typography using TEX or its offsprings. Besides typesetting issues, the papers deal with topics like multilingual document preparation, XML document processing and generation, complex bibliographic databases, and automatic conversion.

Using clear and concise language this book introduces new users to the use of the TeX system, in particular document preparation using LaTeX. It avoids the pitfalls of having to search through several advanced books on the subject, by collecting together the more frequently required tools and presenting these in a single accessible volume. It also describes the recent developments in multilingual typesetting using TeX that now make it straightforward for users to prepare documents in their own language and alphabet, giving the book a global readership. Topics include: multi-lingual uses of LaTeX; discussion of hardware implementations; use and misuse of particular LaTeX commands; and many others.

Índice abreviado: 1.The Web, its documents, and LaTeX 2. Portable document format 3. The LaTeX2HTML translator 4. Translating LaTeX to HTML using TEXT4ht 5. Direct display of LaTeX on the Web 6. HTML, SGML, and XML: three markup languages 7. CSS, DSSSL, and XSL: doing it with style 8. MathML, intelligent math markup A. Example files B. Technical appendixes C. Internalization issues.

This step-by-step guide to digital typographic design covers font history, terminology, manipulation, and getting the most out of industry-standard software, as well as looking at the relationship between the art and science of typographic design.

' The book is a collection of invited chapters by renowned experts and is part of a series on Language Processing, Pattern Recognition, and Intelligent Systems. The content is wide-ranging, encompassing perspectives from computer science to social science to design and reflecting the considerable experience of researchers, teachers and practitioners. This diversity offers rigorous approaches to the topic of Digital fonts and reading, organised in four sections: vision and reading; scientific approaches to reading; perspectives on type design practice; and using type. The heavily illustrated text includes original research, case studies, reviews, and practical advice, serving as a useful handbook or reference to inform design for reading. Traditionally, there has been a separation between researchers and practitioners, with different agendas. This book bridges the gap between scientific testing and design experience and considers the reader''s perspective. The collection aims to resonate with academics and students, experienced or novice typographic or interface designers and software engineers, and engage with anyone who has an interest in type and reading. Contents:Vision and Reading:The Effect of Type Design and Typesetting on Visually Impaired Readers (Eleni Beveratou)Matilda: A Typeface for Children with Low Vision (Ann Bessemans)Scientific Approaches to Reading:Sitka: A Collaboration Between Type Design and Science (Kevin Larson and Matthew Carter)Eye Movements: From Psycholinguistics to Font Design (Timothy J Slattery)Designing Legible Fonts for Distance Reading (Sofie Beier)Effects of Interword Spacing on Chinese Children''s Reading Abilities (Hsiu-Feng Wang)Perspectives on Type Design Practice:Elements of Chinese Typeface Design (Xiaoqing Lu and Ting Tang)Optimizing Type for Use in Specific Media (Eben Sorkin)''Harmonised Type Design'' Revisited (Titus Nemeth)Using Pattern Languages in Typographic Design (Rob Mckaughan)Using Type:How Does Expertise Contribute to the Recognition of Latin and Chinese Characters? (Mary C Dyson, Keith Tam, Clare Leake, Brian Kwok)Newspaper Text (Lucie Lacava)Perception of Fonts: Perceived Personality Traits and Appropriate Uses (A Dawn Shaikh and Barbara Chaparro)Legibility and Readability of Arabic Fonts on Personal Digital Assistants PDAs (Mrouj Almuhajri and Ching Y Suen) Readership: Design practitioners and software engineers. Keywords:Digital Font;Type Font and Reading;Type Design Practice;Design for Reading'