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The LATEX Graphics Companion (Addison-Wesley Series on Tools and Techniques for Computer T) (Paperback)

by Michel Goossens (Author), Sebastian Rahtz (Author), Frank Mittelbach (Author)
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  • Paperback: 608 pages
  • Publisher: Addison Wesley (21 May 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0201854694
  • ISBN-13: 978-0201854695
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 18.8 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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This book addresses one of the most common needs among users of the LaTeX typesetting system-the incorporation of graphics into text.



From the Back Cover

This handy reference describes techniques and tricks needed to illustrate LaTeX documents, and answers common user questions about graphics and PostScript fonts. It provides the first full description of the standard LaTeX color and graphics packages, and shows how you can combine TeX and PostScript capabilities to produce beautifully illustrated pages. Following the successful format of The LaTeX Companion, this new book will be an invaluable LaTeX resource for incorporating pictures into text.

You will learn how to:
  • Incorporate graphic files into a LaTeX document
  • Program technical diagrams using several different languages
  • Produce color pictures
  • Achieve special effects with fragments of embedded PostScript
  • Make high-quality musical scores and games diagrams

You will find detailed descriptions of:
  • Important packages like XYPIC, PSTricks, and METAPOST
  • The standard LaTeX color and graphics packages
  • PostScript fonts and how to use them in LaTeX
  • The dvips dvi to PostScript driver
  • Ghostscript, the free interpreter that lets you view or print
    PostScript files, even if you do not have a PostScript printer

The authors examine a number of packages that extend or modify LaTeX's basic illustration features, and present hundreds of examples of useful solutions to graphics and font problems. In addition to packages for general drawing, the book also presents specific tools for mathematicians, physicists, chemists, engineers, and for people interested in games and music typesetting.

All the packages and programs described in this book are freely available in public software archives, and the source code for all examples has been placed on CTAN, the TeX archives. (Details in Appendix B)



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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars LaTeX graphics bible, 12 May 1998
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If you use LaTeX and are serious about including graphics in your documents, then this is the book to read. I've never seen a more complete and readable explanation of using graphics with LaTeX.

However, I don't recommend that raw beginners use this book. You really need some knowledge of LaTeX to understand what's going on. If you're an advanced user, THE LATEX GRAPHICS COMPANION is indispensible.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Like the JC Penny catalogue: a wish book, 9 Jun 1999
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I would have to hazard a guess that this is probably the most advanced LaTeX book on the market. It is lots of fun to look at with its many esoteric uses of LaTeX--typesetting bridge or chess game diagrams, music notation, optical illusions--in other words, stuff that I wish had enough time to learn but probably never will. However, I do find myself looking at this book more than I initially imagined because it is quite useful on subjects such as fonts and the "dvips" program. For these areas, you'll definitely find things to learn and use even if you aren't ever going to typeset Mozart's lost symphony or fiddle with Encapsulated Post-Script code at the primitive command level.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars for serious (La)TeXnicians, 29 Nov 1997
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If you have reached the state in which you typeset with (La)TeX just to ``have fun'', this book is for you. It is fun and exciting to read.
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