From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/17283 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nikolai Weibull Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Recommended Books on Typesetting Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:24:18 +0100 Message-ID: <20041128192418.GA30208@puritan.pcp.ath.cx> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1101669867 5173 80.91.229.6 (28 Nov 2004 19:24:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:24:27 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Nov 28 20:24:22 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CYUek-000224-00 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:24:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79C15127BF; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:24:22 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 17757-02-3; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:24:19 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A085B127AE; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:24:19 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E4A1127AE for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:24:18 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 17757-02-2 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:24:17 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mxfep02.bredband.com (unknown [195.54.107.73]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 840931279F for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:24:17 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from puritan.pcp.ath.cx ([213.112.43.197] [213.112.43.197]) by mxfep02.bredband.com with ESMTP id <20041128192417.WKXW24004.mxfep02.bredband.com@puritan.pcp.ath.cx> for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:24:17 +0100 Original-Received: by puritan.pcp.ath.cx (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5314D1789C6; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:24:18 +0100 (CET) Original-To: NTG-context List Mail-Followup-To: NTG-context List Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:17283 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:17283 Hi! I was wondering if anyone has any books to recommend, mainly in the area of typesetting, i.e., on TeX, typography, and so on. Personally, I can recommend Donald E. Knuth's "The TeXbook" and also his book on MetaFont. I am thinking of getting "The Complete Manual of Typography" by James Felici, which seems to be a very good book on the subject. I have also been looking for books by Hermann Zapf, but most seem to be out of print and very, very expensive where available; anyone know if they are worth their steep prices? nikolai -- ::: name: Nikolai Weibull :: aliases: pcp / lone-star / aka ::: ::: born: Chicago, IL USA :: loc atm: Gothenburg, Sweden ::: ::: page: www.pcppopper.org :: fun atm: gf,lps,ruby,lisp,war3 ::: main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}