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44 lines
1.8 KiB
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\documentclass{article}
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\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
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\usepackage{lmodern}
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\usepackage{inconsolata}
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\usepackage{microtype}
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\usepackage{mflogo}
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\pagestyle{empty}
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\linespread{1.2}
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\begin{document}
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\frenchspacing
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\noindent
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{\LARGE 1 Computer Modern}\\
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~\\
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% Some love it, some hate it, but fact is that a
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\noindent
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The users of any \TeX{} system get the Computer Modern typeface by default in
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all their documents. This idiosyncratic font makes \TeX{} documents
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instantly recognizable to anyone who's ever used this system and instantly
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impresses anyone else with its timeless design. It has very high contrast
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between thick and thin elements, very consistent and characteristic
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strokes, and relatively short ascenders and descenders. Of course, it's
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classified as ``modern''.
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Computer Modern was created by Donald Knuth, the great mathematician and
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creator of \TeX, and initially released in $1978$ together with \TeX{} and
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\MF. The latter is the programming language that he used to create Computer
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Modern. In this language, the Computer Modern shapes are described by 62
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distinct parameters that allow the glyphs to be changed generically. The
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idea is that certain aspects of the font can be adjusted by typesetters to
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match the type of material. In reality, no one besides Knuth has been able
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to create such a mature and widely-used type family as Computer Modern using
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the \MF{} system, although you'll see one more \MF{} typeface further down
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this page.
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To use this font in \LaTeX, you don't have to do anything. However, you might consider
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to \textbackslash usepackage\{lmodern\} to obtain Latin Modern,
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a PostScript version of Computer Modern created with \MP. It looks
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(almost) exactly the same, but provides more convenient scaling of glyphs
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among other small improvements. But rest assured that \LaTeX{}, by default,
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gives you the best typeface available.
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\end{document}
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