Online (La)TeX documentation
LaTeX:
- The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e, by Tobias Oetiker (pdf, ps, in many languages).
- Formatting Information, by Peter Flynn (html or letter/a4 pdf). Installation as well as usage information.
- Online LaTeX tutorials, from Andy Roberts.
Plain TeX:
- TeX by Topic, A TeXnician's Reference, by Victor Eijkhout (Addison-Wesley, 1992; 307pp).
- TeX for the Impatient, by Paul Abrahams, Kathryn Hargreaves, and Karl Berry (Addison-Wesley, 1990; 357pp).
Fonts: a discussion of the fonts available for use with TeX is available separately.
Books to buy
Since TeX predates the Internet, let alone the web, it has a long tradition of documentation being available in book form. (Not to mention it being a typesetting program!) Here are the books we recommend most highly.
- The TeXbook, by Donald E. Knuth (Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-13448-9, 1984). The basis of it all.
- A Guide to LaTeX2e, by Helmut Kopka and Patrick Daly (Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-321-17385-6, fourth edition, 2003). Also covers core LaTeX from the ground up, as well as discussing commonly used packages for graphics, web integration, and more.
- The LaTeX Companion, by Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, Johannes Braams, David Carlisle, and Chris Rowley (Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-36299-6, second edition, 2004). Also covers core LaTeX from the ground up, plus a vast array of additional packages.
As usual, please see these additional documentation links for more books and other references.
