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</p><!--l. 7--><p class="noindent" ><span
class="Spectral-Bold-lf-t-1x-x-172">A First Set of </span><span class="LATEX"><span
class="Spectral-Bold-lf-t-1x-x-172">L</span><span class="A"><span
class="Spectral-Bold-lf-t-1x-x-172">A</span></span><span class="TEX"><span
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<!--l. 17--><p class="indent" > This page suggests documentation, add-on components, and other resources for a beginning <span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span>
user.
</p><!--l. 20--><p class="indent" > The links here are to freely available materials, so you can click to see the documentation online. Where
the documentation is also available offline in a typical <span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span> installation, we provide its name as an end note.
View it by running `<span
class="ectt-1095">texdoc </span><span
class="Spectral-LightItalic-lf-t-1x-x-109">name</span>' in a terminal.
</p>
<h3 class="sectionHead"><a
id="x1-1000"></a>Starting</h3>
<!--l. 32--><p class="noindent" >To run <span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span>, you must use an online service or install a distribution. Online services are commercial;
find them by entering `online latex' in a search engine. For distributions, your choices are <a
href="https://tug.org/texlive/" ><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span> Live</a> on a
Unix system, including GNU/Linux, or on Windows, or the related <a
href="https://tug.org/mactex/" >Mac<span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></a> on Macintosh, or <a
href="https://miktex.org/" >MiK<span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></a> on
Windows or a Unix system.
<p class="subsection"><span
class="Spectral-Bold-lf-t-1x-x-109">Tutorials </span>The site <a
href="https://www.learnlatex.org/" ><span
class="ectt-1095">learnlatex.org</span></a> teaches you the basics in a sound way, and also lets you play with the
commands to see the results. For a more traditional document, the most widely recommended one is <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/lshort-english" >The
Not-So Short Guide to <span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span>2<span
class="cmmi-10x-x-109">ε</span></a>, available in many languages.<sup><a
href="#ennote-1" id="enmark-1"><span
class="cmr-8">1</span></a></sup>
<p>Many people use <span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span> to write mathematical text and for this the premier choice is from the
American Mathematical Society. See their <a
href="http://mirror.ctan.org/info/amslatex/primer/amshelp.pdf" >Getting up and running with AMS-<span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span></a>,<sup><a
href="#ennote-2" id="enmark-2"><span
class="cmr-8">2</span></a></sup> and more detail is
in <a
href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/amsmath/amsldoc.pdf" >Users Guide for the <span
class="ectt-1095">amsmath </span>package</a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-3" id="enmark-3"><span
class="cmr-8">3</span></a></sup>
</p>
<h3 class="sectionHead"><a
id="x1-2000"></a>Documentation</h3>
<p class="subsection"><span
class="Spectral-Bold-lf-t-1x-x-109">References </span>The nearest thing to a general reference for <span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span> is <a
href="http://mirror.ctan.org/info/latex2e-help-texinfo/latex2e.html" ><span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span>2<span
class="cmmi-10x-x-109">ε</span> unofficial reference manual</a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-4" id="enmark-4"><span
class="cmr-8">4</span></a></sup>
Look for symbols in the <a
href="http://mirror.ctan.org/info/symbols/comprehensive/symbols-letter.pdf" >Comprehensive List of Symbols</a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-5" id="enmark-5"><span
class="cmr-8">5</span></a></sup> And, <a
href="https://tug.org/TUGboat/" >TUGboat</a>, the journal of the <a
href="https://tug.org" ><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span> Users
Group</a>, has published many articles, at levels from beginner to expert, almost since the inception of
<span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span>.
<p class="subsection"><span
class="Spectral-Bold-lf-t-1x-x-109">FAQs </span>Many web pages offer quick help with <span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span>, although they can be out of date. Particularly useful
and reliable are the <a
href="https://texfaq.org/" ><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span> FAQ</a>,<sup><a
href="#ennote-6" id="enmark-6"><span
class="cmr-8">6</span></a></sup> as well as <a
href="https://tug.org/interest.html" ><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span> Resources on the Web</a>. You can also get a handy
general <a
href="http://mirror.ctan.org/info/latexcheat/latexcheat/latexsheet.pdf" ><span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span> Cheat Sheet</a>,<sup><a
href="#ennote-7" id="enmark-7"><span
class="cmr-8">7</span></a></sup> as well as the <a
href="http://mirrors.ctan.org/info/undergradmath/undergradmath.pdf" >Math for Undergraduates Cheat Sheet</a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-8" id="enmark-8"><span
class="cmr-8">8</span></a></sup> Also,
<a
href="http://mirror.ctan.org/info/l2tabu/english/l2tabuen.pdf" >An essential guide to <span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span>2<span
class="cmmi-10x-x-109">ε</span> usage</a><sup><a
href="#ennote-9" id="enmark-9"><span
class="cmr-8">9</span></a></sup> helps you develop sound habits, by saying what not to
do.
<p class="subsection"><span
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href="https://tex.stackexchange.com/" ><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span>-<span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span> Stack Exchange</a> site and the mailing list
<a
href="https://lists.tug.org/texhax" >texhax@tug.org</a> are where knowledgeable people hang out. You are likely to find an answer in their past
discussions, which cover decades, and if not then you can post a question yourself.
<p class="subsection"><span
class="Spectral-Bold-lf-t-1x-x-109">Books </span>There are many excellent books about <span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span>. Visit the <a
href="https://tug.org/books/" ><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span> Users Group's book list</a> for a
selection, and for discounts.
<h3 class="sectionHead"><a
id="x1-3000"></a>Packages</h3>
<!--l. 131--><p class="noindent" >One of <span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span>'s strengths is the tremendous number of available add-on packages. This list covers most of
what beginners want to do. (There are some comments in parentheses that often come up in conjunction
with these recommendations.)
<p class="subsection"><span
class="Spectral-Bold-lf-t-1x-x-109">Our archive </span>The Comprehensive <span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span> Archive Network, <a
href="https://ctan.org" ><span
class="Spectral-Light-lf-t-1">CTAN</span></a>, has the latest official versions of the
packages that are in the distributions, along with documentation. <a
href="https://ctan.org/topics/cloud" >Browsing by topic</a> can be very
handy.
<p><p>If you have trouble finding something, it may be the house package of a journal or institution. Look on
their web page as well as on <span
class="Spectral-Light-lf-t-1">CTAN</span>.
<p class="subsection"><span
class="Spectral-Bold-lf-t-1x-x-109">Every document </span>To change page size, margins, and orientation, use <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/geometry" ><span
class="ectt-1095">geometry</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-10" id="enmark-10"><span
class="cmr-8">10</span></a></sup> Get multiple columns
with <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/multicol" ><span
class="ectt-1095">multicol</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-11" id="enmark-11"><span
class="cmr-8">11</span></a></sup>
<p>As referred to above, any document containing significant amounts of mathematics should use the
American Mathematical Society's packages <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/amsmath" ><span
class="ectt-1095">amsmath</span></a><sup><a
href="#ennote-12" id="enmark-12"><span
class="cmr-8">12</span></a></sup> and <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/amsfonts" ><span
class="ectt-1095">amsfonts</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-13" id="enmark-13"><span
class="cmr-8">13</span></a></sup> Also use their <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/amsthm" ><span
class="ectt-1095">amsthm</span></a><sup><a
href="#ennote-14" id="enmark-14"><span
class="cmr-8">14</span></a></sup> for
producing theorem environments. Notes: (1) <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/amsfonts" ><span
class="ectt-1095">amssymb</span></a> inputs <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/amsfonts" ><span
class="ectt-1095">amsfonts</span></a> so load the former instead of the
latter, (2) many authors also use the calligraphic characters in <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/rsfs" ><span
class="ectt-1095">rsfs</span></a>,<sup><a
href="#ennote-15" id="enmark-15"><span
class="cmr-8">15</span></a></sup> (3) get bold math symbols with <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/bm" ><span
class="ectt-1095">bm</span></a>,<sup><a
href="#ennote-16" id="enmark-16"><span
class="cmr-8">16</span></a></sup>
(4) don't load <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/amsmath" ><span
class="ectt-1095">amsmath</span></a> directly, instead get it by loading <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/mathtools" ><span
class="ectt-1095">mathtools</span></a><sup><a
href="#ennote-17" id="enmark-17"><span
class="cmr-8">17</span></a></sup> for some useful improvements, and
(4) load <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/amsthm" ><span
class="ectt-1095">amsthm</span></a> after <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/mathtools" ><span
class="ectt-1095">mathtools</span></a>.
<p>Also, include <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/microtype" ><span
class="ectt-1095">microtype</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-18" id="enmark-18"><span
class="cmr-8">18</span></a></sup> It will make your document have fewer awkward lines.
<p class="subsection"><span
class="Spectral-Bold-lf-t-1x-x-109">Inside a document </span>Tweak the layout of lists with <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/enumitem" ><span
class="ectt-1095">enumitem</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-19" id="enmark-19"><span
class="cmr-8">19</span></a></sup>
<p>Enhance captions with <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/caption" ><span
class="ectt-1095">caption</span></a><sup><a
href="#ennote-20" id="enmark-20"><span
class="cmr-8">20</span></a></sup> and control floating environments with <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/float" ><span
class="ectt-1095">float</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-21" id="enmark-21"><span
class="cmr-8">21</span></a></sup> (In particular, this
package provides the `<span
class="ectt-1095">H</span>' option to override automatic float placement and put something exactly where you
ask. This may cause issues — what if you want to include a two inch tall graphic on a page that has only an
inch left? — but it sometimes is what you want.)
<p>Get hyperlinks and turn references into links with <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/hyperref" ><span
class="ectt-1095">hyperref</span></a><sup><a
href="#ennote-22" id="enmark-22"><span
class="cmr-8">22</span></a></sup> (make sure to set it up, as with
<span class="lstinline"></span><span
class="ectt-1000">\</span><span
class="ectt-1000">hypersetup</span><span
class="ectt-1000">{</span><span
class="ectt-1000">colorlinks</span><span
class="ectt-1000">=</span><span
class="ectt-1000">true</span><span
class="ectt-1000">}</span>). Have cross-references that say `Theorem 1.2' instead of just `1.2' with
<a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/cleveref" ><span
class="ectt-1095">cleveref</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-23" id="enmark-23"><span
class="cmr-8">23</span></a></sup> For <span
class="Spectral-Light-lf-t-1">URL</span>'s and file paths that can break across lines, use <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/url" ><span
class="ectt-1095">url</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-24" id="enmark-24"><span
class="cmr-8">24</span></a></sup> (If you use <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/hyperref" ><span
class="ectt-1095">hyperref</span></a> then note
that it has its own commands for the <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/cleveref" ><span
class="ectt-1095">cleveref</span></a> and <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/url" ><span
class="ectt-1095">url</span></a> functions.)
<p>Inside verbatim text, make single quotes come out correctly with <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/upquote" ><span
class="ectt-1095">upquote</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-25" id="enmark-25"><span
class="cmr-8">25</span></a></sup> For including computer
code, the <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/listings" ><span
class="ectt-1095">listings</span></a><sup><a
href="#ennote-26" id="enmark-26"><span
class="cmr-8">26</span></a></sup> package is very popular. (Copy and paste for computer code is especially convenient.
This is a start for the <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/listings" ><span
class="ectt-1095">listings</span></a> package. </p><!--l. 219-->
<div class="lstlisting" id="listing-1"><span class="label"><a
id="x1-3001r1"></a></span><span
class="ectt-1000">\</span><span
class="ectt-1000">lstset</span><span
class="ectt-1000">{</span><span
class="ectt-1000">basicstyle</span><span
class="ectt-1000">=\</span><span
class="ectt-1000">ttfamily</span><span
class="ectt-1000">,</span><span
class="ectt-1000"> </span><br /><span class="label"><a
id="x1-3002r2"></a></span><span
class="ectt-1000"> </span><span
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But it is not a full solution. The results depend on the <span
class="Spectral-Light-lf-t-1">PDF </span>viewer and worse, if your code line begins
with blank spaces then after copy and paste those spaces are gone.)
<p>If you use Python, <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/pythontex" ><span
class="ectt-1095">pythontex</span></a><sup><a
href="#ennote-27" id="enmark-27"><span
class="cmr-8">27</span></a></sup> will show code listings, but it also allows you to execute Python and put
the results in your output. Do the same for the <span
class="Spectral-LightItalic-lf-t-1x-x-109">Sage </span>mathematics software with <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/sagetex" ><span
class="ectt-1095">sagetex</span></a>, and similar
support exists for other languages.
<p>There are many packages that add table capabilities, such as multirow entries and breaking across
pages. The first package to try is <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/array" ><span
class="ectt-1095">array</span></a>,<sup><a
href="#ennote-28" id="enmark-28"><span
class="cmr-8">28</span></a></sup> which lets you define your own column types. To handle
scientific units, use <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/siunitx" ><span
class="ectt-1095">siunitx</span></a><sup><a
href="#ennote-29" id="enmark-29"><span
class="cmr-8">29</span></a></sup> (which also has a table column type for aligning on a decimal
point).
<p>Make boxes that are colored or framed, such as boxes for theorems, with <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/tcolorbox" ><span
class="ectt-1095">tcolorbox</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-30" id="enmark-30"><span
class="cmr-8">30</span></a></sup>
<p>Use <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/babel" ><span
class="ectt-1095">babel</span></a><sup><a
href="#ennote-31" id="enmark-31"><span
class="cmr-8">31</span></a></sup> for internationalization, including changing the title of the abstract or the bibliography.
(Note that <span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span> now defaults to UTF-8 encoded input.)
<p>Finally, when developing a document, you often want to generate filler text. Use <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/lipsum" ><span
class="ectt-1095">lipsum</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-32" id="enmark-32"><span
class="cmr-8">32</span></a></sup>
<p class="subsection"><span
class="Spectral-Bold-lf-t-1x-x-109">Color and graphics </span>For colors, use <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/xcolor" ><span
class="ectt-1095">xcolor</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-33" id="enmark-33"><span
class="cmr-8">33</span></a></sup>
<p>To include graphics and do simple manipulations such as resizing, use <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/graphicx" ><span
class="ectt-1095">graphicx</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-34" id="enmark-34"><span
class="cmr-8">34</span></a></sup> Use the <span
class="Spectral-Light-lf-t-1">JPG </span>format
for photos, <span
class="Spectral-Light-lf-t-1">PNG </span>for other kinds of raster graphics, and <span
class="Spectral-Light-lf-t-1">PDF </span>for vector graphics. If your graphic is in another
format then convert it to one of these three. (Usually in your <span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span> source, you give the file name without
the extension, as with <span class="lstinline"></span><span
class="ectt-1000">\</span><span
class="ectt-1000">includegraphics</span><span
class="ectt-1000">{</span><span
class="ectt-1000">myplot</span><span
class="ectt-1000">}</span>.) Include parts of an outside <span
class="Spectral-Light-lf-t-1">PDF </span>document with
<a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/pdfpages" ><span
class="ectt-1095">pdfpages</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-35" id="enmark-35"><span
class="cmr-8">35</span></a></sup> Include video or sound using <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/media9" ><span
class="ectt-1095">media9</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-36" id="enmark-36"><span
class="cmr-8">36</span></a></sup>
<p>In your plots and graphics, you want that the fonts and notations match your document. You have a few
choices. Draw inside your document with <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/pgf" >Ti<span
class="Spectral-LightItalic-lf-t-1x-x-109">k</span>Z</a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-37" id="enmark-37"><span
class="cmr-8">37</span></a></sup> You can instead draw using an external command
language such as <a
href="https://asymptote.sourceforge.io/" >Asymptote</a>,<sup><a
href="#ennote-38" id="enmark-38"><span
class="cmr-8">38</span></a></sup> and bring the results in as graphics. And there are other options, such as
that the <a
href="http://www.gnuplot.info/" >Gnuplot</a> plotting software will output Ti<span
class="Spectral-LightItalic-lf-t-1x-x-109">k</span>Z commands, and the <a
href="https://inkscape.org/" >Inkscape</a> vector graphics editor
allows you to embed <span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span>-generated equations.
<p class="subsection"><span
class="Spectral-Bold-lf-t-1x-x-109">Front and back matter, headers, footers </span>To style chapter and section titles, use <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/titlesec" ><span
class="ectt-1095">titlesec</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-39" id="enmark-39"><span
class="cmr-8">39</span></a></sup> For page
headers and footers, reach for <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/fancyhdr" ><span
class="ectt-1095">fancyhdr</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-40" id="enmark-40"><span
class="cmr-8">40</span></a></sup> You can tweak the format of tables of contents, lists of figures,
etc., with <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/tocloft" ><span
class="ectt-1095">tocloft</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-41" id="enmark-41"><span
class="cmr-8">41</span></a></sup>
<p>For footnotes, use <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/footmisc" ><span
class="ectt-1095">footmisc</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-42" id="enmark-42"><span
class="cmr-8">42</span></a></sup> Make an index with <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/makeindex" ><span
class="ectt-1095">makeindex</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-43" id="enmark-43"><span
class="cmr-8">43</span></a></sup> With <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/answers" ><span
class="ectt-1095">answers</span></a><sup><a
href="#ennote-44" id="enmark-44"><span
class="cmr-8">44</span></a></sup> you can send exercise
answers to an external file, where you can make them a separate document or include them at the end of the
current one.
<p>Bibliographies are a thorny area. Often you have strict requirements, such as from the <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/MLA" ><span
class="ectt-1095">MLA</span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-45" id="enmark-45"><span
class="cmr-8">45</span></a></sup> <span
class="Spectral-Light-lf-t-1">CTAN </span>is a
big help here; check out the many styles for both <a
href="https://ctan.org/topic/bibtex-sty" >B<span
class="Spectral-Light-lf-sc-t-1x-x-109">ib</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></a><sup><a
href="#ennote-46" id="enmark-46"><span
class="cmr-8">46</span></a></sup> and <a
href="https://ctan.org/topic/biblatex" >B<span
class="Spectral-Light-lf-sc-t-1x-x-109">ib</span><span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span></a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-47" id="enmark-47"><span
class="cmr-8">47</span></a></sup>
<p class="subsection"><span
class="Spectral-Bold-lf-t-1x-x-109">Special documents </span>Make exams and problem sets with the <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/exam" ><span
class="ectt-1095">exam</span></a><sup><a
href="#ennote-48" id="enmark-48"><span
class="cmr-8">48</span></a></sup> class.
<p>There are many, many resume and CV packages. Start with <span
class="Spectral-Light-lf-t-1">CTAN</span>'s <a
href="https://ctan.org/topic/cv" >cv topic</a>.
<p>To make presentations, use the <a
href="https://ctan.org/pkg/beamer" ><span
class="ectt-1095">beamer</span></a><sup><a
href="#ennote-49" id="enmark-49"><span
class="cmr-8">49</span></a></sup> class. (However, with this package you are entering another
world, where many of the packages discussed here do not work. For example, section title styling happens
via a completely different mechanism.)
<h3 class="sectionHead"><a
id="x1-4000"></a>Fonts and engines</h3>
<!--l. 344--><p class="noindent" >The documentation for font use commands from the <span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span> developers is <a
href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/base/fntguide.pdf" ><span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span>2<span
class="cmmi-10x-x-109">ε</span> font selection</a>.<sup><a
href="#ennote-50" id="enmark-50"><span
class="cmr-8">50</span></a></sup>
</p><!--l. 348--><p class="indent" > To move beyond the default fonts, visit the <a
href="https://tug.org/FontCatalogue/" ><span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span> Font Catalogue</a>, which includes copy and paste code
to make each one work.
</p><!--l. 353--><p class="indent" > Beyond that list, you can also use your computer system's fonts (beware this makes your source
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