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authorTaco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>2009-05-27 14:02:03 +0000
committerTaco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>2009-05-27 14:02:03 +0000
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second part of the new metapost documentation:
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+\begin{abstract}
+ Individuals that use \TeX{} (or any of its derivatives) to typeset
+ their documents generally take extra measures to ensure paramount
+ visual quality. Such documents often contain mathematical expressions
+ and graphics to accompany the text. Since \TeX{} was designed ``for
+ the creation of beautiful books\Dash and especially for books that
+ contain a lot of mathematics''~\cite{knuth:texbook}, it is clear that
+ it is sufficient (and in fact \textit{exceptional}) at dealing with
+ mathematics and text. \TeX{} was not designed for creating graphics;
+ however, certain add-on packages can be used to create modest figures.
+ \TeX{}, however, is capable of including graphics created with other
+ utilities in a variety of formats. Because of their scalability,
+ Encapsulated PostScript (\EPS) graphics are the most common types
+ used. This paper introduces \MP{} and demonstrates the fundamentals
+ needed to generate high-quality \EPS{} graphics for inclusion into
+ \TeX-based documents.
+\end{abstract}