Textures User Guide

preface: Welcome to Textures............1

Installing Textures
About this Book

intro: Desktop Typography on the Macintosh............14

TeX: A Work of Art
Typesetting with TeX
The Textures System
A Textures Roadmap
Documentation

chapter 1: Basics............26

chapter 2: Expanded Basics............40

Windows attached to a Textures Document
Typesetting a Document
Text Input: the Edit Window
Interacting with TeX: the TeX Log Window
Typeset Output: the Typeset Window
Printing
Opening, Creating, and Saving Textures Documents
Exporting Typeset Material to Other Applications

chapter 3: Editing and the Edit Window............62

Standard Editing Functions
Finding and Changing Text
Going to a Specified Location in the File
Edit Window Display Options
A Note: Using other Text Editors with Textures

chapter 4: The Macros Menu............70

User-Defined Macros as Menu Commands
Installing a Sample Menu
Writing your own Menu Macros
Sample LateX Menu

chapter 5: Reinventing TeX: Macros and Formats............80

TeX as and Extensible System
Defining your own TeX Macros
About Formats
The LaTeX World
AMS-TeX
Other Standard TeX Formats
Creating Your Own Format Files
PowerPC Formats

chapter 6: Introduction to Fonts............92

Overview: Fonts of Type
Fonts in TeX
Bitmap and Outline Fonts
Design Sizes and Scaling
PostScript Fonts
TrueType Fonts

chapter 7: Fonts in Textures............108

Textures Fonts and Font Metrics
Installing Fonts in Textures
Creating New Font Metrics with EdMetrics
Add Fonts... Command
Virtual Fonts

chapter 8: Pictures............124

Pictures in Textures
QuickDraw (PICT) vs. PostScript (EPSF) Graphics
Including Encapsulated PostScript Files
Including "Cut-and-Paste" Pictures via the Pictures Window

chapter 9: Specials: Color, Pictures, and PostScript............134

Numeric Factors: Real and Integer
Color Special Commands
Picture Placement Special Commands
PostScript Graphics and Special Effects

chapter 10: Printing............144

Printing Typeset Documents
Output to a PhototypesetterPrinting to a PostScript Printer
Printing to a QuickDraw (Non-PostScript) Printer

chapter 11: Connecting to Other TeX Systems............150

Compatibility with Other TeX systems
Transferring TeX Text Files to and from Other Computers
DVI Files: Importing and Exporting Typeset Documents

chapter 12: Tips and Troubleshooting............156

Tips for Working in Flash Mode
Error Handling: the TeX Log Window
Problems with Typesetting
Problems with Formats
Problems with the Macros Menu
Problems with Included Graphics
Screen Display Problems
Printing Problems
Font Problems

appendix A: Textures Files and Folders............169

Files that You Must Have to Run Textures
TeX Inputs Folder
TeX Formats Folder
TeX Fonts Folder
Samples Folder
Macros Folder
Tools Folder
Additional LaTeX-Related Files
Other Assorted Files and Folders

appendix B: Font Mapping............176

Font Mapping
PostScript Encoding

appendix C: Building Virtual Fonts............182

About Virtual Fonts
TeX's View of a Font
Creating a Virtual Font
Special Effects with Virtual Fonts
An Example: Creating a Times "Small-Caps" Font
Limitations

appendix D: For More Information............190

TeX Users' Groups
Public-Domain Software
Blue Sky TeX Systems
Other Vendors
A TeX Bibliography

glossary: Coming to Terms............196

index............208

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