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Thinkbeforeyoucode
Columnsand Grids
Overall Appearance
EmbeddedGraphics
LayersinText
DoweneedNTS?
FancyGraphics
positions andlayers
The MAPS Bibliography
fromXMLtoPDF
Some Famous Symbols
Are we an endangeredspecies?
(somethoughtsandquestions)
HansHagen
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M ato usˇ 12
lı´b ilo. 27V sˇe chn omib ylo prˇ eda´ no
od me´h o Otc e; an ikd o pl neˇs
ne poz na´ va´s Syn a,j en Ote c,a niO t-
ce nik do pln eˇsn ep ozn a´va´ s,je nS yn
at en, ko mu by ho Sy n cht eˇlz je-
vit .28 Poj d’te ke mn eˇv sˇic hni ,kt erˇı´
teˇzˇ ces pr acu jet es ajs tep prˇ etı´ zˇe-
ni, a ja´ va´md a´msf od pocˇ ine ks.
29V ezmeˇt eme´j ho na seb ea ucˇ te1
se od emne ,n ebo t’j semti chy´ a
po kor ny´ vs rdc i;a na lez net efo d-
po cˇin utı´ svy´ mdusˇ ı´m.30V zˇd yt’ me´
jho je prˇı´ jemne´ 2a me´ brˇ emeno je
leh ke´ .“
121V ten cˇa ssˇe lJ ezˇı´sˇ v so-
bot uo bil ı´m.Je ho ucˇe d-
nı´c id os tali sh lad sa zacˇ ali tr hat
kla sy ajı´ st. 2Kd yzˇs [je ]uv ideˇ lis fa-
riz eov e´,rˇ ekl imu:„ Hle ,tv oji ucˇe d-
nı´c id eˇla jı´, co se ne smı´ deˇ lat v
so bot u.“ 3O nv sˇak jimrˇ ekl :„N e-
cˇe tli jste ,c ou deˇl al Dav id, kd yzˇ
vy hla dov eˇl, on i ti, kd ob yli s
nı´m? 4Ja kv esˇe ld o Bozˇ ı´ho cd o-
mu a sneˇ dli 3(c hle byp rˇed lozˇ en ı´)4,
kte re´ ne smeˇl jı´st an io na ni ti,
kdo b yli sn ı´m,a le jen k neˇzˇ ı´?
5An ebo ne cˇet lijs te vZ a´ko neˇ, zˇe o
sob ota´ ch kneˇ zˇı´v ch ra´meˇ por usˇu jı´
sob otu ,a prˇ ece js ou be z vin y?
6Pra vı´mv a´m,zˇe zd ej en eˇ kd ov eˇ-
tsˇı´ nezˇ ch ra´m.7 Kd yby ste veˇ deˇl ip,
coz na me na´: ,Milo srd ens tvı´ chc i,
ane o beˇt ’‘Oz 6,6, neo ds oud ili by s-
ten evi nn e´.8 Vzˇd yt’ Syn cˇl oveˇ ka je
pa´n emso bo ty.“ 9A kd yzˇs od tam-
tud od esˇe ls, prˇ isˇel do je jich s y-
nag o´gy .1 0A hle, by lt amcˇl oveˇ k,
kte ry´ meˇ lo du mrˇe lou 5 ruk u. I
ota´ zali se ho: „Je do vol eno vs ob o-
tuu zd rav ova t6? “To pr oto ,ab yj ej
obzˇ alo val i.11 On jimrˇe kl: „(K dyb y
meˇ lfn eˇ kd oz va´s )7 jed nu ovc ia ta
by mu vs ob otu sp adl ad oj a´my,
cozˇ by ji ne uch op ilfa ne vy ta´h lf?
12O cˇje cˇl oveˇ kc enn eˇjsˇ ı´n ezˇ ovc e!
Pro to jed ov ole no vs obo tu cˇin it
dob rˇe. “13 Po tomrˇe klh to mu cˇl o-
veˇk u:„ Na ta´h nis vo uru ku .“N at a´-
hlj i,a by las zas es vsp orˇ a´dk us a
zdr ava´ jak ot ad ruh a´. 14F ariz eov e´
vsˇa kv ysˇli ar ad ilis ep rot in eˇmu,
1rˇ. :nau cˇtes e; 2n ebo: dob re´; 3v ar.:s neˇd l; 4rˇ.a rtoi te´sp roth eseo´ s,h. lech em happ a´nı´ m,
dos l.,ch le´b tva´rˇ e‘.Ty toc hleb yby lypr avid elneˇ prˇe dkla´ da´n yprˇ edB .tva´ rˇza1 2po kol enı´I zrae le;
viz Ex 25,3 0;L v24 ,5–9 . 5rˇ.: usc hlou ; 6va r.:u zdra vit; 7 rˇ.:K do bud ezv a´scˇ loveˇ k,
kte ry´b ude mı´t ... 8 neb o:se to doveˇ deˇl /to poz nal; 9 va r.:m noz ı´; 10 rˇ.:a by ho
neu cˇin ilizn a´m y´m;
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Notes
TheFutureofNTS
Hans Hagen
Definitions
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MetaPost
Portable Document Format
JavaScript
eXtensible MarkupLanguage
ConTEXt
EducationalTypesetting
HansHagen,GUT2001
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Cond itions
Observations
Solutions
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HansHagen
Whatis PDF
For longDVI wasT
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X’snativeoutput
format.Thisformat canbeconverted to
forinstancePOSTSCRIPTor PDF.Thelater
format hastheadvantagethat fontsand
graphicsareembedded which makethefile
portableacrossplatforms. Westartthisday
withashortexplanation ofwhatPDFis.
SebastianRahtz
ThehistoryofPDFT
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ThePDFT
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itscurrent incarnation,thisprogramsisrather
stableandmature.However,ittookquite
somedevelopm ent,discussionandtesting,
andthePDFT
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important rolein this.Inthisregard,this
projectcanbeconsideredoneof themost
innovativeTEX relatedactivitiesof theendof
thepreviouscentury.How diditallevolve?
ErikFrambach
Fonts inPDFTEX
SincePDFT
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it alsohastodealwith font inclusion.
PDFTEXsupportstype1aswell astruetype
andbitmapfonts.Somecanbeincluded
directly, othersneedsspecialtreatment.
Fontscanbeembeddedcompletely,
partially,or notat all.Also,usershave
toset upsom emapfiles. Although
fontsupportisrather straightforward,
somebasicknowledgecanbehandy.
HànThê
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HowPDFT
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It mayhavegoneunnoticedtomanyhappyusers, but
oneofthemainreasonsfordevelopingPDFTEXwas
thewishtoimprovethevisualappearanceof thepage.
Thecurrent natureofT
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improvement totheindividualparagraphsandpages.
CurrentlyPDFTEXprovidesseveralmethodstoimprove
thelookandfeelof apage.Systematicexperimentsand
researchwerethebasisfor theevolutionof PDFT
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HansHagen
Graphics inPDFT
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Aconsequenceofbeingitsownbackend,
isthat PDFTEXmustincludegraphics
itself. PDFT
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andMETAPOSTgraphicformats. EPS
graphicscanbeconvertedtoPDF.Because
PDFTEXgivesyou accesstolowlevel
PDF,itcanalsosupport dualresolution
graphics. Whenembeddinggraphics
onehastoconsider resolutionandcolor.
EdCashin
PDFT
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SincePDFisoneofthem ajorfileformats,
PDFTEX isagoodcandidatefor r actingasa
backendinprocessingdata. Howdoesthat
work,andwhat isneededtoget it working.
HansHagen
Goingbeyondstaticdocuments
Thelast fewyears,theworldof documentshaschanged
drastically.Color hasbecomenatural onthedesktopand
screendocumentsgobeyondtheir staticcounterparts.
Onewaytoenhancedocumentsistouseadvanced
hyperlinktricks. Amoredrasticdeviationfrom traditional
documentsisembeddingprogram code,likeJAVASCRIPT.
Onecanusethisscriptinglanguagetoprovidecomfortable
navigationandintelligencetodocuments.PDFTEXprovided
thehookstoembedsuchscriptsintothedocument. Ina
similar way,onecanusePDFT
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EdCashin
SettingupPDFT
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SincePDFTEXisaall--in--onetool,theTEXuser no
longer hastodealwith h amulti--stagesourcetopaper
process.Installationisnot that complicated,butthere
afewthingyoushouldknow aabouttheconfiguration.
BerenddeBoer
PostprocessingPDF
It isnot uncommontopostprocessthefiles
producedbyTEX,for instancemakingA5
bookletsout of A4documents. SincePDFT
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canprocessPDFgraphics,itcandoitsown
advanced postprocessing,sometimesgoing
far beyondwhat’scomm onintheTEXworld.
Another kindof postprocessinginvolves
convertingPDFintoatextual format.
Anexampleof thisapplicationisan
experimental utilitythat convertsT
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intoHTMLinarathernatural way.
Whatis PDF
For longDVI wasT
E
X’snativeoutput
format.Thisformat canbeconverted to
forinstancePOSTSCRIPTor PDF.Thelater
format hastheadvantagethat fontsand
graphicsareembedded which makethefile
portableacrossplatforms. Westartthisday
withashortexplanation ofwhatPDFis.
HansHagen
Something
VeryImportant
August2000
Something
VeryImportant
August2000
TheConT
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The ConT
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