Technical Typography Using Personal Computers

Abstract

Technical typography is fully within the capabilities of the personnel computer. Two software packages seemed best able to meet our requirements: EXACT and PC TeX. This report describes the installation, use, capabilities, and results of these packages. Although both packages produce very good results, EXACT is, by far, the more suitable of the two for technical typesetting by general users. This program can answer most publication requirements. PC TeX is more appropriate for users involved in publishing technical manuscripts, who require the highest quality of technical typography. General users willing to expend the necessary time and effort to master PC TeX will find that outstanding results can be obtained. Both packages are acceptably fast when outputting to a laser printer, but only EXACT's draft mode is acceptable, in terms of speed, for generating output on a dot-matrix printer. Keywords: Computer programs; Typography.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA211381

Entities

People

  • James M. King

Organizations

  • Human Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavioral Research
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Corporations
  • Directories
  • Engineering
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Military Standards
  • Miss Distance
  • Operating Systems
  • Personal Computers
  • Personality
  • Printing
  • Standards
  • Target Angle
  • Typography
  • Word Processors

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy