Very Good-in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0201134462; Front cover's lower fore

Very Good-in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0201134462; Front cover's lower fore corner is bumped, resulting in a tear of the covering material on the bottom edge, else binding is almost as new. Contents and DJ are almost like new. This is a large, heavy book and is not eligble for Priority, Air or International under standard fees.; 7-3/4 x 9-1/2", 588pp. Glossy blue & gray boards, white & bright gold lettering. TECHNICAL / COMPUTERS. "This volume contains precise definitions of about 500 letters, numerals, and other symbols, all described with METAFONT...Readers will learn how to make their own personal variations of the fonts...Computer Modern is a family of typefaces that includes 75 standard fonts, ranging from the sans-serif faces used to typeset the copy on this book jacket to the more formal alphabets and mathematical symbols used to typset the text of the book itself. The 75 standard fonts can easily be extended to an essentially infinite number of further variations, because Computer Modern is a 'meta-deisgn' rather than a single design. " Almost 750 illustrations. General index. Index to character programs. (a); A.