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Title: Metafont: The Program
by Donald Ervin Knuth, Duane Bibby
ISBN: 0-201-60658-5
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Pub. Date: December, 1986
Format: Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $51.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

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Rating: 5
Summary: Useful in ways you wouldn't imagine
Comment: MF: The Program is a surprisingly readable batch of source code (at least partially co-written by John Hobby, by the way). Yes, you can reproduce (almost) the book from the source code (and get a printout that includes post-publication bugs fixes and enhancements), but it's not quite as convenient and lacks the page-by-page mini-indices. Whether the convenience is worth [the money] is up to you.

Where the book is especially helpful is for someone who's looking to see graphical algorithims spelled out by a master programmer in a literate and enteratining way. Me, I've got the full 5 volume set of TeX/MF books, but then, once upon a time, this was how I made my living.

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