Lessons Learned from Metafont

Author Biography

• Donald Knuth
  Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. He is the author of a planned seven-volume series, The Art of Computer Programming, which will summarize much of the existing knowledge about computational methods; three volumes have been published. In 1977 he began to study ways in which mathematics and typography can be mutually beneficial to each other. This work has led to the creation of the TeX and Meta font systems for computer-aided publishing. In 1977 Dr. Knuth received the National Medal of Science from President Carter.