Plain TeX

Computer Modern Font Family

cmr

Roman (5--10pt)

cmmi

Math Italic (5--10pt)

cmsy

Math Symbols (5--10pt)

cmex

Math Extension (10pt)

cmss

Sans serif (10pt)

cmssqi

Sans serif quote italic (8pt)

cmssi

Sans serif Italic (10pt)

cmbx

Bold Extended (10pt)

cmtt

Typewriter (8--10pt)

cmsltt

Slanted typewriter (10pt)

cmsl

Slanted roman (8--10pt)

cmti

Text italic (7--10pt)

cmu

Unslanted text italic (10pt)

cmmib

Bold math italic (10pt)

cmbsy

Bold math symbols (10pt)

cmcsc

Caps and Small caps (10pt)

cmssbx

Sans serif bold extended (10pt)

cmdunh

Dunhill style (10pt)

Standard Font Definitions

\rm

Roman

\sl

Slanted

\it

Italic

\bf

Bold

\tt

Typewriter

$\oldstyle ...$

Old Style numerals

$\cal ...$

Caligraphic capitals

Magnifications

\magstep0: 1000 (normal size)

\magstephalf: 1095 (1.095 times normal size)

\magstep1: 1200 (1.2 times normal size)

\magstep2: 1440 (1.44 times normal size, etc.)

\magstep3: 1440

\magstep4: 1728

\magstep5: 2074

\magstep6: 2488

Dimensions

pt: Point

pc: pica (12 pt)

in: inch (72.27 pt)

bp: Big point (72 bp = 1 in)

cm: Centimeter

mm: Millimeter

dd: Didot point

cc: cicero (12 dd)

sp: Scaled point (65,536 sp = 1 pt)

ex: Nomimal x-height

em: Nominal m-width

Accents

\'o	Grave
\`o	Acute
\^o	Circumflex
\"o	Umlaut
\~o	Tilde
\=o	Macron (“bar”)
\.o	Dot
\v o	Hacek (“check”)
\u o	Breve
\H o	Long Hungarian umlaut
\t oo	Tie-after accent
\c o	Cedilla
\d o	Dot-under
\b o	Bar-under

Special Letters

\oe, \OE	French ligature OE	,
\ae, \AE	Latin/Scandanavian AE	,
\aa, \AA	Scandanavian A-with-circle	,
\o, \O	Scandanavian slashed O	,
\l, \L	Polish suppressed-L	,
\ss	German sharp S
\dag	Dagger
\ddag	Double-dagger
\S	Section mark
\P	Paragraph mark
\copyright	Copyright symbol

Paging and Insertions

\headline={stuff}

Define header

\footline={stuff}

Define footer

\raggedbottom

Variable bottom margin

\folio

Current page number

\nopagenumbers

Blank footer

\footnote{mark}{text}

Define footnote

\topinsert{stuff}\endinsert

Floating insertion

\midinsert{stuff}\endinsert

Insert mid-page

\pageinsert{stuff}\endinsert

Full page insertion

Category Codes

0 Escape character (\)

1 Beginning of group ({)

2 End of group (})

3 Math shift ($)

4 Alignment tab (&)

5 End of line (^M)

6 Parameter (#)

7 Superscript (^)

8 Subscript (_)

9 Ignored character (NUL)

10 Space ( )

11 Letter (A..Z and a..z)

12 Other

13 Active character (~)

14 Comment character (%)

15 Invalid character (DEL)

Ligatures

ff
fi
fl
ffi
ffl
--
---
``
''
?`
!`

Math Characters

\aleph
\alpha
\amalg
\angle
\approx
\ast
\asymp
\beta
\bigcap
\bigcirc
\bigcup
\bigodot
\bigoplus
\bigotimes
\bigsqcup
\bigtriangledown
\bigtriangleup
\biguplus
\bigvee
\bigwedge
\bot
\bowtie
\bullet
\cap
\cdot
\cdotp
\cdots
\chi
\circ
\clubsuit
\colon
\coprod
\cup
\dagger
\dashv
\ddagger
\ddots
\delta
\Delta
\diamond
\diamondsuit
\div
\ell
\emptyset
\epsilon
\equiv
\eta
\exists
\flat
\forall
\frown
\gamma
\Gamma
\geq
\gg
\hbar
\heartsuit
\iff
\Im
\imath
\in
\infty
\intop
\iota
\jmath
\joinrel
\kappa
\lambda
\Lambda
\ldotp
\ldots
\leftarrow
\Leftarrow
\leftharpoondown
\leftharpoonup
\leftrightarrow
\Leftrightarrow
\leq
\lhook
\ll
\longleftarrow
\Longleftarrow
\longleftrightarrow
\Longleftrightarrow
\longmapsto
\longrightarrow
\Longrightarrow
\mapstochar
\mid
\models
\mp
\mu
\nabla
\natural
\nearrow
\neg
\neq
\ni
\not
\nu
\nwarrow
\odot
\ointop
\omega
\Omega
\ominus
\oplus
\oslash
\otimes
\parallel
\partial
\perp
\phi
\Phi
\pi
\Pi
\pm
\prec
\preceq
\prime
\prod
\propto
\psi
\Psi
\Re
\relbar
\Relbar
\rho
\rhook
\rightarrow
\Rightarrow
\rightharpoondown
\rightharpoonup
\searrow
\setminus
\sharp
\sigma
\Sigma
\sim
\simeq
\smallint
\smile
\spadesuit
\sqcap
\sqcup
\sqsubseteq
\sqsupseteq
\star
\subset
\subseteq
\succ
\succeq
\sum
\supset
\supseteq
\surd
\swarrow
\tau
\theta
\Theta
\times
\top
\triangleleft
\triangleright
\uplus
\Upsilon
\upsilon
\varepsilon
\varphi
\varpi
\varrho
\varsigma
\vartheta
\vdash
\vdots
\vee
\wedge
\wp
\wr
\Xi
\xi
\zeta

Parameters