$\backslash mathbf\{L\}\backslash !\{\}^\backslash mathbf\{A\}\backslash !\backslash mathbf\{T\}\backslash !\{\}\_\backslash mathbf\{\backslash displaystyle\; E\}\backslash !\backslash mathbf\{X\}$, written as LaTeX in plain text, is a document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. It is used mainly by mathematicians, scientists, and engineers in academia. It is also widely used by people outside of these fields as a primary or intermediate format (e.g. translating DocBook and other XML-based formats to PDF) due to the quality of typesetting achieved by TeX.

It offers programmable desktop publishing features and extensive facilities for automating most aspects of typesetting and desktop publishing, including numbering and cross-referencing, tables and figures, page layout, bibliographies, and much more. LaTeX was originally written in 1984 by Leslie Lamport and has become the dominant method for using TeX—few people write in plain TeX anymore. The current version is LaTeX2ε. Both LaTeX and TeX are free software.

Pronunciation

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LaTeX is usually pronounced (like "lay-tekh") or (like "lah-tekh"). The last character in the name comes from a capital chi, as the name of TeX derives from the Greek τέχνη (skill, art, technique). While TeX's creator Donald Knuth promoted the pronunciation, Lamport has said he does not favor or deprecate any pronunciation for LaTeX. It is traditionally printed with the special typographical logo shown on this page. In media where the logo cannot be precisely reproduced in running text, the word is typically given the unique capitalization LaTeX to avoid confusion with the word "latex".

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