Download or read book How Computers Make Books written by John Whitington and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Computers Make Books explores the elegance of modern digital printing, from how a computer knows where to place ink to reproducing shades of grey and laying out paragraphs on the page. From graphics rendering, search algorithms, and functional programming to indexing and typesetting, the book introduces what is wonderful about computer science.