PDF 1 - Tempus Project Site
PDF 1 - Tempus Project Site
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TEX and <strong>PDF</strong>Although TEX has traditionally generated DVI as its primary outputformat, TEX’s creator Donald Knuth has himself said that an alternativeoutput format has to be used. He had PostScript in mind, but<strong>PDF</strong> turned out to be an even better candidate for such purposes.It is a very compact language, already well-established as a de factostandard portable document format both on and off the web.Its deliberate omission of the procedural elements of PostScript ensuresthat it is efficient enough to be used for direct screen displayas well as for less time-critical applications such as printing.Besides, <strong>PDF</strong> has many other advantages – numerous dynamic effects,interactivity etc.