The Two-Minute TeX Test!

In TeX, control is the name of the game - control over accents and umlauts, over thin spacing, over ligatures; control over even that nightmare of typography, mathematical copy. The following four questions (inspired in part by Donald E. Knuth, The TeXbook) will challenge your skills as a connoisseur of fine typesetting.


[image file with German and Hungarian umlauts,
 and a question for the reader]

Click here for answer and discussion.


[image file with space adjustments around italics,
 and a question for the reader]

Click here for answer and discussion.


[image file with ligatures,
 and a question for the reader]

Click here for answer and discussion.


[image file with mathematical displays,
 and a question for the reader]

Click here for answer and discussion.



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