Computer Modern

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Computer Modern is a family of typefaces designed by Donald Knuth for the TeX typesetting system, known for its distinctive, mathematically oriented serif style.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf serif typeface
typeface family
availableAs OpenType fonts (via derivatives)
Type 1 fonts
category text and display typefaces
creatorAffiliation Stanford University (Donald Knuth) NERFINISHED
defaultFontOf LaTeX (original defaults) NERFINISHED
plain TeX
designedFor TeX NERFINISHED
designer Donald Knuth NERFINISHED
designTool METAFONT NERFINISHED
distribution MiKTeX NERFINISHED
TeX Live NERFINISHED
encoding OT1
T1
format METAFONT sources
hasDerivative CM-Super NERFINISHED
Computer Modern Unicode NERFINISHED
Latin Modern NERFINISHED
New Computer Modern NERFINISHED
hasVariant Computer Modern Bold NERFINISHED
Computer Modern Bold Extended NERFINISHED
Computer Modern Italic NERFINISHED
Computer Modern Math Extension NERFINISHED
Computer Modern Math Italic NERFINISHED
Computer Modern Math Symbols NERFINISHED
Computer Modern Roman NERFINISHED
Computer Modern Sans Serif NERFINISHED
Computer Modern Slanted NERFINISHED
Computer Modern Typewriter NERFINISHED
inspiredBy Didone typefaces NERFINISHED
Monotype Modern 8A NERFINISHED
license Knuth license
notableFeature extensive mathematical symbol coverage
high contrast between thick and thin strokes
large x-height for math readability
optical sizes implemented via METAFONT parameters
primaryUse mathematical typesetting
relatedSoftware LuaTeX NERFINISHED
dvips NERFINISHED
pdfTeX NERFINISHED
releasePeriod early 1980s
script Latin script
style transitional serif
supports Greek letters
mathematical formulas
various technical symbols
usedBy LaTeX NERFINISHED
METAFONT NERFINISHED
plain TeX NERFINISHED

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Computer Modern
Description of subject: Computer Modern is a family of typefaces designed by Donald Knuth for the TeX typesetting system, known for its distinctive, mathematically oriented serif style.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

METAFONT relatedTo Computer Modern
METAFONT usedToDesign Computer Modern
this entity surface form: Computer Modern typeface
Didone typefaces hasSubtype Computer Modern
this entity surface form: Computer Modern (text variant)
TeX License isUsedFor Computer Modern
this entity surface form: Computer Modern fonts (with related terms)