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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions README.md
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## Prerequisites and compilation

To compile the book for yourself you need a fairly new version of LaTeX.
[Texlive](http://www.tug.org/texlive/) 2012 is confirmed to work. You might need
[Texlive](http://www.tug.org/texlive/) 2018 is confirmed to work. You might need
to install some packages; see `main.tex` for packages that are used by the book.

[BasicTeX](http://www.tug.org/mactex/morepackages.html), which is a minimalistic
version of MacTeX, is confirmed to work once the following packages have been
installed: `tlmgr`, `install`, `braket`, `comment`, `courier`, `enumitem`,
`helvetic`, `mathpazo`, `nextpage`, `ntheorem`, `palatino`, `rsfs`, `stmaryrd`,
installed: `tlmgr`, `install`, `braket`, `comment`, `courier`, `domitian`, `enumitem`,
`helvetic`, `mathpazo`, `microtype`, `nextpage`, `ntheorem`, `palatino`, `rsfs`, `stmaryrd`,
`symbol`, `titlesec`, `wallpaper`, `wasy`, `wasysym`, `xstring`, `zapfding`.

You also need the `make` utility. The book is a fairly complex piece of LaTeX
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\usepackage{multicol}

%%% Set the fonts
\usepackage{mathpazo}
\usepackage{mathpazo,domitian}
\usepackage[scaled=0.95]{helvet}
\usepackage{courier}
\linespread{1.05} % Palatino looks better with this

%%% Use microtypography
\usepackage[expansion=all,protrusion,step=1]{microtype}
\DeclareMicrotypeAlias{Domitian}{ppl}

\usepackage{ifpdf}

\usepackage{graphicx}
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