Contents | < Browse | Browse >
`@title', `@subtitle', and `@author'
------------------------------------

   You can use the `@title', `@subtitle', and `@author' commands to
create a title page in which the vertical and horizontal spacing is
done for you automatically.  This contrasts with the method described in
the previous section, in which the `@sp' command is needed to adjust
vertical spacing.

   Write the `@title', `@subtitle', or `@author' commands at the
beginning of a line followed by the title, subtitle, or author.

   The `@title' command produces a line in which the title is set flush
to the left-hand side of the page in a larger than normal font.  The
title is underlined with a black rule.

   The `@subtitle' command sets subtitles in a normal-sized font flush
to the right-hand side of the page.

   The `@author' command sets the names of the author or authors in a
middle-sized font flush to the left-hand side of the page on a line
near the bottom of the title page.  The names are underlined with a
black rule that is thinner than the rule that underlines the title.
(The black rule only occurs if the `@author' command line is followed
by an `@page' command line.)

   There are two ways to use the `@author' command: you can write the
name or names on the remaining part of the line that starts with an
`@author' command:

     @author by Jane Smith and John Doe

or you can write the names one above each other by using two (or more)
`@author' commands:

     @author Jane Smith
     @author John Doe

(Only the bottom name is underlined with a black rule.)

   A template for this method looks like this:

     @titlepage
     @title NAME-OF-MANUAL-WHEN-PRINTED
     @subtitle SUBTITLE-IF-ANY
     @subtitle SECOND-SUBTITLE
     @author AUTHOR
     @page
     ...
     @end titlepage

Contrast this form with the form of a title page written using the
`@sp', `@center', and `@titlefont' commands:

     @titlepage
     @sp 10
     @center @titlefont{Name of Manual When Printed}
     @sp 2
     @center Subtitle, If Any
     @sp 1
     @center Second subtitle
     @sp 2
     @center Author
     @page
     ...
     @end titlepage