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`@title', `@subtitle', and `@author'
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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