The TeX Users Group (TUG) was founded in 1980 to provide an organization for people who are interested in typography and font design, and/or are users of the TeX typesetting system invented by Donald Knuth.

TUG is a not-for-profit organization by, for, and of its members, also representing the interests of TeX users worldwide. It is nearly entirely member-supported, so if you use any TeX-related programs (TeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt, Metafont, MetaPost, Texinfo, et al.), please consider joining TUG (or any other TeX user group). The membership benefits include our journal TUGboat (available both in print and online), as well as the TeX software collection TeX Live, proTeXt, MacTeX, and more.

The Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) is the primary repository for TeX-related software on the Internet. CTAN has many thousands of items: the TeX Catalogue and CTAN search page can help you find what you need.

If you are new to TeX and are looking for a system to install, or have questions to ask, click here to get started.

News

• John Hobby, author of MetaPost and co-developer of core Metafont algorithms, is the latest subject in the Interview Corner.
• TeX Live 2009 and MacTeX 2009 have been released. They are primarily distributed online through CTAN (TL, MacTeX). The TeX Collection DVD is expected to be available in January.
• TUGboat 30:2 (the TUG'09 proceedings) has been mailed to current TUG members. It is also available online to members and from the TUG store.

Upcoming Events (full calendar)

• BachoTeX 2010 will be held in Bachotek, Poland, April 30-May 4, 2010. Call for papers: deadline March 28.
• TUG 2010 will be held in San Francisco, California, USA, June 28-30, 2010. This being TeX's 32nd anniversary, Don Knuth and other members of the original Stanford TeX project expect to be present. Registration form (deadline for early bird discount: March 26), call for papers (deadline for abstracts: March 1).
• EuroTeX 2010 will be held in Pisa, Italy, August 25-29, 2010.
• The fourth ConTeXt user meeting will be held in Brejlov (Prague), Czech Republic, Sep 13-18, 2010.