typography
What rules does TeX or LaTeX follows when typesetting the document?
I mean is there a set of rules, in English typography, that dictates how to typeset books etc.. For example how many different types of titles are there, how to align titles with respect to text…
There is such a work in Russian publishing-typography called Handbook for publisher and author. Is there something like this in English?
In French, try www.guide-typographie.com, which includes a section comparing English typography. For more on French typography, see www.synapse-fr.com/typographie/TTM_0.htm. Also check the collections of links at tex.loria.fr/english/typographie.html and, of course, the many treasures at jacques-andre.fr.
The steinmetz package was written exactly for this.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{steinmetz}
\begin{document}
$z = 1.19 \phase{-78.2039^{\circ}}$
\end{document}
Best Answer
I think there's some confusion.
There aren't set-in-stone rules, that is, there is not a universal "set of typography rules that dictates how to typeset books, etc."
Each publishing house decides on their typography rules.
Granted, there are some "general rules" that are "widely acknowledged" but by that same property, they are not specific/detailed and there are always cases where the opposite is needed.
The Chicago Manual and the alike, dictate rules to follow a specific style, but those are not "universal typography rules" that apply to all books.
Now, LaTeX rules define a default style for the base classes, but you can adjust it to pretty much any other (different) style