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<span id="g_t_0040title_002c-_0040subtitle_002c-and-_0040author"></span><h4 class="subsection">3.4.3 <code>@title</code>, <code>@subtitle</code>, and <code>@author</code></h4>
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<p>You can use the <code>@title</code>, <code>@subtitle</code>, and <code>@author</code>
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 <code>@sp</code> command is
needed to adjust vertical spacing.
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<p>Write the <code>@title</code>, <code>@subtitle</code>, or <code>@author</code>
commands at the beginning of a line followed by the title, subtitle,
or author. The <code>@author</code> command may be used for a quotation in
an <code>@quotation</code> block (see <a href="_0040quotation.html"><code>@quotation</code></a>);
except for that, it is an error to use any of these commands outside
of <code>@titlepage</code>.
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<p>The <code>@title</code> 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 title must be given on
a single line in the source file; it will be broken into multiple
lines of output is needed.
</p>
<p>For long titles, the <code>@*</code> command may be used to specify the
line breaks in long titles if the automatic breaks do not suit. Such
explicit line breaks are generally reflected in all output formats; if
you only want to specify them for the printed output, use a
conditional (see <a href="Conditionals.html">Conditionals</a>). For example:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">@title This Long Title@inlinefmt{tex,@*} Is Broken in @TeX{}
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<p>The <code>@subtitle</code> command sets subtitles in a normal-sized font
flush to the right-hand side of the page.
</p>
<p>The <code>@author</code> 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 followed by a black
rule that is thinner than the rule that underlines the title.
</p>
<p>There are two ways to use the <code>@author</code> command: you can write
the name or names on the remaining part of the line that starts with
an <code>@author</code> command:
</p>
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<pre class="example">@author by Jane Smith and John Doe
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<p>or you can write the names one above each other by using multiple
<code>@author</code> commands:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">@author Jane Smith
@author John Doe
</pre></div>
<p>A template for this method looks like this:
</p>
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<pre class="example">@titlepage
@title <var>name-of-manual-when-printed</var>
@subtitle <var>subtitle-if-any</var>
@subtitle <var>second-subtitle</var>
@author <var>author</var>
@page
…
@end titlepage
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