The main TeX typographical system' pieces have been fully described par Donald E. Knuth (see below for references). What is missing is the description of the system, that is explanations about how all the pieces fit together and, with supplementary utilities, for a whole. This is on the todo list but, for now, you will have to do with the kerTeX notes...
The definitive documentation about TeX, METAFONT and the CM fonts is Donald E. Knuth's five volums series Computers & Typesetting, Addison-Wesley.
À propos the TeX story and differents tehcnical points, see Donald E. Knuth, Digital Typography, CSLI.
| File | Language | Description | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| dvips.pdf | en | DVIPS: a TeX driver | Tomas Rokicki |
| mpintro.pdf | en | The MetaPost System | John D. Hobby |
| cstr_162.pdf | en | A User's Manual for MetaPost | John D. Hobby |
| cstr_164.pdf | en | Drawing Graphs with MetaPost | John D. Hobby |
| README | en | Notes about kerTeX | Thierry Laronde |