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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.  Only a single line is allowed;
the `@*' command may not be used to break the title into two lines.  To
handle very long titles, you may find it profitable to use both
`@title' and `@titlefont'; see the final example in this section.

  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

  You may also combine the `@titlefont' method described in the
previous section and `@title' method described in this one.  This may
be useful if you have a very long title.  Here is a real-life example:

     @titlepage
     @titlefont{GNU Software}
     @sp 1
     @title for MS-Windows and MS-DOS
     @subtitle Edition @value{e} for Release @value{cde}
     @author by Daniel Hagerty, Melissa Weisshaus
     @author and Eli Zaretskii

(The use of `@value' here is explained in Note: `@value' Example.
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