basic mla page setup

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+%%fonts
+
+\font\fourteenrm=ptmr7t at 14pt
+\font\twelverm=ptmr7t at 12pt
+
+\font\twelvebf=ptmb7t at 12pt
+
+\font\twelveit=ptmri7t at 12pt
+
+%math family
+
+\font\twelvermop=zptmcm7t at 12pt
+\font\tenrmop=zptmcm7t at 10pt
+\font\sevenrmop=zptmcm7t at 7pt
+
+\textfont0=\twelvermop
+\scriptfont0=\tenrmop
+\scriptscriptfont0=\sevenrmop
+
+%include symbols later? https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/161226/how-can-i-use-times-fonts-in-plain-tex
+
+\twelverm \baselineskip=24pt
+
+%%header
+
+\catcode `\@ 11
+
+\def\threemonth#1{ %first input is numerical value of month
+  \ifcase #1
+    \or Jan\or Feb\or Mar%
+    \or Apr\or May\or Jun%
+    \or Jul\or Aug\or Sep%
+    \or Oct\or Nov\or Dec%
+  \fi
+}
+\def\@name{} \def\name#1{\def\@name{#1}}
+\def\@last{} \def\last#1{\def\@last{#1}}
+\def\@prof{} \def\prof#1{\def\@prof{#1}}
+\def\@clas{} \def\clas#1{\def\@clas{#1}}
+\def\@date{\the\day \threemonth{\the\month}\ \the\year}
+
+\long\def\header{
+\noindent\@name\ \@last \par
+\noindent\@prof \par
+\noindent\@clas \par
+\noindent\@date \par
+}
+\def\titlespacing{} \def\spaceaftertitle{\def\titlespacing{\bigskip}} %gives the option of adding a large space after the title
+\def\title#1{\line{\hfil \fourteenrm \baselineskip=28pt #1 \hfil} \titlespacing}
+
+%%running header
+
+\nopagenumbers
+\vsize=9.5in
+\voffset=\dimexpr 12pt - 0.5in \relax
+\def\firsthead{} %a store for the first page's running header
+\def\numberfirstpage{\def\firsthead{\@last\ 1}} %optionally enables numbering on first page to same as others
+\headline={\baselineskip=0.5in \hfil \vbox{\hbox{\ifnum\pageno=1 \firsthead \else \twelverm\@last\ \the\pageno \fi}}}
+
+%%paragraph indent size
+
+\parindent=0.5in
+
+%%fixes @ character
+
+\catcode `\@12\relax
+
+%%citation formatting (\cite and \biblio) from relevant local file
+
+\input citations.tex
+
+%%test stuff
+\numberfirstpage \spaceaftertitle
+\name{Holden} \last{Rohrer}
+\prof{Jones}
+\header
+\title{Text}
+epic bruh moment
+
+\bye