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Exploring Typst, a new typesetting system similar to LaTeX - jreyesr's blog

In this article, we explore Typst, a new typesetting system similar to LaTeX. We explore its syntax, current uses and possible uses; we test its scripting system, which is incredibly powerful; we compare it with LaTeX, Markdown and Word, which can be used in similar roles; and we explore its applicability to the task of automatically generating documents from templates, such as in automatic invoice, certificate or report generation.

https://blog.jreyesr.com/posts/typst/

skellat commented 3 hours ago

Looks quite interesting. After I get done with teaching for the current semester I might try porting a document over from LaTeX to typst. The bespoke “rules for wargame conduct” that are used in my class are typeset in LaTeX now.

brunchboy commented 1 hour ago

This looks interesting indeed, although I found it very surprising (and somewhat disingenuous) to see the comparisons with Markdown, rather than with AsciiDoc, which is similar in the nature of its lightweight, content-focused markup, but has far more features for people migrating from LaTeX (as I did several years ago) in terms of supporting structured documents with cross-references, numbered sections and figures, etc., thanks to its derivation from the semantics of DocBook XML. Had Typst been around when I outgrew LaTeX, I might have ended up using it. Today, though, I will probably stay in the AsciiDoc world (and not only because I think the byte field diagram extension I created for that ecosystem looks nicer than the ones in LaTeX and Typst :smile:).