Hacker News with Generative AI: Typesetting

Modern LaTeX (github.com/mrkline)
LaTeX is a tool for creating beautiful writing, or a torture device that drives users to the brink of madness every time they see bad spacing for the rest of their lives. One of the two. Despite origins that can be traced back four decades, it remains one of the best typesetting programs around. Many of its guides, however, haven't aged as well.

LaTeX, Typesetting, Programming, Software, Open Source

249 points by signa11 19 days ago | 216 comments

TeX and Typst: Layout Models (2024) (laurmaedje.github.io)
Lately, I’ve been pondering the ways in which Typst’s layout model differs from TeX’s. While Typst adopts parts of TeX’s model, in particular the paragraph layout algorithm, there are also significant differences. Most of these are related to block-level layout — things like line placement, widow & orphan prevention, tables, and floats.

Typesetting, TeX, Typst, Software, Comparison

240 points by fngjdflmdflg 100 days ago | 38 comments

Typesetting and printing a family memoir (2017) (teamten.com)
In the 1980s, my great-uncle, André Klat, wrote his memoirs on a typewriter.

Typesetting, Printing, Memoir, Family History

48 points by cxr 190 days ago | 13 comments

Typesetting Engines: A Programmer's Perspective (ppresume.com)
Typesetting is “architecture in two dimensions.”

Programming, Typesetting, Design

151 points by P_qRs 194 days ago | 53 comments

Exploring Typst, a new typesetting system similar to LaTeX (jreyesr.com)

Typesetting, LaTeX, Technology

593 points by judell 223 days ago | 235 comments

What TeX Gets Right (newton.cx)