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Typst 0.15.0

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Re: Typst 0.15.0

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Post by runarberg »

paradox460 wrote: post #66
runarberg wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I never understood why markdown authors are so insistent on using a single $ to denote math. Math is outside the commonmark spec so this is entirely up to plugin authors. I am an author of a fairly popular (and early) math plugin for markdown and I resisted (albeit not very hard). I made $$ the default delimiter but I noticed very soon that my users hated it, and finally I gave up and made $ the default delimiter. Wh…

I personally like using code blocks with math as the language Gives you a nice, block level element, and it's easy to reason about

I don’t really like that either since code blocks are supposed to be verbatim, and the language is only supposed to be a hint for syntax highlighting. Additionally you also occupy the first tag which may be an issue when e.g. writing a preample for a latex renderer (or if you want to pick a different renderer).

Re: Typst 0.15.0

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Post by aleks_me2 »

mr_mitm wrote: post #16
opto wrote: post #9

As a non-developer who really only uses computers to write and produce documents, why would I use typst over org-mode or $your_fave_markdown + pandoc?

You can pass a JSON structure to a Typst document and render it however you like. No need for a templating engine or anything like that. Pandoc probably uses latex under the hood, and Typst is order of magnitudes faster. Also, much better error messages. Typst is vastly superior for usage in automation or when developing document classes. If that's not your use case, don't bother.

you can tell pandoc to use typst as pdf-engine.

I use this command to create pdf from my md file.

  Downloads/pandoc-3.9/bin/pandoc \
  README.md \
  -o "my-output.pdf" \
  --pdf-engine=typst \
  -V papersize=a4 \
  -V fontsize=10pt \
  -V margin-left=2.5cm \
  -V margin-right=2.5cm \
  -V margin-top=2.5cm \
  -V margin-bottom=2.5cm \
  -V title="My title" \
  -V lang=de \
  --include-in-header=typst-header.typ \
  --toc --toc-depth=3 2>&1
That's the typst-header.typ

  #set figure(placement: none)
  #show figure: set block(breakable: true)
  #set table(
    inset: 5pt,
    stroke: 0.5pt + rgb("#cccccc"),
  )
  #show table: set text(size: 8pt)
  #show table.cell: it => {
    set text(hyphenate: true)
    show raw: set text(size: 6.5pt)
    it
  }
  #set par(justify: true)
  #show heading: it => block(sticky: true, it)

Re: Typst 0.15.0

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Post by CodesInChaos »

boromi wrote: post #43
vatsachak wrote: post #6

Typst killed the invoice industry

How so?

Typst and its json based templating makes it easy to create good looking invoice PDFs for free.

The open-source solutions we tried before were annoying (Used LaTeX, wkhtmltopdf, weasyprint in production and evaluated several more). To avoid that pain we asked some commercial PDF generator software for a quote, but their per document pricing was insane.

Re: Typst 0.15.0

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Post by __mharrison__ »

raybb wrote: post #20

I'm currently working on my fourth book produced using Typst, and it has been nothing but amazing. LLMs struggle with Typst a bit but other than that it has been an absolute joy to work with. I have a pretty good workflow set up for publishing these books, which are mostly collections of student essays. I use Pandoc to convert the students' Word documents into Typst, then unify the formatting, styles, and headers (mo…

Frontier LLMs work great with Typst. (Have published multiple books using it).

Re: Typst 0.15.0

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Post by UncleOxidant »

room271 wrote: post #49

As a former software developer, now turned student (studying theology while I train to become a pastor), Typst has been great for writing my dissertation with one notable exception: it really doesn't handle footnotes well. Specifically, see: https://github.com/typst/typst/pull/8147 Discursive footnotes do not really work when including bibliography references. I've also hit other issues, like footnotes appearing a pa…

Interesting career path from developer -> theology student -> pastor. Probably a more stable career choice these days.

Re: Typst 0.15.0

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Post by cagey »

weinzierl wrote: post #22
raybb wrote: post #20

I'm currently working on my fourth book produced using Typst, and it has been nothing but amazing. LLMs struggle with Typst a bit but other than that it has been an absolute joy to work with. I have a pretty good workflow set up for publishing these books, which are mostly collections of student essays. I use Pandoc to convert the students' Word documents into Typst, then unify the formatting, styles, and headers (mo…

"LLMs struggle with Typst a bit" My experience is the opposite. Especially when instructing the LLM to do very fine grained and detailed adjustments. Works like a charm. Typst is my go-to format if I need more than plain text.

My experience is the same. It was agonizing directing Claude Code (Opus 4.7 at that time) to create a (non-mathematical) preso using LaTex. After banging my head against that wall for too long, I asked why this process (placing entities on the output PDF page according to specific requirements) was so error prone, and received the answer "LaTex is really the wrong tool for this job". I chose Typst from among the offered alternatives, and it has been a MUCH better experience. I switched my resume to Typst too.

Re: Typst 0.15.0

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Post by memset »

paradox460 wrote: post #67
memset wrote: post #33

This is awesome! I’ve been excited about the new bundle feature for months. I use typst to format sheet music. Given a folder of PDFs, I currently have a script that generates a booklet of music for each person in the ensemble. Hopefully now I can just run a single typst file which outputs multiple PDFs. Also using it to generate printable programs for concerts: https://concert-programs.projects.jaygoel.com/

Curious as to why typst over something like Lilypond, which is built around music

For composition I use musescore.

In my case, I’m not actually arranging or writing music - I’m just taking existing music PDFs, separating pages, and creating new PDFs along with page numbers and table of contents. The use case is to have a nice booklet of music for an upcoming performance.

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