Typst 0.14

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Post by optionalsquid » Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 12:33 PM UTC

Typst 0.14
typst.app

Re: Typst 0.14

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Post by fsh » Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 1:00 PM UTC

This is great! Having PDFs as a native image format removes one of the biggest hurdles for replacing LaTeX with Typst.

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Post by laszlokorte » Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 1:09 PM UTC

Typst is such a pleasure to work with! Especially compiled to wasm in the browser, super fast

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Post by constantcrying » Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 1:17 PM UTC

Really great work. Typst continues to impress. The eventual goal of HTML and PDF both as first class output will be a such a great improvement for scientific publishing.

For everyone who is using LaTeX and hasn't tried yet, give it a try. It is actually surprisingly featurefull and surpasses LaTeX in usability by a huge margin.

Re: Typst 0.14

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Post by optionalsquid » Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 1:20 PM UTC

There's usually some confusion about this, so to clarify in advance:

- The Typst online editor is proprietary: https://typst.app

- The Typst compiler/CLI is open source: https://github.com/typst/typst

I hear that the online editor is quite good, but personally I've only ever used the CLI.

I originally picked up Typst as yet another replacement for PowerPoint (replacing my use of Marp), but have since used it for a poster and some minor text documents. And I've been very happy the results. I know that a lot of people love using LaTeX for that kind of thing, and with good reasons, but I always forgot most of the details between my (occasional) use of LaTeX, while I've found Typst to be very easy to return to

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Post by worldsayshi » Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 1:23 PM UTC

constantcrying wrote: post #4

Really great work. Typst continues to impress. The eventual goal of HTML and PDF both as first class output will be a such a great improvement for scientific publishing. For everyone who is using LaTeX and hasn't tried yet, give it a try. It is actually surprisingly featurefull and surpasses LaTeX in usability by a huge margin.

It sounds like it takes up a similar niche as PanDoc. Is there any particular feature that Typst is better at or is it mostly about ease of use? (I remember Pandoc to be quite nice to use for simple use cases while also allowing the full set of latex stuff when needed)

https://pandoc.org/

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Post by JustFinishedBSG » Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 1:23 PM UTC

I think I'm going to subscribe without any intention of using the app just as a "financing" donation.

I love, and hate, LaTeX and the idea of a LaTeX successor / alternative is incredibly appealing.

And the fact that they are aware that microtypography IS important and that they are working on it is a huge huge plus.

Re: Typst 0.14

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Post by jadodev » Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 1:23 PM UTC

optionalsquid wrote: post #5

There's usually some confusion about this, so to clarify in advance: - The Typst online editor is proprietary: https://typst.app - The Typst compiler/CLI is open source: https://github.com/typst/typst I hear that the online editor is quite good, but personally I've only ever used the CLI. I originally picked up Typst as yet another replacement for PowerPoint (replacing my use of Marp), but have since used it for a po…

TinyMist is a great alternative to the online editor for local development in VS Code / Cursor https://myriad-dreamin.github.io/tinymist/

Re: Typst 0.14

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Post by JustFinishedBSG » Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 1:24 PM UTC

worldsayshi wrote: post #6

constantcrying wrote: post #4

Really great work. Typst continues to impress. The eventual goal of HTML and PDF both as first class output will be a such a great improvement for scientific publishing. For everyone who is using LaTeX and hasn't tried yet, give it a try. It is actually surprisingly featurefull and surpasses LaTeX in usability by a huge margin.

It sounds like it takes up a similar niche as PanDoc. Is there any particular feature that Typst is better at or is it mostly about ease of use? (I remember Pandoc to be quite nice to use for simple use cases while also allowing the full set of latex stuff when needed) https://pandoc.org/

Pandoc isn't a typesetter, it's more a translation engine between various typesetting languages (and it can then call the typesetter).

Pandoc is a ridiculously underrated and powerful tool but it solves a different problem. Someone still has to write typesetters ;)

Re: Typst 0.14

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Post by optionalsquid » Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 1:30 PM UTC

jadodev wrote: post #8

optionalsquid wrote: post #5

There's usually some confusion about this, so to clarify in advance: - The Typst online editor is proprietary: https://typst.app - The Typst compiler/CLI is open source: https://github.com/typst/typst I hear that the online editor is quite good, but personally I've only ever used the CLI. I originally picked up Typst as yet another replacement for PowerPoint (replacing my use of Marp), but have since used it for a po…

TinyMist is a great alternative to the online editor for local development in VS Code / Cursor https://myriad-dreamin.github.io/tinymist/

Yeah, that's also what I've been using, and yes it is very good. Thank you for bringing it up