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Typst: "as powerful as LaTeX while being much easier to learn and use" (github.com)

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Typst is a new markup-based typesetting system that is designed to be as powerful as LaTeX while being much easier to learn and use. ^[1.1]^

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Type: Webpage. Title: "typst/typst". Publisher: "GitHub". Published (Modified): 2026-03-16T09:39:55.000Z. Accessed: 2025-03-18T08:55Z. URI: https://github.com/typst/typst.
1. Type: File. Title: "README.md".
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[-] agelord@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Typst syntax is already simple enough. Why add an unnecessary layer of abstraction

[-] illusionist@lemmy.zip 2 points 18 hours ago

It depends on what you need more often. If you need high quality pdf papers with fancy stuff, using typst directly isn't too bad.

If you write everything else in markdown, use computer languagss in addition to that and want to connect typesetting and programming, then markdown with a solid typst template is the way to go for me.

this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2026

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