Typst Makes Big Strides
3 hours ago
- Typst 0.15 introduces variable font support, allowing customization via axes for weight, descender length, and more.
- HTML export now includes MathML translation, enabling TeX-quality mathematics in browsers without JavaScript libraries.
- The new bundle feature lets authors generate multiple output files (HTML, PDF) from a single source, with interlinked documents.
- Multiple bibliographies per document are supported, useful for chapter-specific references with flexible numbering.
- Typst can target multiple PDF standards (e.g., archival and accessibility) simultaneously, with compatibility warnings.
- Other enhancements include spot colors, detailed diagnostics, and new scripting functions like map and filter.
- The ecosystem has grown to over 1500 packages, but adoption is limited by journals requiring LaTeX or Word and Typst's pre-1.0 status.