I Use Typst Now
16 days ago
- #Technical Writing
- #Content Creation
- #Typst
- The author has switched to using Typst for all content creation, including technical education materials, videos, and various distribution formats.
- Typst is praised for its modern approach, competing with LaTeX, and its versatility in handling different document types.
- Key features of Typst include built-in bibliography support, document queries, scripting capabilities, plugins, and multi-target output (HTML, PDF, slideshows).
- The author appreciates Typst's ability to hot-reload PDFs and HTML, enhancing the content creation workflow.
- Despite its advantages, Typst's HTML target is still experimental, and there are concerns about stability and reference management.
- The author uses a custom `lib.typ` file to manage different layout needs and functions across documents.
- Typst is now the primary tool for the author's writing, though it hasn't fully replaced markdown for all use cases like slide creation.