Typst Makes Big Strides

Commenters discussed Typst as a modern typesetting tool that many find faster and more pleasant than LaTeX for everyday document work. Several people described practical uses - conference badges, invoices, social-media assets, certificates, progress reports, resumes, invites and even a thesis - and praised Typst’s “write what you mean” syntax, data import from TOML/JSON, and robustness. Some said it integrates well with editors or WYSIWYG tools and noted that models can generate content like resumes; one commenter pays for the online editor because they value the experience.

Opinion divides around mathematical typesetting and compatibility. One commenter called a MathML example “definitely not TeX-quality” on a phone, while another said desktop Firefox/Chrome render looks essentially identical to LaTeX but warned that browser MathML varies. A user reported being forced back to IEEE LaTeX for a conference submission, highlighting interoperability limits. Others offered workarounds and tooling: pandoc has a Typst reader and a commenter linked a pandoc filter for converting markdown/math to Typst and LaTeX, suggesting pragmatic paths for those worried about portability.