# typst

- Page: https://shared.btbytes.com/p/typst
- Date: 2023-10-20
- Tags: typesetting, markdown, typst

## Introduction

[Typst](https://typst.app) is a modern typesetting language. See this post for a good intro to the topic -- [Exploring Typst, a new typesetting system similar to LaTeX - jreyesr's blog](https://blog.jreyesr.com/posts/typst/); [via](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41821361). See [Typst as a Language](https://justinpombrio.net/2024/11/30/typst.html)


![Typst](https://files.btbytes.com/screenshots/2023/10/typst.png)

[Typst makes big strides](https://lwn.net/Articles/1092993/); Sep 2026.


## Pandoc

[A New Typst Template for Pandoc](https://imaginarytext.ca/posts/2025/typst-templates-for-pandoc/)


## Example usage

- [Building the new Hypermedia Systems](https://dz4k.com/2024/new-hypermedia-systems/) and the [source code to the book](https://github.com/bigskysoftware/hypermedia-systems-book); `pdf` file can be built by running `just`.

- [fredguth/tufte-typst: A Tufte inspired template for Typst](https://github.com/fredguth/tufte-typst)

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[Rheo?](https://rheo.ohrg.org/why-is-rheo) is an typesetting and static site engine for Typst.

See also: nota, [latex](https://shared.btbytes.com/p/latex), [context](https://shared.btbytes.com/p/context), [pandoc](https://shared.btbytes.com/p/pandoc)