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Re:PDF: Still unfit for human consumption, 20 years later by daffy on Monday August 10, 2020 @12:08PM (#24110751)
> Do not use PDFs to present digital content that could and > should otherwise be a web page.

To get decent typography, one needs TeX, and TeX produces PDFs, not web pages.

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Re:PDF: Still unfit for human consumption, 20 years later by corty on Monday August 10, 2020 @12:24PM (#24110969)
TeX can also be used to generate HTML or even ODF. But of course decent typography is only available in PDF or maybe PS if you like it oldschool
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