Re:Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Publi...
by monade on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @07:53AM
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There are actually quite some projects named in the article that are moving in on Adobe turf:
- Typst (a new typesetting tool, previously covered here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41014941)
- PagedJS, a browser polyfill for CSS paged media
- and something called "Pushing forward for CSS Print" which is also about creating professional print media with HTML + CSS
And to top it off, there is a project for digital signatures (Signature PDF) to compete with Adobe Sign...
So I would say the score isn't too bad on that dimension.
- Typst (a new typesetting tool, previously covered here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41014941) - PagedJS, a browser polyfill for CSS paged media - and something called "Pushing forward for CSS Print" which is also about creating professional print media with HTML + CSS
And to top it off, there is a project for digital signatures (Signature PDF) to compete with Adobe Sign...
So I would say the score isn't too bad on that dimension.