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Re:I wrote my PhD Thesis in Typst by xigoi on Monday June 23, 2025 @05:32AM (#44353877)
> Why does the premier word processing software (Microsoft Word) care so little about typesetting?

Because its target userbase is people who don’t give a single shit about typography.

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Re:I wrote my PhD Thesis in Typst by blitzar on Monday June 23, 2025 @06:40AM (#44354258)
Yet every day all across the world the director is handing the document to their team telling them to work the weekend cleaning it up and make it look good.
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