The code and open-source tools I used to produce a science fiction anthology

Re:The code and open-source tools I used to produce a scienc... by __mharrison__ on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @04:36PM (#45972473)

I did this 10 or so years ago when I taught an ebook course to elementary students.

We learned about ebooks, HTML, and they each write a short story, which was included in an ebook (and a physical book).

Pretty amazing the tools we have access to. Of course, now I would use typst instead of latex for the physical book part.

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Re:The code and open-source tools I used to produce a scienc... by bramadityaw on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @08:59PM (#45974990)

typst FTW

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Re:The code and open-source tools I used to produce a scienc... by TimorousBestie on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @10:13PM (#45975428)

Have a preferred typst template for ebooks?

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Re:The code and open-source tools I used to produce a scienc... by __mharrison__ on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @12:34AM (#45976222)

I made my own... Based on my latex stuff.

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Re:The code and open-source tools I used to produce a scienc... by ashton314 on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @02:06AM (#45976653)

Typst is so stupidly easy to use. It took me an hour to go from zero Typst knowledge to reproducing my résumé perfectly. The docs are easy to read and there’s a guide for making templates. I feel like if you’ve written CSS and are familiar with associating some kind of selector with some properties, then you’ll be able to pick up Typst and make whatever template you want in no time.

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Re:The code and open-source tools I used to produce a scienc... by __mharrison__ on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @10:30AM (#45980800)

Yes, I'm happy that I'm planning to never use latex again.

It served its purpose, but typst is so much better.

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Re:The code and open-source tools I used to produce a scienc... by GiovanniP on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @08:33AM (#45979327)

I would rather use TeXmacs, it frees you from the write-compile cycle while being equivalent (maybe in some ways better) from the point of view of the control you have on the document and the typographical quality.

There is also a wide choice of output formats.

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