The hardest part about using LaTeX is getting to the realisation that to replicate InDesign, you might need OpenType support that might not ship by default, as

The hardest part about using LaTeX is getting to the realisation that to replicate InDesign, you might need OpenType support that might not ship by default, as well as needing to run it more than once. Once you have /latexmk.pl [1] and XeTeX [2], you can then achieve amazing results [3] with the right modules and some creativity. It's just not quite as fluid to use as InDesign for graphically-minded people. 1: https://ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexmk https://ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexmk 2: http://nitens.org/taraborelli/TeXOpenType http://nitens.org/taraborelli/TeXOpenType 3: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1319/showcase-of-beautiful-typography-done-in-tex-friends https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1319/showcase-of-bea...