> we desperately need some modern language for document preparation, which will replace TeX and its derivatives Do we? Sadly, appreciation for excellent typese

> we desperately need some modern language for document preparation, which will replace TeX and its derivatives Do we? Sadly, appreciation for excellent typesetting has declined now that most people are consuming writing through a screen. And even for printed material there is pressure to cost costs: venerable and respected publishers with long traditions of obsessively good typesetting, realized they could outsource their typesetting to developing-world shops using Word or similar software, and few readers would care. (Similarly, and to the dismay of bibliophiles, even prestige titles these days are likely to get a glued building instead of a sewn one, and fairly low-resolution digital printing).