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I've been making ebooks for a nonprofit using typst and pandoc for a few years and it works quite well. We generate a pdf ebook, a print version, and a epub. T
by raybb 4mo ago
I've been making ebooks for a nonprofit using typst and pandoc for a few years and it works quite well.
We generate a pdf ebook, a print version, and a epub. They each have little tweeks but are all defined conditionally using sys.input.
It was rough at first and I've had to open around a dozen or so issues for pandoc to improve things. Now it's pretty seamless.
- dustin1114 4mo agoI saw typst in my explorations but LaTeX had a few more of the controls I was looking for in print, and I really wanted a Standard Ebooks compliant EPUB. I might revisit at some time though. Thanks for bringing it up.
- raybb 4mo agoWhat kind of controls for print? I'm pretty amature all things considered so don't use any advanced features. Also, I doubt if pandoc produces a highly compliant epub but it is always improving so who knows.
- dustin1114 4mo agoLast I checked, typst doesn't have baseline grid support (i.e., assures vertical lines of text across spreads are aligned, thus text doesn't bleed through recto to verso).
- raybb 4mo agoSeems you're right and there is an open issue https://github.com/typst/typst/issues/5225 https://github.com/typst/typst/issues/5225