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I actually did end up building a similar tool[1] for my self-published book, creating a printable PDF booklet out of markdown. It's probably not good for serio
by andrey-p 12y ago
I actually did end up building a similar tool[1] for my self-published book, creating a printable PDF booklet out of markdown.
It's probably not good for serious publishing but I found it hell of a lot easier to work with than LaTeX and/or Word.
[1]: https://github.com/andrey-p/apocalism-js https://github.com/andrey-p/apocalism-js
- qznc 12y agoI just checked your Naphthalene pdf. Looking at the first page of text (page 1): * The first real kerning issue is the third word "wondering", which looks like "wo n d erin g" to me. The kerning is terrible, but that is probably more of a font issue. * There should be no line break between the words: >>overpowering circumstance?”<< Probably should hyphenate circum-stance.
- andrey-p 12y agoYeah, I'm aware of these. The kerning issue is due to an existing bug with PhantomJS on Linux [1]. Hyphenation is a feature I've been wanting to do for a while but haven't managed yet due to the lack of a decent hyphenation engine for JS [2]. To quote from the readme, the program is "a very early version with a number of problems". But my point of "it's finicky but possible" still stands. [1]: https://github.com/ariya/phantomjs/issues/12016 https://github.com/ariya/phantomjs/issues/12016 [2]: https://github.com/andrey-p/apocalism-js/issues/18 https://github.com/andrey-p/apocalism-js/issues/18