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The Well-Set Typographer
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Home
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Introduction: Why This Matters, and Why Here
Letters, Ink, and Pixels: A Foundation
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A Brief History of Typesetting
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Typography Fundamentals
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Digital Typesetting Concepts
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Font Management from the CLI
Markdown as Source: The Modern Workflow
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Markdown for Document Authors
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Pandoc — The Universal Converter
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Generating HTML
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Generating Print-Ready PDFs
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EPUB and Ebooks
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Build Systems and Automation
The Toolbox
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Choosing the Right Tool
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LaTeX
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Typst — The Modern Alternative
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Quarto
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Emacs and Org Mode
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groff, troff, and the Unix Heritage
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Diagrams and Figures from the CLI
Document Gallery: Real Examples
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Letters and Correspondence
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Résumés and CVs
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Articles and Reports
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Presentations
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Books — The Complete Project
Craft and Refinement
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Tables and Complex Layouts
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Templates and Style Systems
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Multilingual and Non-Latin Typesetting
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Fine Typography
Appendices
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Appendix A: Quick Reference — Pandoc Flags
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Appendix B: Essential LaTeX Packages
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Appendix C: Tool Comparison Matrix
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Appendix D: Free Font Resources
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Appendix E: Further Reading and Bibliography
Table of contents
The Well-Set Typographer
Typography, Typesetting, and Document Production from the Command Line
Author
Vijay Mathew
Published
April 13, 2026
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Introduction: Why This Matters, and Why Here