# Typst and other alternatives to LaTeX

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**Tags:** latex\
**Created:** [October 22, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/typst-and-other-alternatives-to-latex/121652 "2024-10-22T01:45:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![fdekerme](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fdekerme/32/43574_2.png) [@fdekerme](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fdekerme)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 8:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/typst-and-other-alternatives-to-latex/121652/85 "2024-10-29T08:47:52Z")

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I recently finished writing my thesis ([in which I used Julia almost exclusively](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-publication-lymphodose/113058)) in Typst, and the experience has been extremely positive overall. The documentation is great. I only used 2 extra packages (to have table of contents for each chapter and a glossary) and everything worked perfectly. My supervisor was able to proofread and comment in their web interface.

I only had a problem at the very end, as Typst 0.11 wouldn’t let me export to PDF/A format. This problem was (more or less) solved with Typst 0.12.

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