I learned about it from an SDR episode called "typst is pretty neat" and it is actually pretty neat

Typst is Pretty Much Markdown

= L1 heading
== L2 heading
Regular text. *Bold* text. _Italic_ text:
+ ordered list item 1
+ item 2
+ item 3
  - unordered list item
  - another
  - another

#link("https://example.com")[See example.com], or, you know,
https://automatic.links

Code is done the same way it is in markdown

Until it Comes to Math

It has way nicer math syntax than LaTeX:

$a = F / m$

instead of

$a = \frac{F}{m}$

and

$ lim_(x -> +oo) x^2/x^3 = ... $

instead of

$$
\lim_{x \to +\infty} \frac{x^2}{x^3} = ...
$$

And Complex Formatting

This is a figure, or an image that has a customizable caption. The # character at the start switches the line into code mode, so it's looks like C instead of MarkDown. This is done for flexibility, check out the docs if you want to see some examples.

#figure(
  image("lab-signal-types.svg", width: 50%),
  caption: [ Hello, world! ],
)

Here's a simple presentation, for example:

// you can specify the colors manually or import them from a package
#import "@preview/catppuccin:1.0.0": catppuccin, flavors
#let flavor = flavors.mocha
#show: catppuccin.with(flavor)
#let palette = flavor.colors

#set page(
  paper: "presentation-16-9",
  margin: (x: 6%, y: 10%),
  header: [
    #set align(right + horizon)
    #text(fill: palette.teal.rgb)[Presentation Name]
  ]
)
#set text(font: "JetBrains Mono", size: 16pt)
#set align(center + horizon)
#show emph: set text(fill: palette.lavender.rgb)

= Hello world
#lorem(10) // filler

#pagebreak() // new slide

...

And Other things

I'm still exploring this one, but typst is so much more than an office suite replacement

This is it doing math, not just displaying it:

#import "@preview/eqalc:0.1.4": math-to-func

// the equation to display
#let equation = $(4 pi r^3)/3$

// convert it into a function
#let get-sphere-volume = math-to-func(equation)

// solve
#let radius = 10
#let volume = calc.round(get-sphere-volume(radius), digits: 2)

// display
$ V = equation = volume $

And you can draw geometry.

garden

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