Typesetting Documents With HTML

Web development isn’t just about building websites

One surprisingly versatile use for html is using it to typeset pdf documents. Html provides a good middle ground between the precision of latex and the informality of markdown. With a little knowledge of basic css and html you can make good looking custom documents that render in very predictable ways. Printing to a more regular format like pdf avoids a lot of the challenges of web design.

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