Ajay Iyer

I wish I could make a simple #staticwebsite using #lualatex that looked just as pretty as #html + #css sites.

I am aware of #HUGO to make static sites with markdown, but I still feel inclined to use #TeX and friends.

#webdevelopment #website #selfhosting

Mar 5 at 3:46pmWeb
Show threadChristian WolfMar 6
@ajayiyer I feel your wish. I like LaTeX very much and use it at many locations.
The main reason to go with markdown is reduced set of features by default. That sounds strange at first but believe in me this is a benefit. Unlike a LaTeX document where you have in fact 1 output, a (static) website consists of many output files. The less structure you put into the individual page, the more consistent and congruent the whole page appears.
Show threadЮ ⁂Mar 7
@ajayiyer I am not aware of lulatex but is there no way to externalize the styling fully to css and design it as desired?
Show threadDJ MajumdarMar 8
@ajayiyer Honestly modern CSS typography has gotten scary good. Variable fonts, proper OpenType features, hanging punctuation, text-wrap: balance. If the thing you love about TeX is the typographic output, you can get surprisingly close with just HTML + CSS now. The gap is way smaller than it was even a few years ago.
Show threadDJ MajumdarMar 8
@ajayiyer Also, Have you looked at Typst? It's basically "what if LaTeX was designed today" — way simpler syntax, fast compilation, and there are people building static site workflows around it. Not HTML output natively yet but pandoc can bridge the gap. Might scratch that itch better than trying to wrestle LuaLaTeX into a web pipeline.