I used to maintain my resume in latex. I switched to typist. I vastly prefer it. The syntax is much easier to deal with. It really, to me, feels like a worthy successor
For sure, that’s what I see. I’m just ‘locked in’ with Latex since all my colleagues use it and I’m used to a lot of packages there. At some point I’d like to try Typst out but now is not a good time.
For sure. The cost of switching is high since you’re already embedded in its ecosystem with a team. I last wrote serious latex in college and then just maintained my resume in it out of habit.
I had the same idea to write my CV in Latex, but then realized it’s not such a great idea. I wanted to keep it down to 2 pages, so I ended up having to do a lot of manual formatting (font size, margins, spacing), and the whole point of Latex is that you’re supposed to let the typesetter do the formatting for you. So I switched back to Libreoffice.
But if I had a long-form CV, ie. an academic-style CV where you list all publications, conference talks, etc. with no regard to length, then Latex would be ideal for that.
no, too much bloat. better off using latex which beats it by far.
Or Typst. I don’t want to learn Typst, but it looks way better than Latex.
I used to maintain my resume in latex. I switched to typist. I vastly prefer it. The syntax is much easier to deal with. It really, to me, feels like a worthy successor
For sure, that’s what I see. I’m just ‘locked in’ with Latex since all my colleagues use it and I’m used to a lot of packages there. At some point I’d like to try Typst out but now is not a good time.
For sure. The cost of switching is high since you’re already embedded in its ecosystem with a team. I last wrote serious latex in college and then just maintained my resume in it out of habit.
I had the same idea to write my CV in Latex, but then realized it’s not such a great idea. I wanted to keep it down to 2 pages, so I ended up having to do a lot of manual formatting (font size, margins, spacing), and the whole point of Latex is that you’re supposed to let the typesetter do the formatting for you. So I switched back to Libreoffice.
But if I had a long-form CV, ie. an academic-style CV where you list all publications, conference talks, etc. with no regard to length, then Latex would be ideal for that.
Does it perform as well as (la)tex? Like proper typography and all that nice things
Yes it does. But I would guess it’s not yet as powerful as LaTeX, either, but I couldn’t cite you specific examples.
LaTeX? Too much bloat. Pen and paper.