The bare minimum to get started with Typst

July 27, 2024

Typst is a new markup-based typesetting system for the sciences It was designed to be the middle ground between Latex and Microsoft Word.

Installation

The best way to install is using cargo:

Terminal window
cargo install --locked typst-cli

You can learn how to install cargo here.

Writing your first document

This code:

hello_world.typ
= Hello World
This is a
hello world.

After running:

Terminal window
typst compile hello_world.typ

Should render hello_world.pdf:

hello world typst

Where do I go from here?

Their github page is here. Good luck :)