I can't speak to whether or not #typst is capable of replacing #LaTeX.

That said, it's a pretty neat tool. After poking at the (excellent) documentation and walking through the tutorial, I was able to start building good looking documents without any hand holding.

My use case is "using archaic tools like #groff to avoid fighting with gui/web word processors". If yours is similar, you'll likely enjoy playing with it.

#TechnicalJiggeryPokery
#PlainText

Having some more fun with #groff:

Writing letters with groff and an old printer

(Tell me if it’s annoying when I post links to my blog posts here. There are Atom feeds. I can’t gauge if this is being frowned upon or not. Last time I asked, it was fine. 🤔)

#RetroComputing