Polytype: A Rosetta Stone for typesetting engines
Polytype is a project like Rosetta Code but for typesetting engines. It compares how different engines handle layout and orthographic features. Contributions are welcome via GitHub for new samples and improvements. Users can build examples locally and test the website.
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Polytype is a project aiming to serve as a reference for typesetting engines, similar to Rosetta Code for programming languages. It focuses on comparing and contrasting how different typesetting engines handle various layout and orthographic features, rather than on specific markup or programming languages. The project welcomes contributions of new samples, support for existing samples in different engines, and improvements to current samples. Contributions can be made through GitHub pull requests. The project renders input samples remotely but also allows for local development using a nix installation. By running specific commands, users can build the examples locally and generate a static version of the website for testing. The project provides a localhost address for browsing the site and automatically updates resources while the server is running.
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