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cosmiciron
56 days ago
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Show HN: I built a zero-browser, pure-JS typesetti...
Because CSS is exactly what I wanted to avoid. I just needed predictable pager layout, and I didn't want to wrestle with CSS. Besides, this thing's tiny size allows it to run in a serverless function on the Edge, and that can be useful sometimes.
Semaphor
56 days ago
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Why use HTML if you want to avoid CSS? HTML default styles only?
cosmiciron
56 days ago
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Who said I used HTML? It was impossible to write screenplay/manuscript in HTML and receive industry compliant outputs when printed/converted to PDF.
TimTheTinker
54 days ago
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Sounds like you need Scrivener. It outputs industry standard formats for all kinds of manuscripts.
cosmiciron
53 days ago
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Its UI is too complicated for my taste. Besides, its screenplay support isn't perfect.
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