![]() Templates to compile an academic curriculum vitae or resume using X ƎT EX and expert fonts.Īccessing OpenType font features in L AT EX In what follows I review some examples, comparing how fonts are rendered in MS Word and in L AT EX. It allows fine-tuned control on a number of typesetting options, although just using the default configuration results in documents with high typographic quality. ![]() It supports unicode and all the advanced typographic features of OpenType and AAT fonts, like Adobe Garamond Pro and Hoefler Text. The software I use to write in L AT EX on a Mac compiles documents in PDF format (but exporting to other formats such as RTF or HTML is also possible). ![]() L AT EX is a free typesetting system that allows you to focus on content without bothering about the layout: the software takes care of the actual typesetting, structuring and page formatting, producing documents of astonishing elegance. ![]() There is still a further reason that definitely convinced me to abandon MS Word when I wrote my dissertation: you will never be able to produce professionally typeset and well-structured documents using most WYSIWYG word processors. There are several reasons why one should prefer L AT EX to a WYSIWYG word processor like Microsoft Word: portability, lightness, security are just a few of them (not to mention that L AT EX is free). February 2015: Featured in Hacker Monthly.
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