Typst has a simpler markup system and easier customization.

There are several reasons for this dissatisfaction: the LaTeX installation is huge, compilation of large documents is not fast, and its error messages are riddles delivered by an infuriating oracle

In 2019 two German developers, Laurenz Mädje and Martin Haug, decided to try to write a LaTeX replacement "just for fun". In 2022, Mädje wrote his computer science master's thesis about Typst. In March 2023, its first pre-release beta version was announced; a month later, semantic versioning was adopted with the release of v0.1.0. Typst is now at v.0.13.1 and shows 365 contributors on its GitHub repository.

Markup in Typst is less verbose and easier to read than in LaTeX.

The simplest markup looks similar to markdown.

Typst drawbacks:

• Typst's page layout algorithm doesn't always permit the refinements that LaTeX is capable of.
• lack of specialized package (it's obvious compared to LaTeX)
• the documentation is criticized:
• inability to include PDF documents (for now)