Typst Syntax

This is not a reference to Typst syntax, see Typst Reference for that. This is a demonstration of what you can do with Typst syntax in Tybios.

Basic Text

This is a normal text. You can make it italic or bold. You can also make it both. And underlined, ~~strikethrough~~, overlined are also supported. Why not make it highlighted?

Left a blank line to start a new paragraph.
Insert \ to break a line without starting a new paragraph.

Some characters need to be escaped, such as #, *, _, `, \, as they are markup characters.

Unfortunately, you can’t change the font family, size and color inside Typst, they are determined by CSS in Tybios.

Links

Links can be created using the #link(target, content)¹¹ Or #link(target)[content], this is a syntactic sugar for the special case of first form: #link(target, [content]). function. The first argument is the URL, and the second argument is the text to display.

Target can be a URL, like source of Tybios or home page. Typst label an be also a target, like the sine diagram figure or this section.

See more imformation about links in Typst Reference: link.

Blockquotes

Use #quote(block: true, attribution: "Author Name")[Content] to create a blockquote with attribution.

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyse a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

Robert A. Heinlein

Raw Blocks

This is an inline raw block println!("Hello, world!");.

This is an inline syntax-highlighted raw block println!("Hello, world!");.

This is a long inline raw block @media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){:root{background-color:var(--color-neutral-900);color:var(--color-neutral-300)}}.

Js syntax highlight are handled by syntect:

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class T {
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  constructor() {
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    console.log("Hello, world!");
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  }
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}

Typst syntax hightlight are specially handled internally:

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#let fn(x) = x

Equations

This is an inline equation $𝐸 = 𝑚 𝑐^{2}$ .

This is a display equation:

\int_{0}^{+ \infty} \frac{\ln 𝑥}{𝑥^{2} - 1} d 𝑥 = \frac{1}{2} \int_{𝑥 > 0} \int_{𝑦 > 0} \frac{d 𝑥 d 𝑦}{(1 + 𝑦) (1 + 𝑥^{2} 𝑦)} = \frac{𝜋^{2}}{4} .

Tables

Create a table using the #table() function. See more information about tables in Typst Reference: Table Function.

Framework	Language	License	Description
Astro	TypeScript	MIT	The web framework for content-driven websites.
Eleventy	JavaScript	MIT	A simpler site generator.
Hugo	Go	Apache-2.0	The world’s fastest framework for building websites.
Zola	Rust	MIT / EUPL-1.2	A static site generator in a single binary with everything built-in.

Table 1: Comparison of static site generators

Prefer to Markdown tables? A Typst package tablem can help you with that.

Name	Location	Height	Score
John	Second St.	180 cm	5
Wally	Third Av.	160 cm	10

Figures

Use #tybios.frame() to wrap any content that can’t automatically convert to HTML, convert them to SVGs. ²² Converted SVGs will adapt to dark theme by color invert and hue rotation, but the result may not be perfect.

Figure 1: The diagram of the sine function

Lists

An unordered list here
You can use - to start a unordered list item.

An ordered list here
You can use + to start a ordered list item, and the number will be automatically generated.
You can also use numbers to specify the order.
After a specified order item, the next item will continue the order you specified.

Term: A word or expression that has a precise meaning in some uses or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or subject. Here is a list of terms.
SVG: Scalable Vector Graphics, an XML-based markup language for describing two-dimensional based vector graphics.
XML: EXtensible Markup Language, a strict serialization of the DOM.
DOM: Document Object Model, connects web pages to scripts or programming languages by representing the structure of a document.
HTML: HyperText Markup Language, a standard for structuring web content.
URL: Uniform Resource Locator, a text string that specifies where a resource can be found on the Internet.