| | -Programming computers to typeset internationalized text automatically at the level we've become accustomed takes decades of development effort. Many free and open source software solutions can typeset text, including: ConTeXt, LaTeX, Sile, and others. ConTeXt, which builds upon TeX, is ideal for typesetting plain text into beautiful documents because it is developed with a notion of *setups*. These setups can wholly describe how text is to be typeset and---by being external to the text itself---configuring setups provides ample control over the document's final appearance without changing the prose. |
| | +Programming computers to typeset internationalized text automatically at the level we've become accustomed takes decades of development effort. Many free and open source software solutions can typeset text, including: ConTeXt, LaTeX, SILE, and others. ConTeXt, which builds upon TeX, is ideal for typesetting plain text into beautiful documents because it is developed with a notion of *setups*. These setups can wholly describe how text is to be typeset and---by being external to the text itself---configuring setups provides ample control over the document's final appearance without changing the prose. |