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You might like this LaTeX to HTML converter I'm working on: https://github.com/arxiv-vanity/engrafo

What primitives do you think need adding to TeX? LaTeXML, which powers Engrafo, does a pretty good job of converting plain TeX, as well as LaTeX.

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Ironically, Computer Modern is terrible to read on computer displays. It was designed for ink and toner bleed, and looks great when printed on 1970s-era Xerox printers [1], but it's far too thin for digital rendering.

I might suggest Bitstream Charter for a well-designed and readable analogue to CMR for digital use.

[1] https://www.typografie.info/3/topic/22238-ist-die-computer-m... (German language)

That is the Type 1 realization of it, the original Metafont outputs bitmaps tailored for the target device. Unfortunately no widely font rendering library supports Metafont directly, so they are often converted to Type 1 or OpenType and loose that capability.

A very good font family for screens that's openly licensed is Inter[2]. It's well designed and also quite versatile.

[2] https://rsms.me/inter/

Out of interest, what are the advantages of LaTeXML over Pandoc's LaTeX to XML/HTML conversion? Why did you choose LaTeXML?

Last time I checked, pandoc’s LaTeX parser did not support too much of the TeX syntax. It only works for some subset of LaTeX, basically

This is super cool, thank you for sharing!

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