https://thetextsmith.com/tags/publishing/ Recent content in Publishing on Under the Anvil Hugo -- 0.158.0 en-us Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://thetextsmith.com/markup/quarto-the-multitool/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://thetextsmith.com/markup/quarto-the-multitool/ <p>If Markdown is a pocketknife, <strong>Quarto</strong> is a full-scale machine shop. Built on top of Pandoc, it allows us to weave together prose, code, and citations into a single source of truth.</p> <h3 id="why-quarto-wins">Why Quarto Wins</h3> <p>For the Textsmith, Quarto solves the &ldquo;Final Format&rdquo; problem. You write in a single <code>.qmd</code> file and strike the anvil to produce:</p> <ul> <li>A high-fidelity <strong>PDF</strong> via Typst or LaTeX.</li> <li>A responsive <strong>HTML</strong> ebook.</li> <li>A professional <strong>RevealJS</strong> presentation for your next conference.</li> </ul> <h3 id="the-logic-of-the-source">The Logic of the Source</h3> <p>Because Quarto is plaintext, we can use our <strong>Trinity</strong> (grep, sed, awk) to audit our citations or bulk-edit our data before we ever &ldquo;render&rdquo; the final product.</p>