<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsd.network/@cynicalsecurity" class="u-url mention">@<span>cynicalsecurity</span></a></span> fwiw, tex was built because knuth was mad at phototypesetting looking janky as hell (it sucks!)</p><p>and figured that with digital typesetting being just around the corner, he could do it himself</p><p>the comparable systems, like troff, used phototypesetting at the time</p>