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WordTeX - A WYSIPCTWOTCG Typesetting Tool

Tom Wildenhain · demo · Watch on YouTube

Graphic design & typographySatire & parody

What it is

Tom Wildenhain's SIGBOVIK 2018 presentation of WordTeX, a Microsoft Word template that mimics LaTeX typesetting output. It is a joke research project executed with serious effort.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN people recommend it as an entertaining example of great effort on a trivial problem, and cite the template in LaTeX-versus-Word discussions.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “this one on WordTeX is excellent”

    Excellent SIGBOVIK video of hard work on a trivial problem

    UncleMeat, 2023-07 · Strong recommendation · in “C89 compiler produces printable executables from C code [pdf]”

  2. “this is a rare case where the Youtube video [2] is both more entertaining and the medium lets the content shine”

    Entertaining WordTeX presentation that lets the content shine

    amhouse, 2018-08 · Recommendation · in “LyX: combine the power of LaTeX with the ease of use of a graphical interface”

  3. “If you're a fan of this, you might like;”

    Suggested for fans of LaTeX-style aesthetics

    gitgud, 2020-05 · Recommendation · in “Show HN: LaTeX.css – Make your website look like a LaTeX document”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: wordtex, latex, sigbovik, microsoft word, typesetting

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