The typograghy of TeX is hard to sneer at. Even more, it's stability. Knuth's insistence on stability of feature and focus on core requirements is definitely a lost art in the modern world.
Could someone make something that was more aesthetically pleasing for the typist? Likely. Though, most of the added structures of LaTeX are often not needed for casual documents. Which is why it was oddly refreshing to read some of the core source of Knuth's books.
Could someone make something that was more aesthetically pleasing for the typist? Likely. Though, most of the added structures of LaTeX are often not needed for casual documents. Which is why it was oddly refreshing to read some of the core source of Knuth's books.