Build LinkedIn Carousels with Typst: the slide Layout
A LinkedIn carousel is just a multi-page document. This short tutorial shows how a tiny Typst slide helper gives every page a full-bleed background with consistent padding, then how to compile the deck to PDF and preview frames. It ends with a ready-to-paste LLM prompt that drafts a similar carousel from scratch.
Gribouille: a Grammar of Graphics for Typst
Gribouille is a new Typst package that brings Wilkinson’s grammar of graphics natively into Typst, in the spirit of ggplot2 and plotnine. Version 0.1.0 ships alongside an updated Typst Render Quarto extension whose new typst_define() helper streams arbitrary Python and R values, from a scalar to a Polars DataFrame, straight into Typst code blocks.
Quarto Reveal.js extensions to sharpen your slides
A short tour of small Quarto extensions that make Reveal.js presentations tidier and more interactive. Coordinated list fragments, animated code annotations, cascading headings, and keyboard-friendly tabsets, each with a minimal embedded slidedeck.
Branded Figures and Tables in R and Python with Quarto
Style ggplot2, plotnine, gt, and great_tables outputs using Quarto’s brand feature by reading brand configuration from the QUARTO_EXECUTE_INFO environment variable at render time.
Building Quarto Typst Templates: Advanced Patterns (Part 2)
This tutorial continues from Part 1, exploring advanced patterns for Quarto Typst extensions. You will learn handler factories, configuration systems, type-safe value conversion, and WCAG-aware badges.
Building Quarto Typst Templates: The Lua-Typst Bridge (Part 1)
This tutorial introduces the dual-layer architecture for building Quarto Typst templates. You will learn how Lua filters and Typst functions work together to transform markdown elements into styled PDF components.
Document-Type Dispatching in Quarto Typst Extensions
Learn how to build a central dispatcher function that routes to different Typst templates based on document type. This pattern enables clean separation between document types like reports, letters, and CVs.
Quarto Wizard 2.0.0: Native Extension Management and Batch Operations
Quarto Wizard 2.0.0 brings native extension management without CLI dependency, batch operations, multi-extension selection, and a new documentation website.
Quarto Extensions Updater: Automating Extension Maintenance with GitHub Actions
Discover how to automate Quarto extension updates in your repositories using a Dependabot-style GitHub Action that keeps your extensions current with zero manual effort.
Optimising VS Code and Positron for Quarto: Essential Settings for Better Editing
Discover the custom settings I use in VS Code and Positron to enhance my Quarto document editing workflow, from improved Git diffs to better visual guides for nested divs.
Lua Best Practices for Quarto Extensions: Building Maintainable and Robust Extensions
This guide explores essential practices drawn from Quarto’s extensions and community standards, covering project structure, error handling, documentation, and release management to help transform your extensions into reliable, community-friendly tools that stand the test of time.
Quarto Wizard 1.0.0: Democratising Quarto Extension Management
Introducing a game-changing extension for VS Code and Positron that transforms Quarto extensions management with an intuitive GUI for extensions and templates.
How to use GitHub Codespaces to simplify your Quarto workshops
In this post, I’ll teach you the basics of GitHub Codespaces and how to use them to make it easier to teach using Quarto.
Quarto: Unleash Dynamic Tabset Navigation & Polished PDF Exports
Discover how to supercharge your Quarto presentations with interactive tabset navigation in Reveal.js and create stunning, professional PDFs. Get ready to dazzle your audience!
Quarto: Publishing to GitHub Pages
In this guide, I’ll explore various methods to publish your Quarto projects to GitHub Pages. I’ll cover both manual and automated approaches to help you choose the best fit for your workflow.
Quarto Q&A: How to have images for both light and dark theme?
In this blog post of the “Quarto Q&A” series you will learn how to generate images for light and dark theme using knitr and switch between them when changing theme.
Quarto Q&A: How to publish your Quarto content as a Docker container?
In this blog post of the “Quarto Q&A” series you will learn how to publish your Quarto project as a Docker container.
Quarto Q&A: How to use non-default LaTeX packages/macros in MathJax?
A second blog post of the “Quarto Q&A” series on how to activate additional MathJax packages in a Quarto document.
Quarto Q&A: How to have labels and captions for an unknown number of tables?
A small example of how to automatically have labels and captions for an unknown number of tables in Quarto, using knitr and R.
Add a Floating Table of Contents in blogdown
How to have a table of contents (TOC) on either the left or the right side of a post? I have an answer!
A ggplot2 and gganimate Version of Pac-Man
The story of ggpacman. Or how to build a useless but fun R package to make a GIF of the game Pac-Man.