XML is a standardised markup language commonly used by technical writers to create structured content. XML is also useful when it comes to automating time-consuming tasks and processes—like pagination—in publishing. If you’re new to XML, check out this article to learn what XML and DITA are, and the benefits of XML web authoring.
Typefi has partnered with Fonto & Syncro Soft to offer XML web authoring integrations as part of your automated publishing workflows. Now, authors can edit any DITA XML file directly from their Typefi Server interface.
Typefi Business Development Director, Emily Johnston, recently sat down for a chat to discuss how Typefi, along with Componize CCMS and structured authoring in DITA, has revolutionised how Kaplan produces its content. What was once a tedious workflow—taking content manually from Microsoft Word into InDesign—is now highly automated and streamlined.
We are both sad and happy to announce that Peter Kahrel, Senior Scripting Engineer at Typefi, is retiring on Friday, 28 April 2023. A global star in the InDesign scripting community—almost as big as Elvis + rock and roll—Peter has been programming InDesign with JavaScript since 2003 and has worked as a script developer at Typefi since 2010.
Typefi users can now license the DeltaXML compare action to their Typefi workflows to output .INDD or PDF files with clear, visual highlights showing XML content additions and/or removals.
The Portable Document Format (PDF) has come a long way since it was launched by Adobe in 1993. Read on to learn more about what the development of the PDF can teach us when it comes to developing our products, driving popular appeal and soaring above competitors in the marketplace.
International Women’s Day is a time to celebrate the achievements of women around the world, raise awareness of discrimination and take action to drive gender parity. We are proud to be a tech company with strong gender diversity—35% of our staff are women and three of our five engineering teams are female-led.
We were blown away by the response to the 2022 User Conference, and we have you to thank for that! The event was completely packed, with registration filling up almost a month in advance. It was great to see so many familiar faces and meet new people too.
The Business Ecosystem Alliance announced Typefi as a Zero Distance Award winner in 2022! This award celebrates the ground-breaking work of organisations around the world seeking to eliminate the distance between their employees, their operations, and their customers.
For decades, MathType EPS equations have been created using references to Type 1 fonts, also known as PostScript fonts. Adobe will disable support for authoring with Type 1 fonts by January 2023. Users will no longer have the ability to author content using Type 1 fonts after that time.
Earlier this year, Typefi welcomed Chathini Uduwana, the Sri Lankan Country Head for Typefi, to its Global Leadership Team. Chathini joined Typefi in 2014 and brings over 12 years of management and leadership experience to the team.
May 19, 2022 is the 11th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking, and learning about digital access and inclusion for people with various disabilities/impairments. Learn more about Typefi’s commitment to accessible publishing in this blog post.