If you are listening to this talk, you already have experience reading Typst as a human. But have you ever wondered how your computer is able to understand Typst markup? In this talk, community member Ian Wrzesinski walks us through how the Typst parser understands your code. Take a look into the three techniques that solve unique syntactic issues in Typst! If you want a more in-depth explanation of Pratt Parsing, Ian recommends this compendium of blog posts (the most recent are on the bottom): This talk was presented remotely at the Typst Meetup Berlin on December 14, 2024. If you want to learn about future meetups in your area, turn on the newsletter settings in your account, join our Discord server, and follow us on social media. Website: Discord: Bluesky: Mastodon: @typst LinkedIn: