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= DITYPE — A Digital Typesetter =

== Overview ==

DITYPE turns manuscripts into type. Built in and for the digital age, it presents the type in PDF, Post``Script and other [wiki:PageDescriptionLanguage page description languages], and accepts manuscripts in a number of popular XML [wiki:MarkupVocabulary markup vocabularies].

DITYPE is a sophisticated program; it makes better type than a human typesetter would and produces layouts that would otherwise require a lot of tedious trial-and-error work. Here are a few [wiki:DiTypeExamples examples]. A publicly available [http://webdemo.renderx.com/webdemo on-line demo] shows DITYPE in action and lets visitors try its typesetting capabilities.

The [wiki:DiTypeDesignOverview architecture] of DITYPE is based on experience gathered during the lifetime of XEP and widely uses open technologies and protocols. A number of [wiki:WhitePapers white papers] describes implementation details and fine points of DITYPE.

== Supported Platforms ==

DITYPE runs on a variety of platforms, inluding Windows, [wiki:DiTypeOnMacOSX MacOSX], Linux, FreeBSD. For Windows and MacOSX there are installable packages, and it is fairly simple to [wiki:DiTypeOnLinux install and use DITYPE on Linux and Unix]. Below are videos showing the processes of installing and runnig DITYPE on Windows and MacOSX:

[http://www.renderx.net/Content/movies/DiTypeWindowsInstall.avi WindowsInstall] (DivX, 11Mb),
[http://www.renderx.net/Content/movies/DiTypeWindowsUsage.avi WindowsUsage] (DivX, 27Mb)
[http://www.renderx.net/Content/movies/DiTypeMacOSXInstall.mov MacOSXInstall] (Mov, 6Mb)
[http://www.renderx.net/Content/movies/DiTypeMacOSXUsage.mov MacOSXUsage] (Mov, 38Mb)

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== Applications ==

ActiType, [wiki:DiTypeAssistant DiType Assistant], and [wiki:diclick ditype command line] are applications written in Python and included in [wiki:DiType DiType] distributions. 

A number of [wiki:DiTypeDesignOverview/ApplicationsAndConnectors applications] in different programming languages are examples of [wiki:DiType DiType] integration with the help of [wiki:DiTypeDesignOverview/ApplicationsAndConnectors connectors]. Applications, connectors and APIs are parts of the DevKit.