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Catalpas Atelier Scribe

Launching today

Markdown book typesetting with ePub, Docx, and PDF export

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Markdown book typesetting with ePub, Docx, and PDF export

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Catalpas Atelier Scribe brings Markdown writing, live book layout preview, and publishing export into one desktop workspace. It focuses on the stage where many writing tools stop: turning a long manuscript into ePub, Docx, images, and print-ready PDF. It stands out with CJK vertical typesetting, ruby annotations, references, LaTeX math, custom fonts, page templates, and CMYK / CMYK + ICC PDF export.

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Hi Product Hunt, I’m launching **Catalpas Atelier Scribe**, a cross-platform Markdown typesetting app for authors, editors, and small publishers. We built Scribe for a workflow we kept seeing in long-form writing: the manuscript starts clean in Markdown, but publishing often means moving through several disconnected tools for layout, ebook export, Word handoff, print PDF, CJK typography, references, and final checks. Scribe tries to keep that work closer to the manuscript. With Scribe, you can: - Write and organize long manuscripts in Markdown - Preview book layout and pagination while editing - Export ePub, Docx, images, and print-ready PDFs - Set CJK vertical text and ruby annotations - Manage references, citations, LaTeX math, custom fonts, and page templates - Export CMYK / CMYK + ICC PDFs for print workflows It is not meant to replace every professional DTP tool. The focus is narrower: helping authors move from a readable source manuscript to common publishing outputs without rebuilding the book in a completely separate layout workflow. I’d love to hear how you currently move from draft to ebook or print-ready files, especially if you write in Markdown, publish long-form work, or handle CJK typography.

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6d ago

Love that this handles CJK vertical typesetting properly, that's something most writing tools completely ignore. One thing that would make it a real lifesaver for me is a built-in manuscript compile progress indicator with a cancel button, since exporting a 400 page novel to print-ready PDF can take ages and it's hard to tell if it's frozen or actually working.

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7h ago

finally a tool that handles the export side properly instead of leaving you to fight with pandoc. the cmyk pdf export with icc profiles is honestly what sealed it for me, super useful for print.

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7h ago

finally a tool that handles the export side properly instead of leaving you to fight with pandoc. the cmyk pdf export with icc profiles is honestly what sealed it for me, super useful for print.

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