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<p>LuaTeX is a <a href="/facts/TeX/HDrl3Yvd">TeX</a>-based computer <a href="/facts/Typesetting/CsKmfY0t">typesetting</a> system which started as a version of <a href="/facts/PdfTeX/6l1sDa20">pdfTeX</a> with a <a href="/facts/Lua_/xkBCgta0">Lua</a> scripting engine embedded. After some experiments it was adopted by the <a href="/facts/TeX_Live/AuNS5c2V">TeX Live</a> distribution as a successor to pdfTeX (itself an extension of <a href="/facts/%25CE%2595-TeX/AuNS5c2V">ε-TeX</a>, which generates <a href="/facts/PDF/C9Mn1vYL">PDFs</a>). Later in the project some functionality of <a href="/facts/Aleph_(TeX)/LquvtA6k">Aleph</a> was included (esp. multi-directional typesetting). The project was originally sponsored by the Oriental TeX project, founded by Idris Samawi Hamid, Hans Hagen, and Taco Hoekwater. </p><p>In November 2024, LuaLaTeX was declared the recommended format for <a href="/facts/LaTeX/c1lvjF0A">LaTeX</a>. </p>