Just now, February/March 2026, Henning Hraban Ramm has published a new book: “Designing Printed Materials with ConTeXt and LuaMetaTeX”. I just posted about it in German on TeXwelt.de and wanted to share it here as well.
As an alternative to LaTeX, ConTeXt is also a powerful TeX macro package for creating typographically clean and technically well-structured documents. In particular, it’s a coherent, integrated system, unlike LaTeX, which is not a collection of many separate packages from different developers. With LuaMetaTeX as its modern engine, ConTeXt combines classic typesetting quality with direct Lua programming and automation.
Like LaTeX, ConTeXt suits authors with a sense for typography, publishers and self-publishers, technical documentation, and academic writing. It also works very well for XML-based workflows and automated typesetting processes.
The book is written in German and starts with installation, then systematically walks through the core concepts of ConTeXt. It explains how to structure documents, build layouts, and handle typographic details properly. In the design and typography sections, it covers boxes, fonts, multilingual typesetting, tables, colors, math typesetting, images, and floats, as well as references and bibliographies. It also explains practical production topics, from print-ready PDFs to (serial) letters and presentations, including processing XML and CSV data.
At 524 pages, the book costs 39.95 EUR and is available to DANTE members for 31.96 EUR; details are available via email at office@dante.de.
I’ve browsed through it and can already say: a clear reading recommendation!