Z Format

The Z format is an open, and freely available document and typesetting language, coded by David H. Kristensen and Dan Ponte from the Z Initiative.

Z is loosely based on XML and SGML standards, and inspired by TeX, but with a focus on preserving the ease of use without compromising functionality.

Z supports CSS through the implementation of formatting areas, although z2html is currently the only one of the tools to recognize that support.

Example Syntax

Example Document Text in bold and italic
Red text

Z utilities

• z2html, which translates Z to XHTML 1.1
• z2rtf, which translates Z to RTF
• MoZaiC, a console Z browser.

See also

• List of document markup languages
• Comparison of document markup languages
• SGML
• XML

External links

• The official Z site

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