Lout is a batch document formatter. It reads a high-level description of a document similar in style to LaTeX and produces a PostScript file which can be printed on most laser printers. Plain text and PDF output are also available. A word processor (also more formally known as a document preparation system) is a computer application used for the production (including composition, editing, formatting, and possibly printing) of any sort of viewable or printed material. ... The LaTeX logo, typeset with LaTeX , written as LaTeX in plain text, is a document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. ... A postscript (from post scriptum, a Latin expression meaning after writing and abbreviated P.S.) is a sentence, paragraph, or occasionally many paragraphs added, often hastily and incidentally, after the signature of a letter or (sometimes) the main body of an essay or book. ... Computer files can be divided into two broad categories: binary and text. ... PDF is an abbreviation with several meanings: Portable Document Format Post-doctoral fellowship Probability density function There also is an electronic design automation company named PDF Solutions. ...

While usable set of LaTeX modules together with TeX binaries takes from 50 to 300 GB, Lout is about 1 GB. The LaTeX logo, typeset with LaTeX , written as LaTeX in plain text, is a document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. ... The TeX mascot, by Duane Bibby , written as TeX in plain text, is a typesetting system created by Donald Knuth. ...

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A lout is also a noun defined by the Cambridge dictionary as 'a young man who behaves in a very rude, offensive and sometimes violent way'.