Web frontend to typographical docs

Greetings all,

I am trying to figure out how to create a QUALITY document from a web
frontend.

The final result will be produced at a print shop, and can be a PDF or
anything else that I can convert. The issue isn't file format, but
detailed control.

I've created a mock site that does everything using ImageMagick (or even
gd) and php, and it works well, but doesn't allow for the kind of
detailed typographical control needed, such as proper kerning or
intelligently flowing to a new page or column. The final document will
have lots of graphics and some text (think brochures, signs, etc.).

I'm wondering if there some blend using something like TeX or postscript
where the frontend can write/manipulate a text file to create the
document. I'll confess I'm not up on my typeset document formats, so
that's why I'm asking this here. Anyone got any ideas or even some
directions to send me hunting? Maybe it just can't be done reasonably,
but I'm not ready to quit hunting just yet.

Thanks again,
        Les...
Received on Wed May 3 20:50:00 2006