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What is PhyloStyloTastic this project trying to build? Simple, portable style for phylogenetic (and other) trees!

It uses TreeCSS (formerly known as NexSS or TSS), a stylesheet language which is not (quite) CSS, but uses the same syntax and concepts to style tree figures for printed output or interactive display.

We have a TreeSS spec that explains the nitty-gritty details, or you can peruse a conceptual overview to see if this is a tool that makes sense for you.

Of course, implementation is the bigger challenge. We currently have rough NexSS TreeCSS interpreters for the ETE Toolkit (in this repo) and Mesquite (stored elsewhere) to play with.

For more on this project's history and the tech involved, see the Links of interest page.

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