pageElement
Layouts its child onto one or multiple pages.
Although this function is primarily used in set rules to affect page properties, it can also be used to explicitly render its argument onto a set of pages of its own.
Pages can be set to use auto as their width or height. In this case, the pages will grow to fit their content on the respective axis.
The Guide for Page Setup explains how to use this and related functions to set up a document with many examples.
Example
#set page("us-letter")
There you go, US friends!
Parameters
paper
A standard paper size to set width and height.
This is just a shorthand for setting width and height and, as such, cannot be retrieved in a context expression.
View options
Default: "a4"
View paper sizes
"a0", "a1", "a2", "a3", "a4", "a5", "a6", "a7", "a8", "a9", "a10", "a11", "iso-b1", "iso-b2", "iso-b3", "iso-b4", "iso-b5", "iso-b6", "iso-b7", "iso-b8", "iso-c3", "iso-c4", "iso-c5", "iso-c6", "iso-c7", "iso-c8", "din-d3", "din-d4", "din-d5", "din-d6", "din-d7", "din-d8", "sis-g5", "sis-e5", "ansi-a", "ansi-b", "ansi-c", "ansi-d", "ansi-e", "arch-a", "arch-b", "arch-c", "arch-d", "arch-e1", "arch-e", "jis-b0", "jis-b1", "jis-b2", "jis-b3", "jis-b4", "jis-b5", "jis-b6", "jis-b7", "jis-b8", "jis-b9", "jis-b10", "jis-b11", "sac-d0", "sac-d1", "sac-d2", "sac-d3", "sac-d4", "sac-d5", "sac-d6", "iso-id-1", "iso-id-2", "iso-id-3", "asia-f4", "jp-shiroku-ban-4", "jp-shiroku-ban-5", "jp-shiroku-ban-6", "jp-kiku-4", "jp-kiku-5", "jp-business-card", "cn-business-card", "eu-business-card", "fr-tellière", "fr-couronne-écriture", "fr-couronne-édition", "fr-raisin", "fr-carré", "fr-jésus", "uk-brief", "uk-draft", "uk-foolscap", "uk-quarto", "uk-crown", "uk-book-a", "uk-book-b", "us-letter", "us-legal", "us-tabloid", "us-executive", "us-foolscap-folio", "us-statement", "us-ledger", "us-oficio", "us-gov-letter", "us-gov-legal", "us-business-card", "us-digest", "us-trade", "newspaper-compact", "newspaper-berliner", "newspaper-broadsheet", "presentation-16-9", "presentation-4-3"width
The width of the page.
Default: 595.28pt
View example
#set page(
width: 3cm,
margin: (x: 0cm),
)
#for i in range(3) {
box(square(width: 1cm))
}
height
The height of the page.
If this is set to auto, page breaks can only be triggered manually by inserting a page break. Most examples throughout this documentation use auto for the height of the page to dynamically grow and shrink to fit their content.
Default: 841.89pt
flipped
Whether the page is flipped into landscape orientation.
Default: false
View example
#set page(
"us-business-card",
flipped: true,
fill: rgb("f2e5dd"),
)
#set align(bottom + end)
#text(14pt)[*Sam H. Richards*] \
_Procurement Manager_
#set text(10pt)
17 Main Street \
New York, NY 10001 \
+1 555 555 5555
margin
The page's margins.
auto: The margins are set automatically to 2.5/21 times the smaller dimension of the page. This results in 2.5cm margins for an A4 page.- A single length: The same margin on all sides.
- A dictionary: With a dictionary, the margins can be set individually. The dictionary can contain the following keys in order of precedence:
top: The top margin.right: The right margin.bottom: The bottom margin.left: The left margin.inside: The margin at the inner side of the page (where the binding is).outside: The margin at the outer side of the page (opposite to the binding).x: The horizontal margins.y: The vertical margins.rest: The margins on all sides except those for which the dictionary explicitly sets a size.
The values for left and right are mutually exclusive with the values for inside and outside.
Default: auto
View example
#set page(
width: 3cm,
height: 4cm,
margin: (x: 8pt, y: 4pt),
)
#rect(
width: 100%,
height: 100%,
fill: aqua,
)
binding
On which side the pages will be bound.
auto: Equivalent toleftif the text direction is left-to-right andrightif it is right-to-left.left: Bound on the left side.right: Bound on the right side.
This affects the meaning of the inside and outside options for margins.
Default: auto
columns
How many columns the page has.
If you need to insert columns into a page or other container, you can also use the columns function.
Default: 1
View example
#set page(columns: 2, height: 4.8cm)
Climate change is one of the most
pressing issues of our time, with
the potential to devastate
communities, ecosystems, and
economies around the world. It's
clear that we need to take urgent
action to reduce our carbon
emissions and mitigate the impacts
of a rapidly changing climate.
fill
The page's background fill.
Setting this to something non-transparent instructs the printer to color the complete page. If you are considering larger production runs, it may be more environmentally friendly and cost-effective to source pre-dyed pages and not set this property.
When set to none, the background becomes transparent. Note that PDF pages will still appear with a (usually white) background in viewers, but they are actually transparent. (If you print them, no color is used for the background.)
The default of auto results in none for PDF output, and white for PNG and SVG.
Default: auto
View example
#set page(fill: rgb("444352"))
#set text(fill: rgb("fdfdfd"))
*Dark mode enabled.*
numbering
How to number the pages.
If an explicit footer (or header for top-aligned numbering) is given, the numbering is ignored.
Default: none
View example
#set page(
height: 100pt,
margin: (top: 16pt, bottom: 24pt),
numbering: "1 / 1",
)
#lorem(48)
number-align
The alignment of the page numbering.
If the vertical component is top, the numbering is placed into the header and if it is bottom, it is placed in the footer. Horizon alignment is forbidden. If an explicit matching header or footer is given, the numbering is ignored.
Default: center + bottom
View example
#set page(
margin: (top: 16pt, bottom: 24pt),
numbering: "1",
number-align: right,
)
#lorem(30)
header
The page's header. Fills the top margin of each page.
- Content: Shows the content as the header.
auto: Shows the page number if anumberingis set andnumber-alignistop.none: Suppresses the header.
Default: auto
View example
#set par(justify: true)
#set page(
margin: (top: 32pt, bottom: 20pt),
header: [
#set text(8pt)
#smallcaps[Typst Academcy]
#h(1fr) _Exercise Sheet 3_
],
)
#lorem(19)
header-ascent
The amount the header is raised into the top margin.
Default: 30% + 0pt
footer
The page's footer. Fills the bottom margin of each page.
- Content: Shows the content as the footer.
auto: Shows the page number if anumberingis set andnumber-alignisbottom.none: Suppresses the footer.
For just a page number, the numbering property typically suffices. If you want to create a custom footer but still display the page number, you can directly access the page counter.
Default: auto
View example
#set par(justify: true)
#set page(
height: 100pt,
margin: 20pt,
footer: context [
#set align(right)
#set text(8pt)
#counter(page).display(
"1 of I",
both: true,
)
]
)
#lorem(48)
footer-descent
The amount the footer is lowered into the bottom margin.
Default: 30% + 0pt
background
Content in the page's background.
This content will be placed behind the page's body. It can be used to place a background image or a watermark.
Default: none
View example
#set page(background: rotate(24deg,
text(18pt, fill: rgb("FFCBC4"))[
*CONFIDENTIAL*
]
))
= Typst's secret plans
In the year 2023, we plan to take
over the world (of typesetting).
foreground
Content in the page's foreground.
This content will overlay the page's body.
Default: none
View example
#set page(foreground: text(24pt)[🥸])
Reviewer 2 has marked our paper
"Weak Reject" because they did
not understand our approach...
body
The contents of the page(s).
Multiple pages will be created if the content does not fit on a single page. A new page with the page properties prior to the function invocation will be created after the body has been typeset.