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A one-page cover letter in the same type as exp-resume. The sender block is one line per field. The body is the letter, not a second resume.

Keep real letters outside this repository. The only letter in git is the John Doe starter.

Sample

example cover letter

What to write

Three paragraphs, one page.

  1. Name the role and one reason you want that employer. Put a referral in the first sentence if you have one.
  2. Tell one or two results as stories. The resume already lists them. Do not paste the bullets.
  3. Ask for a conversation and thank the reader.

That shape is what the University of Michigan career center and the Harvard Extension School resume guide both describe. Use the same name, contacts, and accent as the resume.

Quick start

typst init @preview/exp-cover-letter:0.1.0

#import "@preview/exp-cover-letter:0.1.0": *

#show: letter.with(
  font: "New Computer Modern",
  font-size: 12pt,
  paper: "us-letter",
  gap: 20pt,
  date: "October 26, 2026",
  closing: "Sincerely,",
)

#sender(
  author: "John Doe",
  email: "john.doe@example.com",
)

#recipient(
  recipient-name: "Ada Lovelace",
  recipient-title: "Hiring Manager",
  company: "Example Corporation",
)

First paragraph.

Second paragraph.

Third paragraph.

letter.with is the page, the date, the closing, and the gap. #sender is the name and contact lines. #recipient is the company and the greeting. Contact fields use the same names as resume.with. An empty string drops that line. The greeting uses recipient-name when it is set, and recipient-title otherwise. The manual lists every parameter.

Local development

just install-preview
typst compile template/main.typ /tmp/exp-cover-letter-example.pdf

just ci

just package out builds a release candidate. docs/manual.pdf is gitignored and rebuilt by the release workflow.

Versioning

Versions follow Semantic Versioning 2.0.0. Tags use a v prefix and must match typst.toml. ./scripts/bump.sh updates pins and the changelog. Do not edit a version that has already been released.

Publishing

A matching tag runs the release workflow. It pushes packages/preview/exp-cover-letter/<version> to tahzeer/typst-packages. The repository needs a REGISTRY_TOKEN secret that can push to that fork. The fork stays public so the Typst Universe pull request can be opened.