kunskap
0.1.0A template with generous spacing for reports, assignments, course documents, and similar (shorter) documents.
A Typst template mainly intended for shorter academic documents such as reports, assignments, course documents, and so on. Its name, “kunskap”, means knowledge in Swedish.
See this example PDF for a longer demonstration of how it looks.
Usage
You can use this template in the Typst web app by clicking “Start from template” on the dashboard and searching for kunskap.
Alternatively, you can use the CLI to kick this project off using the command
typst init @preview/kunskap
Typst will create a new directory with all the files needed to get you started.
Configuration
This template exports the kunskap function with several arguments. You will want to set at least the following, describing the metadata of your document:
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
title | Title of your document |
author | Author(s) of your document; can be any content, or an array of strings |
date | Date string to display below the author(s); defaults to a string of today’s date, but can take any content. Set to none if you don’t use it at all. |
header | Content that appears in the left-hand side of the header on every page; this is intended for e.g. the name of a course or some other contextual information for the document, but can of course also be left empty. |
Additionally, you can configure some aspects of the template’s layout with the following arguments:
| Argument | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
paper-size | Paper size of the document | "a4" |
body-font | Font for the body text | "Noto Serif" |
body-font-size | Font size for the body text | 10pt |
headings-font | Font for the headings | ("Source Sans Pro", "Source Sans 3") |
raw-font | Font for raw (i.e. monospaced) text | ("Hack", "Source Code Pro")[^1] |
raw-font-size | Font size for raw text | 9pt |
link-color | Color for highlighting links | rgb("#3282b8")  |
muted-color | Color for muted text, such as page numbers and headers after the first page | luma(160) |
block-bg-color | Color for the background of raw text | luma(240) |
The template will initialize your document with a sample call to the kunskap function. Alternatively, here’s a minimal example of how you could use this template in your document:
#import "@preview/kunskap:0.1.0": *
#show: kunskap.with(
title: "Your report title",
author: "Your name",
date: datetime.today().display(),
header: "Your course name",
)
#lorem(120)
Missing features
As of now, this template has not yet been particularly optimized for styling related to:
- Bibliographies
- Outlines (e.g. table of contents)
- Tables
Credits
This template started out by emulating the layout of course documents in Marco Kuhlmann’s courses at Linköping University.[^2] On the technical side, this template took a lot of inspiration from the ilm template, even if the design decisions may be radically different.
[^1]: The Hack font is currently not available on the Typst web app, so the fallback is Source Code Pro. [^2]: If you work at Linköping University, you can set headings-font: "KorolevLiU" to get a LiU-branded version of this template.
