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A clean, modular CV template for Typst with FontAwesome icons, customizable accent colors, and support for academic publications.

Thumbnail: Shows image of an example Document created using this template

Features

  • Clean, professional design with a clear visual hierarchy
  • FontAwesome icons for contact information
  • Customizable accent colors for skill highlights and links
  • Optional bio section with quote styling
  • Support for academic publications with DOI links
  • Automatic page numbering
  • Modular structure — separate template and content files

Example

See cv.pdf.

Requirements

This template requires the FontAwesome desktop fonts to render icons correctly. Please refer to the fontawesome package documentation for installation instructions.

Usage

Import

#import "@preview/luminar-cv:0.1.0": *

#show: cv.with(
  name: [Your Name],
  positions: (
    [Your Position],
    [Your Institution],
  ),
  contact: (
    email: "you@email.com",
    website: "yourwebsite.com",
    linkedin: "yourlinkedin",
    github: "yourgithub",
    location: "City, Country",
  ),
  bio: [A short personal statement about yourself.],
  skill-highlight-color: rgb("#135b8f"),
  link-color: rgb("#135b8f"),
  page-numbering: true,
)

Functions

cv

The main template function. Pass all document content through it via #show: cv.with(...).

Parameter Type Default Description
name content none Your full name
positions array () List of titles or positions displayed below your name
contact dictionary (:) Contact information — see contact fields below
bio content none Optional personal statement displayed below contact info
skill-highlight-color color rgb("#135b8f") Accent color for highlighted skills and links
link-color color rgb("#135b8f") Color for body links
page-numbering bool true Show page numbers in - 1 - format

Contact fields:

Field Description
phone Phone number (include country code)
email Email address
website Personal website (without https://)
linkedin LinkedIn username
github GitHub username
location City and country

All contact fields are optional — omit any you don’t want displayed.

section

Creates a labeled section with a dividing rule.

#section(title: [Education])[
  // section content
]

entry

The core repeating unit for experience, education, projects, and awards. Title and date sit on the same line, subtitle and body below.

#entry(
  title: [Company — Role],
  subtitle: [Optional subtitle],
  date: [2023 -- present],
)[
  Description of the entry.
]

All parameters except body are optional. Pass an empty body [] for entries without a description.

skill

Renders a skill as a rounded pill. Set highlight: true for skills you want to emphasize — these use the skill-highlight-color.

#skill([Python], highlight: true)
#skill([LaTeX])

languages

Displays a list of languages in a three-column grid.

#languages((
  (name: [English], level: [native]),
  (name: [German], level: [C1]),
  (name: [French], level: [B2]),
))

publication

Formats an academic publication entry with optional DOI link.

#publication(
  title: [Title of the Paper],
  authors: [A. Author, B. Author],
  journal: [Journal of Something],
  year: [2024],
  doi: [10.0000/example],
  note: [peer-reviewed],
)

All fields except title are optional.

body-link

Renders a hyperlink with an external link icon and the configured link-color. Use this for links inside entry bodies.

#body-link("https://github.com/you/project")[github.com/you/project]

Customization

Accent color

Change the accent color for both skill highlights and links:

#show: cv.with(
  skill-highlight-color: rgb("#8b0000"),
  link-color: rgb("#8b0000"),
)

Font

The template uses Calibri by default. To change it, modify the set text call in template.typ:

set text(font: "Your Font", size: 10pt)

Margins

Adjust page margins in the set page call in template.typ:

set page(margin: (x: 2cm, y: 2cm))

License

MIT — see LICENSE for details.