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Following the official tutorial, I create a single-column paper template for general use. You can use it for papers published on SSRN etc.

How to use

Use as a template package

Typst integrated the template with their official package manager. You can use it as the other third-party packages.

You only need to enter the following command in the terminal to initialize the template.

typst init @preview/ssrn-scribe

If will generate a subfolder ssrn-scribe including the main.typ file in the current directory with the latest version of the template.

Mannully use

  1. Download the template or clone the repository.
  2. generate your bibliography file using .biblatex and store the file in the same directory of the template.
  3. modify the main.typ file in the subfolder /template and compile it. Note: You should have paper_template.typ and main.typ in the same directory.

In the template, you can modify the following parameters:

maketitle is a boolean (compulsory). If maketitle=true, the template will generate a new page for the title. Otherwise, the title will be shown on the first page.

  • maketitle=true:
Parameter Default Optional Description
font “PT Serif” Yes The font of the paper. You can choose “Times New Roman” or “Palatino”
fontsize 11pt Yes The font size of the paper. You can choose 10pt or 12pt
title “Title” No The title of the paper
subtitle none Yes The subtitle of the paper, use “” or []
authors none No The authors of the paper
date none Yes The date of the paper
abstract none Yes The abstract of the paper
keywords none Yes The keywords of the paper
JEL none Yes The JEL codes of the paper
acknowledgments none Yes The acknowledgment of the paper
bibliography none Yes The bibliography of the paper bibliography: bibliography("bib.bib", title: "References", style: "apa")
  • maketitle=false:
Parameter Default Optional Description
font “PT Serif” Yes The font of the paper. You can choose “Times New Roman” or “Palatino”
fontsize 11pt Yes The font size of the paper. You can choose 10pt or 12pt
title “Title” No The title of the paper
subtitle none Yes The subtitle of the paper, use “” or []
authors none No The authors of the paper
date none Yes The date of the paper
bibliography none Yes The bibliography of the paper bibliography: bibliography("bib.bib", title: "References", style: "apa")

Note: You need to keep the comma at the end of the first bracket of the author’s list, even if you have only one author.

    (
    name: "",
    affiliation: "", // optional
    email: "", // optional
    note: "", // optional
    ),

#import "@preview/ssrn-scribe:0.6.0": *

#show: paper.with(
  font: "PT Serif", // "Times New Roman"
  fontsize: 12pt, // 12pt
  maketitle: true, // whether to add new page for title
  title: [#lorem(5)], // title 
  subtitle: "A work in progress", // subtitle
  authors: (
    (
      name: "Theresa Tungsten",
      affiliation: "Artos Institute",
      email: "tung@artos.edu",
      note: "123",
    ),
  ),
  date: "July 2023",
  abstract: lorem(80), // replace lorem(80) with [ Your abstract here. ]
  keywords: [
    Imputation,
    Multiple Imputation,
    Bayesian,],
  JEL: [G11, G12],
  acknowledgments: "This paper is a work in progress. Please do not cite without permission.", 
  // bibliography: bibliography("bib.bib", title: "References", style: "apa"),
)
= Introduction
#lorem(50)

Preview

Example

Here is a screenshot of the template: Example

Example-brief with maketitle=true

example-brief-true

Example-brief with maketitle=false

example-brief-false