thesist

ThesIST (pronounced “desist”) is an unofficial Master’s thesis template for Instituto Superior Técnico written in Typst.

This template fully meets the official formatting requirements as outlined here, and also attempts to follow most unwritten conventions. Regardless, you can be on the lookout for things you may want to see added.

PIC2 reports with a thesis-like format are also supported, with options to change or hide some parts.

Please read the “Quick guide” chapter included in this template to get set up. You can keep it as a reference if you want.

Prerequisites

If you are just using the Typst web app, you don’t need to take any extra steps.

If you want to compile your thesis offline, make sure you have the following font families installed on your computer:

• TeX Gyre Heros

• TeX Gyre Bonum

FAQ

My PIC template looks nothing like this one!

Contrary to the thesis itself, the PIC2 doesn’t have a universal format or ruleset. Use the template you’re given (or port it to Typst yourself) if it’s too different from this one. You can then come back to this one when you’re writing your thesis document, which will have this format for sure.

My PIC template looks like this one, but I can’t fully replicate it because X.

Take a good look at all the setting variables there are in main.typ. If none of them changes what you want: first see if you can add the code yourself (for example, a #pagebreak() inside one of your sections); if this still doesn’t solve it, feel free to open an issue or a pull request.

Why is some of the front matter structure imported from this template’s package instead of directly editable?

To have a simple interface, in which it isn’t hard to find the variable parts. Sometimes the format is rigid, so the formatting code is not always trivial. ThesIST is intended for everyone at IST, so some flexibility was sacrificed in favor of readability. The idea is that even a person who doesn’t code often should find this easier to navigate than the LaTeX template they would normally use.

If you think something isn’t editable by the user but should, feel free to open an issue or a pull request.

Any tips?

Be sure to keep checking the quick guide and, if needed, Typst’s documentation and online help channels.

The known breaking changes introduced by any new version of this package will always be registered in its changelog, with instructions on what to change. Always check the changelogs when updating this template’s package. They are on the Releases page.

Final remarks

This template is not necessarily a finished product. Contributions are welcome!

Thanks to the Typst online community members for the help in some of the functionalities, and for the extensions used here.

The IST logo and the default cover images used in this template are under copyright of Instituto Superior Técnico, and shall not be used for non-professional purposes or by people outside of the institution without its express authorization.