A community-built, non-official structured presentation theme designed to match the branding and style guidelines of the Sorbonne University, built on top of the presentate and navigator packages.
Overview
The theme provides academic and institutional slide decks that respect the visual identity of Sorbonne University while offering powerful dynamic features.
- Faculty Presets: Built-in colors and logos for Health, Science, Humanities, and University-wide presentations.
- Smart Navigation: Automatic breadcrumbs, transition slides with roadmaps, and flexible hierarchy mapping.
- Dynamic Content: Seamless integration of
pause,uncover, andonlyfor step-by-step reveals. - Scientific Ready: Specialized slides for equations, figures, and algorithms.
🎨 Faculty Presets
Switch visual identities instantly using the faculty parameter:
| Univ | Sante | Sciences | Lettres |
|---|---|---|---|
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univ: Sorbonne Blue (University-wide)sante: Sorbonne Red (Faculty of Health)sciences: Sorbonne Light Blue (Faculty of Science & Engineering)lettres: Sorbonne Yellow/Ocre (Faculty of Humanities)
Logo Customization
You can easily replace the default institutional logos with your own by using the following parameters in the template function.
logo-transition (Monochrome/White version)
This logo is used on solid theme-colored backgrounds. For best results, use a white or high-contrast monochrome version of your logo. It appears on:
- The Title Slide (bottom right).
- All Transition Slides (Parts, Sections, Subsections) in the top left.
- Focus Slides and the Ending Slide.
logo-slide (Color version)
This logo is used on standard slides (white background). Use your full-color logo here. It appears in the Header of every content slide, next to the title.
Example:
#show: template.with(
logo-slide: "assets/my-logo-color.png",
logo-transition: "assets/my-logo-white.png",
)
Documentation
For a comprehensive visual tour of all components and features, please refer to the pre-compiled PDF documentation:
- Main Demo Guide : All components, boxes, and slide types.
- 2-Levels Mapping Guide : Using Section/Subsection hierarchy.
- 3-Levels Mapping Guide : Using Part/Section/Subsection hierarchy.
Quick Start
#import "@preview/unofficial-sorbonne-presentation:0.1.0": *
#show: template.with(
title: [Scientific Discovery],
author: [John Doe],
faculty: "sciences",
show-outline: true,
)
= Introduction
#slide[
- High performance
- Intuitive syntax
#show: pause
- *Dynamic* animations
]
#ending-slide()
Configuration Reference
The template function
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
title |
content | none |
Main presentation title |
short-title |
content | none |
Short version of title for footer |
subtitle |
content | none |
Optional subtitle |
author |
content | none |
Presenter’s name |
short-author |
content | none |
Short version of author for footer |
affiliation |
content | none |
Department or Laboratory |
date |
content | datetime... |
Custom date display |
faculty |
string | "sante" |
Preset: "sante", "sciences", "lettres", "univ" |
primary-color |
color | none |
Manual override for theme color |
alert-color |
color | none |
Manual override for alert text color |
logo-slide |
string | none |
Path to custom logo for content slides |
logo-transition |
string | none |
Path to custom logo for transition slides |
text-font |
string | "Fira Sans" |
Main font family |
text-size |
length | 20pt |
Base text size |
aspect-ratio |
string | "16-9" |
"16-9" or "4-3" |
show-outline |
bool | false |
Toggle summary slide |
outline-title |
content | [Sommaire] |
Title of the summary slide |
outline-depth |
int | 2 |
Levels shown in summary |
outline-columns |
int | 1 |
Number of columns for summary |
mapping |
dict | (sec: 1, sub: 2) |
Logic mapping for headings |
auto-title |
bool | true |
Use section name as slide title if none provided |
show-header-numbering |
bool | true |
Toggle all heading numbers |
numbering-format |
string | "1.1" |
Format for sections and subsections |
part-numbering-format |
string | "I" |
Format for parts |
annex-title |
content | [Annexe] |
Prefix for single appendix |
annex-main-title |
content | [Annexes] |
Focus slide text for appendix start |
annex-numbering-format |
string | "I" |
Numbering style for appendices |
bib-style |
string | "apa" |
Bibliography and citation style |
progress-bar |
string | "none" |
Position: "none", "top", or "bottom" |
slide-break-suffix |
content | [ (cont.)] |
Suffix appended to titles on broken slides |
footer-author |
bool | true |
Toggle author display in footer |
footer-title |
bool | true |
Toggle title display in footer |
max-length |
int | dict | none |
Max length for breadcrumb titles before truncation |
Component Reference
Slide Types
#slide(title: none, subtitle: none, allow-slide-breaks: false, background: none, body): Standard content slide.allow-slide-breaks: Iftrue, allows content to overflow onto multiple slides. A suffix (defined byslide-break-suffix) is automatically appended to the title from the second page. Note: This feature is incompatible with dynamic animations like#pause.background: Optional content (e.g., an image) to display behind the slide content.
#slide-break(): Manually forces a page break within a slide. Note: Only works whenallow-slide-breaks: trueis set on the#slide().#focus-slide(body, subtitle: none): Highlight slide on solid theme background.
#figure-slide(fig, title: none, subtitle: none, caption: none, ..): Centered figure slide.
#equation-slide(equation, title: none, subtitle: none, definitions: none, citation: none, ..): Large equation with “signature” citation.
#acknowledgement-slide(title: none, subtitle: none, people: (), institutions: (), ..): Thank-you slide.
#ending-slide(title: none, subtitle: none, contact: ()): Closing slide with contact information.
Text Helpers
#alert[text]: Highlighted bold text.#muted[text]: Gray secondary text.#subtle[text]: Light gray tertiary text.

Citations & References
- Inline and corner citations.
#cite-box("smith2023", position: "bottom-right")
Layout & Boxes
#two-col(left, right, columns: (1fr, 1fr), gutter: 2em): Balanced columns.
#three-col(left, center, right, ..): Three column layout.
#grid-2x2(tl, tr, bl, br, ..): Four-quadrant grid layout.
- Boxes: All boxes support the
fill-modeparameter ("outline","fill","full", or"transparent").
#highlight-box(title, body): Blue university-styled box for key points.#alert-box(title, body): Red cautionary box for warnings.#example-box(title, body): Green academic box for examples.#algorithm-box(title, body): Monospace box for algorithmic logic.#themed-block(title, body): Box automatically matching the faculty color.
Credits
- Underlying Packages: Built with presentate and navigator.
- Inspiration: Layout features and component designs were inspired by the calmly-touying theme. A special thanks to its author for the high-quality design inspiration.
License
MIT License. See LICENSE for details.



