LaTeX CV Boosted
Contents
About
Versatile CV Typeset in LaTeX (XeTeX). Lots of features for modern CVs and Resumés. Works for classic CVs, modern CVs, and academic CVs. Typeset beautifully, without the need to actually know design. Modification of the friggeri-cv Latex template with extended colour palette and a choice of libre fonts.
Features:
- Two Column
- Information-dense
- Fontawesome Icons
- Skill Scoring
- Publication List
- Multiple Fonts
- Student-Friendly
How it looks:
Options
Several class options are available:
Style
a4paper
: Changes layout to A4.nocolors
: Changes to black and white, leaves headers.print
: Changes to black and white, removes header to minimize ink usage.
A4Paper
No Colors
Fonts
heros
: Standard TexGyre Heros font (introduced as alternative to Helvetica Neue by Sharelatex)alegreya
: See Example Alegreya was chosen as one of 53 "Fonts of the Decade" at the ATypI Letter2 competition in September 2011, and one of the top 14 text type systems.merriweather
: See Example Merriweather Sans is traditional in feeling despite the modern shapes it has adopted for screens.nunito
: See Example Nunito is a well balanced sans serif typeface superfamilyroboto
: See Example Roboto has a dual nature. It has a mechanical skeleton and the forms are largely geometric. At the same time, the font features friendly and open curves.
Font Heros
Font Alegreya
Font MerriWeather Sans
Font Nunito
Font Roboto
Usage
Replace all things that need replacing.
Adding new things is easy: Check Dante for New Icons in Fontawesome
Build Guide
You can use make
to build the coverletter and CV. The default rule is to create both CV and Coverletter, but you can build both of them separately. The class options can be put into the DOCOPTIONS
variable to modify the output.
Example 1: Default build
# Create cv and coverletter
make
# Create only cv
make cv
# Create only coverletter
make coverletter
Example 2: Build with specific DOCOPTIONS
# Create a4 print CV
make cv DOCOPTIONS=a4pdf,print
# Create a4 CV and coverletter
make DOCOPTIONS=a4pdf
\score{n}
One input integer from 0-5 (inclusive).
Example:
\score{3}
Effect
Will fill number of circle out of five circles to indicate skill level.
\courseentry{}{}{}{}{}{}
Six inputs
- Years
- Degree
- University
- Context
- Thesis
- Courses
Example
\courseentry
{2011--2012}
{Bachelor {\normalfont of Commerce}}
{The University of California, Berkeley}
{This thesis explored the idea that money has been the cause of untold anguish and suffering in the world. I found that it has, in fact, not.}
{Money Is The Root Of All Evil -- Or Is It?}
{Business for Business Gurus, Money 101}
Effect
Creates a special education-focused \entry in the the entrylist environment.
Technicalities
Modification of the friggeri-cv Latex template. Original was typeset in Helvetica and using colors inspired by Monokai. Modification uses extended colour palette and a choice of libre fonts.
Uses TikZ for the header and some pretty tricks, XeTeX and fontspec to use fonts, biblatex to print publications and textpos for the aside.
Coverletter
Options
Several class options are available:
a4paper
: Changes layout to A4.nocolors
: Changes to black and white, leaves headers.noadress
: Removes letter head from layout.