CV automated formatting with Quarto and typstcv

My CV and resume (various versions in ENG and ITA) made with quarto & the typstcv R pckg (See source code here).

• The CV/resume (different versions) is written in *.qmd files.
• My information are stored in data/ folder as *.csv files.
• My publications/talks are stored in data/ folder as *.bib files.
• I started form the typstcv template file and then make some formatting changes tweaking the _extensions/lulliter/awesomecv/typst-template.typ.
• The final CVs are stored in the docs/ folder ("gitignored") as *.pdf files.
• The renv.lock file is used to keep track of the R environment (🤞🏻).
  • Do renv::status() to check the status of the environment (project may be ahead or behind the lockfile).
  • Do renv::snapshot() to update the lockfile (and put it in sync with the project).

TO DO

• redo the *.csv files with the data/ folder for a PHARMA resume
• 🟠 CAmbiare CV lungo come CV anonimo su: pubb, seminari e DS proj

What is typst?

typst is a new markup-based typesetting system that is designed to be as powerful as LaTeX while being much easier to learn and use.

Source: Nicola Rennie's blog post It can be installed on macOS with

# shell
brew install typst

How do typst and Quarto interact?

Check it out here

With the latest 1.4 release of Quarto, you can now use typst as an output format!

# shell
quarto --version # 1.4.550

How to use typst as a format?

# YAML
---
title: "Hello Typst!"
format: typst
---

How to use typstcv (specifically) as a format?

typstcv provides helper functions for rendering a CV like this.

This can be installed with:

# R
install.packages("typstcv", repos = "https://kazuyanagimoto.r-universe.dev") 

Basically it is a *.qmd file that has format...

# YAML 
---
format:
  awesomecv-typst:
    font-paths: ["PATH_TO_FONT"]
---    

...and is rendered into a *.pdf file.

• it allows fontawesome icons
• it allows SVG icons
• it basically helps with a resume_entry() function that makes it easier to write a CV.
• the final, rendered, cv*.pdf files are saved in the docs/ folder

Under the hood, the extension awesomecv-typst has 2 key files:

• _extensions/kazuyanagimoto/awesomecv/typst-template.typ ~ the core template file. It defines the styling of the document.
• _extensions/kazuyanagimoto/awesomecv/typst-show.typ ~ a file that calls the template. It maps Pandoc metadata to template function arguments. .

Output

This is how my final CV renders:

Acknowledgments

I am grateful for the very helpful work of Kazuharu Yanagimoto, who is the creator of the typstcv package 👏🏻.