Typst manuscripts

A template repo to jumpstart writing typst manuscripts.

How to use

• First, click on the button on the top-right to use this repository as your template.
• Second, install the Typst compiler, and be sure that you can use typst from the command line.
• Go in the root of the (cloned) project and run:

  typst watch src/main.typ target/main.pdf --font-path src/resources/fonts --open 

This should open your default PDF viewer to preview your document as you type (and save it). The same command above can be found in ./compile so you can just run that script. You can find the finished, compiled output in target/main.pdf.

You're done!

Template information

The template is for a pretty standard one-column paper manuscript. You get pretty authors with OrcIDs, acronyms, bibliography, and more.

• To add new acronyms, edit the src/resources/acronyms.typ file.
• To change the bibliography, add them to src/resources/refs.bib in bibtex format.
• Add images into the src/resources/images/ directory in any format you like.
• To hide the draft box after the abstract, pass work_in_progress: false at the start of main.typ.

Font

This template bundles and uses by default the Atkinson Hyperlegible font. It follows its own license, which you can read. It only forbids selling the font itself. You are free to do anything you like with a document that uses the font, including selling it or repackaging it.

Using the Atkinson Hyperlegible font helps people with partially impaired vision read and enjoy your work. I also find it very pleasing on the eyes. You can read more about the font (and download more copies) at https://brailleinstitute.org/freefont