legendCV – The Only Academic CV You’ll Ever Need

legendCV is a LaTeX template for creating an academic CV. This template is designed to be easy to use and customize, allowing you to create a polished and professional CV quickly.

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With Photo

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Features

• Customizable fonts and colors
• Sections for experience, research, publications, education, skills, workshops, miscellaneous, and references
• Easy to add contact details and profile picture
• Uses biblatex for managing publications

Getting Started

Prerequisites

To use this template, you need to have LaTeX installed on your system. You can download and install LaTeX from here.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/akarahulg/legendCV.git
   cd legendCV

2. Open the cvrahul.tex file in your favorite LaTeX editor.

Usage

1. Customize your CV by editing the cvrahul.tex file. You can change the fonts, colors, and contact details as needed.

2. Add your content to the respective section files:

   • experience.tex
   • research.tex
   • publications.tex
   • education.tex
   • skills.tex
   • workshops.tex
   • miscellaneous.tex
   • references.tex

3. publications.bib is where you add all the BibTex of your publications. You can add conference proceedings and papers that are in preparation. Give the subheadings as needed from the following tex snippet:

   \printbibliography[heading={subbibliography},title={Journal Articles},type=article]
   \printbibliography[heading={subbibliography},title={In Preparation},type=unpublished]
   \printbibliography[heading={subbibliography},title={Conference Proceedings},type=inproceedings]

4. Compile the cvrahul.tex file using your LaTeX editor or from the command line:

   pdflatex cvrahul.tex
   biber cvrahul
   pdflatex cvrahul.tex
   pdflatex cvrahul.tex

5. Your CV will be generated as cvrahul.pdf.

Customization

• Fonts: You can change the fonts used in the CV by modifying the font packages in the cvrahul.tex file.
• Colors: You can set the icon color using the \seticoncolor command in the cvrahul.tex file.
• Profile Picture: Uncomment the line with \cvheader that includes photo.png and add your profile picture to the project directory.

CV Commands

Here is an explanation of the custom CV commands available in the legendcv.sty file:

• \cvheader: Sets the name, job title, and optional photo.

  \cvheader[Job Title]{Name}{photo.png}

• \cvcontact: Adds a contact detail with an icon.

  \cvcontact{\faEnvelope[regular]}{mailto:your.email@example.com}{your.email@example.com}

• \printheader: Prints the header with the name, job title, and contact details.

  \printheader

• \cventry: Adds an entry to the CV with an icon, title, and date range.

  \cventry[Optional Description]{icon}{Title}{Start Date}{End Date}

• \cvbigentry: Adds a detailed entry with an icon, degree, institution, and date range.

  \cvbigentry[Optional Topic]{icon}{Degree}{Institution}{Start Date}{End Date}

• \cvskill: Adds a skill entry with an icon, skill name, and description.

  \cvskill{Skill Name}{icon}{Description}

• \cvdescitem: Adds a description item with a bullet icon.

  \cvdescitem{Description}

• \cvdescpara: Adds a description paragraph.

  \cvdescpara{Description}

• \cvspacer: Adds space between entries.

  \cvspacer

• \cvsection: Adds a section header with a gradient background.

  \cvsection{Section Title}

• \cvsubsection: Adds a subsection header.

  \cvsubsection{Subsection Title}

• \cvonelineentry: Adds a one-line entry with an icon and description.

  \cvonelineentry[Date]{icon}{Description}

Example

Here is an example of how to define your contact details in the cvrahul.tex file:

\cvcontact{\faEnvelope[regular]}{mailto:your.email@example.com}{your.email@example.com}
\cvcontact{\faLinkedin}{https://linkedin.com/in/yourprofile}{yourprofile}
\cvcontact{\faGithub}{https://github.com/yourusername}{yourusername}
\cvcontact{\faGlobe}{http://yourwebsite.com/}{yourwebsite.com}
\cvcontact{\faMapMarker}{Your Address}{Your Address}