inkhaven-poster

Typst design system for printing Inkhaven residents' featured essays as large-format posters for the in-person Inkhaven Fair.

Most residents do not need this repo directly — the portal wizard on inkhaven.blog generates a PDF from their featured post. This repo is for residents who want to compile locally from Typst source, and for the team who maintain the shared design system.

Install as a local Typst package

Clone into your Typst local package cache. Typst resolves @local/<name>:<version> by looking here:

git clone https://github.com/lesswrong2/inkhaven-poster \
  ~/.cache/typst/packages/local/inkhaven-poster/0.1.0

git clone creates the intermediate directories for you.

Compile the sample

cp ~/.cache/typst/packages/local/inkhaven-poster/0.1.0/examples/sample-essay.typ my-poster.typ
typst compile my-poster.typ

Produces my-poster.pdf next to the source.

Fonts: v0.1 asks for Libertinus Serif with New Computer Modern as a fallback. NCM ships with Typst, so compile always succeeds; install Libertinus system-wide for the intended look.

Writing your own poster

A poster source is a normal .typ file that starts with:

#import "@local/inkhaven-poster:0.1.0": *

#show: poster.with(
  title: "Your title",
  author: "Your name",
  blog: "your-blog-name",   // optional — renders in the byline between author and date
  date: "2026-04-15",
  paper: "24x36in",         // 11x17in | 18x24in | 24x36in | 36x48in
  orientation: "landscape", // landscape | portrait
)

= Optional top-level heading

The body is real Typst — paragraphs, headings, *emphasis*,
#link("https://example.com")[inline links], #image("figure.png", width: 100%),
and so on.

The column count is chosen automatically from the paper size and orientation; override with columns: 5 (or any integer) if you need.

Uploading your PDF

When you are happy with the output, upload the PDF through the portal wizard at https://www.inkhaven.blog/portal — the team uses the portal to collect every poster before sending the print order.