modern-cv-typst

Template Description

• Generate beautiful CV in minutes
• Written in typst, inspired by LaTeX 'moderncv' package
• Easy to modify, seconds to build
• Color theme and visual style customization

Template Structure

• /src/definitions - template itself
• /src/resources - images, fonts, etc

CV Structure

• /src/my-config.typ - configuration file
• /src/my-cv.typ - CV body file
• /target/*.pdf - CV pdf file

Samples

Usage

Docker Build

• Build Image

  docker build -t cv-builder .

  (!) First build may take some time because of cargo indexing

• Build CV

  docker run -it --rm \
  -v ./src:/opt/cv/src -v ./target:/opt/cv/target \
  -e CV_NAME=CV_John_Doe \
  cv-builder
  

IDE (Optional)

• Install rust version manager:

  curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
  rustup-init

  (!) Remove existing rust system installations if any;

• Install typst:

  cargo install typst-cli
  cargo install typstyle

• Install VSCode Plugins

  Tinymist Typst
  PDF Preview
  

• Configure VSCode Typst plugin:

  1. Set typstyle as formatter
  2. Disable on-save PDF builds

• Hot reload builds:

  export TYPST_CV_NAME="CV_John_Doe" \
  typst watch \
     ./src/my-cv.typ \
  ./target/$TYPST_CV_NAME.pdf

• PDF to JPEG

  pdftoppm -jpeg -r 300 ./target/CV_John_Doe_1.pdf ./target CV_John_Doe_1

Troubleshooting

Fonts

• When changing fonts and font sizes, try to adjust *-padding variables in the configuration for better results

• If local build: fonts are taken from your host OS. Run following command to see fonts installed

  typst fonts
  

• If docker build: fonts are taken from the Docker container. Run following command to see fonts installed inside the container

  docker run -it --rm --entrypoint "typst" cv-builder fonts
  

Links

• Typst Docs
• Typst Package Repository
• Some hacks