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Typesetting your academic CV in L^aT_eX

There are several dedicated packages to typeset a curriculum vitæ or a resume in L^aT_eX, such as europecv or ecv. For some reason I've always found these solutions not flexible enough to suit my needs. This is why I opted for a standard (article) class as a basis for my CV.

Some T_eX distributions such as XeTeX allow you not only to benefit of the advanced typesetting features available in L^aT_eX, but also to use in your documents expert fonts such as Hoefler Text, Adobe Garamond Pro and to edit T_eX sources in your native (Western or non-Western) writing system.

The following are custom templates I use to typeset an academic curriculum vitæ in XeTeX. You are free to download them and modify them to typeset your own curriculum.

For my CV I currently use a template compiled in XeTeX with ITC Officina Serif as main typeface and ITC Officina Sans for headings.

Features

• Access to expert font features (such as ligatures, contextuals, glyph variants) (via the fontspec package)
• Unicode-readytemplates
• Custom heading fonts (via the sectsty package)
• Alternate ampersands
• Clickable hyperlinks (via the hyperref package)
• Hanging notes

Requirements

(All the required software is included in the MacTeX distribution)

• A XeTeX distribution
• The fontspec package
• (optional) A graphical T_eX editor, e.g. TeXShop
• (optional) Expert fonts

1. Fontin

(Requires the free fonts Fontin and Fontin Sans)

Downloads

• source: cv_template_xetex_fontin.tex
• output: cv_template_xetex_fontin.pdf

Version

2. Gentium Basic

(Requires the free font Gentium Basic)

Downloads

• source: cv_template_xetex_gentium.tex
• output: cv_template_xetex_gentium.pdf

Version

3. ITC Officina

(Requires the commercial fonts ITC Officina Sans and ITC Officina Serif)

Downloads

• source: cv_template_xetex_officina.tex
• output: cv_template_xetex_officina.pdf

Version

4. Caslon

(Requires the commercial font Adobe Caslon Pro)

Downloads

• source: cv_template_xetex_caslon.tex
• output: cv_template_xetex_caslon.pdf

Version

5. Hoefler Text+Optima

(Uses Hoefler Text and Optima, two expert fonts bundled with Mac OS X)

Downloads

• source: cv_template_xetex_hoefler.tex
• output: cv_template_xetex_hoefler.pdf

Version

Getting expert fonts

X_ƎT_eX gives the best results with expert fonts such as those based on OpenType technology. Most of them can be purchased from digital foundries, but Mac OS comes bundled with a number of excellent fonts with expert features (e.g. Hoefler Text, Optima, Skia, Apple Chancery, Zapfino). More free OpenType fonts are available on the net. Check out for example the Gentium, Charis SIL and Doulos SIL fonts from SIL, Cardo by David J. Perry, the free fonts designed by Jos Buivenga (the creator of Fontin), or this amazing collection of professional quality fonts selected by Vitaly Friedman.

Disclaimer

The above templates are provided for free and without any guarantee that they will correctly compile on your system if you have a non-standard configuration. Fonts used in the above templates are not included in the downloads and must be already installed on your system. You can modify the fontspec settings in the document header to use any TrueType, OpenType or AAT font available on your system. For plain L^aT_eX templates, see Matthew Boedicker's examples.

External Links

• fontspec: An automatic interface to feature-rich fonts in X_ƎT_eX by Will Robertson.
• ecv: a fancy Curriculum Vitae class.
• europecv: an unofficial class for European curricula vitae.
• LaTeX Resume Tips by Matthew Boedicker.
• LaTex: Professional Résumé layout made simple by Kamil Wójcicki

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