Birch CV Template
Centred name and one-line contact, sidebar on the right; Karla throughout, chalk palette. A CV template for architects and architecture students, with a cover letter on the same letterhead. Sections sit on a 12-column grid and use one set of styles, so the CV stays tidy however much you change it.
- Pages3
- FormatsA4, US Letter
- Opens inInDesign, Affinity Publisher
- FontsKarla
Every page
A4 and US Letter carry the same pages, so you can send the size each country expects.
A4 210 x 297 mm
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01 CV
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02 Selected projects
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03 Cover letter
US Letter 8.5 x 11 in
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01 CV
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02 Selected projects
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03 Cover letter
Page by page
What goes on each page, and what a reader looks for there.
| Page | What goes here | What a reader looks for |
|---|---|---|
| 01 CV | Name, role, contact; profile, experience and education in the main column; software, skills and languages beside | Fit to the job in ten seconds: role, years, software, the part you did |
| 02 Selected projects | Three projects, each with one image, title, data and one sentence | Range and quality of work at a glance; your role in each |
| 03 Cover letter | Cover letter on the same letterhead: date, recipient, subject, four short paragraphs | Why this office, what you bring, what you want to learn; one page |
Type and colour
Paragraph styles
- Display
- Karla BoldYour name
- Lead
- Karla LightYour role under the name
- Title
- Karla BoldPage titles (projects page)
- Heading
- Karla SemiBoldJob titles, degrees, project names
- Body
- Karla RegularProfile, descriptions, letter text
- Data
- Karla RegularOffices, places, dates, contact, lists
- Label
- Karla Medium capsSection labels
- Caption
- Karla RegularImage captions
- Folio
- Karla Regular capsFooter
Colours
- Paper
#FAFAF7 - Ink
#111111 - Grey
#85857F - Accent
#111111
Recolour the whole document by editing one swatch. All fonts are free under the SIL Open Font License and come in the download.
What is in the download
- Editable InDesign IDML for both formats: master pages, paragraph styles, swatches and labelled frames. Opens in InDesign CC 2019 or later and in Affinity Publisher.
- Preview PDF and page images of both formats, to see the layout before you open anything.
- The fonts, free under the SIL Open Font License.
- A user guide: the grid, styles, filling it in and exporting the PDF.
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GraduateBasalt
Centred name and one-line contact, sidebar on the right; IBM Plex Sans with IBM Plex Mono, concrete palette.
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GraduateGranite
Name on a solid band, section labels in a margin column; Manrope with JetBrains Mono, slate palette.
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GraduateLarch
Header with an optional photo, sidebar on the left; Schibsted Grotesk with Red Hat Mono, nightblue palette. Dark theme: for PDFs read on screen.