Yew CV Template
Name on a solid band, sidebar on the right; Red Hat Display with Red Hat Mono, graphite palette. Dark theme: for PDFs read on screen. 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
- FontsRed Hat Display, Red Hat Mono
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 CV page 2
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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 CV page 2
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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 CV page 2 | Second page: competitions, exhibitions, publications, skills, references | Evidence that backs up page one; consistent dates and order |
| 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
- Red Hat Display BoldYour name
- Lead
- Red Hat Display RegularYour role under the name
- Title
- Red Hat Display BoldPage titles (projects page)
- Heading
- Red Hat Display SemiBoldJob titles, degrees, project names
- Body
- Red Hat Display RegularProfile, descriptions, letter text
- Data
- Red Hat Mono RegularOffices, places, dates, contact, lists
- Label
- Red Hat Mono Medium capsSection labels
- Caption
- Red Hat Mono RegularImage captions
- Folio
- Red Hat Mono Regular capsFooter
Colours
- Paper
#1B1B1B - Ink
#F2F0EB - Grey
#9A978F - Accent
#E4C59A
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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Academic / grad schoolDolomite
Header with an optional photo, section labels in a margin column; Space Grotesk with Space Mono, blueprint palette.
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Academic / grad schoolIroko
Large stacked name, sidebar on the left; DM Sans with DM Mono, sage palette.
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Academic / grad schoolNickel
Name left, contact right, two columns; Public Sans throughout, klein palette.