Zellige CV Template
Header with an optional photo, two columns; Red Hat Display throughout, navy 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.
- Pages2
- FormatsA4, US Letter
- Opens inInDesign, Affinity Publisher
- FontsRed Hat Display
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 with projects | A one-page CV with three project images along the bottom | Fit to the job, and a first look at the work before the portfolio |
| 02 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 SemiBoldYour name
- Lead
- Red Hat Display LightYour role under the name
- Title
- Red Hat Display SemiBoldPage titles (projects page)
- Heading
- Red Hat Display SemiBoldJob titles, degrees, project names
- Body
- Red Hat Display RegularProfile, descriptions, letter text
- Data
- Red Hat Display RegularOffices, places, dates, contact, lists
- Label
- Red Hat Display Medium capsSection labels
- Caption
- Red Hat Display RegularImage captions
- Folio
- Red Hat Display Regular capsFooter
Colours
- Paper
#F5F1E8 - Ink
#14213D - Grey
#6B7488 - Accent
#D1495B
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.


