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Work Sample Templates

A short work sample (8 pages): two projects told with an opener and two pages each, one single-page project and a back page. Many offices ask for this before the full portfolio.

  • Templates10
  • FormatsLandscape A3, Portrait A4
  • FilesIDML
  • Opens inInDesign, Affinity Publisher

The 10 templates

Same pages, different typography and colour. Each one comes with its fonts and a user guide.

  • Sample work sample template: cover

    Sample

    Archivo throughout, charcoal palette; cover: a centred image and your name.

    8 pages · Archivo

  • Excerpt work sample template: cover

    Excerpt

    Manrope with JetBrains Mono, concrete palette; cover: full-bleed image with your name on a panel.

    8 pages · JetBrains Mono + Manrope

  • Teaser work sample template: cover

    Teaser

    Libre Franklin throughout, sage palette; cover: your name above a full-width image band.

    8 pages · Libre Franklin

  • Primer work sample template: cover

    Primer

    Syne with Inter, ochre palette; cover: six images as a grid beside your name.

    8 pages · Inter + Syne

  • Digest work sample template: cover

    Digest

    Schibsted Grotesk with Red Hat Mono, nightblue palette; cover: a centred image and your name.

    8 pages · Red Hat Mono + Schibsted Grotesk

  • Extract work sample template: cover

    Extract

    Karla throughout, teal palette; cover: full-bleed image with your name on a panel.

    8 pages · Karla

  • Glimpse work sample template: cover

    Glimpse

    Inter Tight with JetBrains Mono, klein palette; cover: your name above a full-width image band.

    8 pages · Inter Tight + JetBrains Mono

  • Precis work sample template: cover

    Precis

    DM Sans with DM Mono, copper palette; cover: six images as a grid beside your name.

    8 pages · DM Mono + DM Sans

  • Snippet work sample template: cover

    Snippet

    Unbounded with Figtree, navy palette; cover: a centred image and your name.

    8 pages · Figtree + Unbounded

  • Trailer work sample template: cover

    Trailer

    Barlow Condensed with Barlow, datum palette; cover: full-bleed image with your name on a panel.

    8 pages · Barlow + Barlow Condensed

What is in each download

  • Editable IDML files in every format: Landscape A3, Portrait A4.
  • Preview images of every format, to see the layout before you open anything.
  • The fonts, free under the SIL Open Font License.
  • A user guide: formats, styles, placing images and exporting.

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