Just another CV class for LaTeX - but this time highly customizable!

This project can be regarded as a major rewrite of the original twentysecondcv class. It does not aim to provide a new CV style that you can't find anywhere else, but rather takes a very well established one and adds a straightforward user interface to almost all layout elements and thus creates a highly customizable framework-class: FortySecondsCV.

Just try it yourself starting from template.tex!

When you should use twentysecondcv or altacv or any other LaTeX CV class:

• You are happy with the layout elements offered by the existing CV class styles
• You don't need to change paper sizes / formats at all
• You don't want to customize your CV further

When you should use the FortySecondsCV class:

• You like to build a CV optimized for 2 pages incl. a sidebar (with option for additional pages)
• You want to highly customize your CV using a great palette of colors and layout elements
• You don't want to modify any definition in the class file
• You prefer an easy to use user interface to almost all style elements
• You need a cleanly written class file in case you decide to change low-level class definitions

• This LaTeX CV class is based on the style ideas of the twentysecondscv class by Carmine Spagnuolo
• Language icons in the template are taken from gosquared's repository

• You need to compile your document with XeLaTeX in order to have the latest Font Awesome icons (fontawesome5). If you still want to compile with pdfLaTeX for whatever reason, FortySecondsCV will fall back to the older icon package (fontawesome), where some icons look different and some others are not even included.

Possible options that can be passed to FortySecondsCV are:

• all valid options for the standard article class like e.g. a4paper
• showframes will show frames around the sidebar and body texts that help to adjust margins correctly.
• maincolor=<color> sets the color that is used for the entire sidebar incl. headings, icons and charts. Many colors are derived from it.
• sectioncolor=<color> sets the color of section headings in the body text.
• subsectioncolor=<color> same as sectioncolor for subsections.
• sidebarwidth=<length> sets the total width of the sidebar, i.e. the width of the visible sidebar color.
• topbottommargin=<length> sets the top and bottom page margin for both columns.
• leftrightmargin=<length> sets the left and right page margin for both columns as well as how much space will be between both columns.

Note:

• Lengths can be specified in any absolute length unit, e.g. em for widths, ex for heights or relative ones like 0.5\paperheight or 0.3\linewidth.
• Colors can be picked from the entire catalogue provided by the dvipsnames, svgnames and x11names options of the xcolor package. See xcolor package documentation for details and color tables.

Sidebars on front and back of the CV are generated using the commands \makefrontsidebar and \makebacksidebar within the document part of the LaTeX code. It is recommended to use \newpage immediately before \makebacksidebar.

• Layout elements in front and back sidebar can be added either by using

  \addtofrontsidebar{}
  \addtobacksidebar{}

  where some pre-defined elements like profile picture, name and jobtitle are already set, or completely redefine them using

  \renewcommand{\makefrontsidebar}{%
    \begin{sidebar}
      <your code>
    \end{sidebar}
  }

  • The sidebar environment makes sure that all elements will be positioned correctly within the left column (sidebar) of each page.
  • Using the sidebar environment, you can also add more sidebar definitions for additional pages easily.

• Set personal information via

    % profile picture
    \cvprofilepic{pics/profile.png}
    % your name
    \cvname{Panda Bear}
    % job title/career
    \cvjobtitle{Panda Scientist,\\[0.2em] Panda of the Year}
    % date of birth
    \cvbirthday{Mar 7, 2019}
    % short address/location, use \newline if more than 1 line is required
    \cvaddress{Park Ave.~1, 555 555 B-Woods}
    % phone number
    \cvphone{+86 555 555 555}
    % personal website
    \cvsite{https://pandascience.net}
    % email address
    \cvmail{[email protected]}
    % pgp key
    \cvkey{4096R/FF00FF00}{0xAABBCCDDFF00FF00}
    % add additional information
    \newcommand{\additional}{some more?}

  • The email address will be automatically linked with mailto:email.
  • For the pgp key, the first argument defines the displayed text which is linked to a keyserver searching for the ID in the second argument. For safety, you should use your key's long ID or its fingerprint in the second argument.
  • The \additional macro shows how to define new lines.

• The personal information table can also be reconfigured completely via

  \renewcommand{\personaltable}{%
    \begin{personal}[0.8em]
      \circleicon{\faKey}      & \cvkey  \\
      \circleicon{\faAt}       & \cvmail \\
      \circleicon{\faGlobe}    & \cvsite \\
      \circleicon{\faPhone}    & \cvphone \\
      \circleicon{\faEnvelope} & \cvaddress \\
      \circleicon{\faInfo}     & \cvbirthday \\
      % add another line
      \circleicon{\faQuestion} & \additional
    \end{personal}
  }

  • You can use all predefined macros like \cvphone etc. but also define new ones as shown above and use them in your own table.
  • The second argument sets the space between icons and corresponding text.

• Section heading

  \profilesection{<section title>}

• Simple skill containing only an icon and some text and with optional indentation

  \skill[<indent>]{<icon>}{<text>}

• Pointskill consisting of an icon, text and number of points with maximum 5.
  Some examples:

  \pointskill{<icon>}{<text>}{<points>}

  creates a skill using a Font Awesome icon with some text and a ranking of 3 out of 5 points.

  \pointskill{\flag{DE.png}}{German}{5}

  creates a language skill using a flag-icon, which has to be indicated using the \flag command in order to inform the class that the icon should not be colored in the \maincolor.

• Barskill consisting of an icon, text and percentage of how far the skillbar should be filled

  \barskill{<icon>}{<text>}{<percentage>} 

• "About me" text

  \aboutme{<text spanning multiple lines>}

• Rounded and colored label for e.g. charts and other graphics

  \chartlabe{<text>}

• Wheel chart

  \wheelchart{<outer radius>}{<inner radius>}{%
    <percentage>/<spacing>/<color>/<text>,
    <percentage>/<spacing>/<color>/<text>
  }

  • percentages should add up to 100

• Memberships

  \begin{memberships}
    \membership{<logo>}{<text>}
    \membership{<logo>}{<text>}
    \membership{<logo>}{<text>}
  \end{memberships}

The right column of the CV containing tables for sth. like "working experience" has to be defined within the document environment.

• Section and subsection headings

  \cvsection
  \subsection

• CV items should be enclosed by cvtable, independent of the item type. Possible types are:

  \begin{cvtable}
    \cvitem{<dates>}{<title>}{<location>}{<description>}
    \cvitem{<dates>}{<title>}{<location>}{}
    \cvitemshort{<key>}{<description>}
  \end{cvtable}

  • cvitem including a description will make the title bold, left-align the date, right-align the location and put the description indented on the next line
  • cvitem missing a description will add a one-line item in the style of the former one but with a "normal" title instead of a bold one.
  • cvitemshort left-aligns <key> followed by its description

• Profile picture styles

  \profileroundedcorners

  is the one visible in the example below

  \profilecircle

  clipped to a circle as in the original twentysecondcv class

• Name and jobtitle combination with proper spacing, font and color

  \nameandjob
  

• Finalizing the CV with a place, date and signature as common practice in e.g. Germany is done via

  \cvsignature

• Change font either by loading the corresponding package, e.g. for google noto font

  \RequirePackage[sfdefault]{noto} % use noto google font

  or by using XeLaTeX's option to load local fonts directly via fontspec

  \RequirePackage[quiet]{fontspec}
  \newfontfamily\headingfont[Path = fonts/]{segoeuib.ttf}