Minimal resume theme

Bare Serif

A single serif family handles the complete resume through careful changes of size and weight. Use no accent colour and only a thin rule beneath the identity.

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Style: Minimal
Layout: Single column
Colour: Black and white
Used by: New
Made by: JSON Resume Team

Use Bare Serif

On jsonresume.org

In the editor, pick Bare Serif from the Theme menu and save. Your page at jsonresume.org/@you changes straight away.

Open the editor

No resume here yet? Start one in Bare Serif: upload the one you have or answer a few questions.

In your resume.json

Set the theme in meta, whether your resume lives here or in a GitHub gist:

resume.json

"meta": { "theme": "bare-serif" }

Try it on your resume first

Add ?theme=bare-serif to your link, like jsonresume.org/@you?theme=bare-serif. Nothing is saved.

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With jsonresume.org connected, say “Switch my resume theme to Bare Serif.”

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