Bold resume theme
Blackline
Thick black section rules and a large sans identity give a stark graphic character. Keep generous space around the rules and prevent them from overwhelming shorter entries.
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- Style
- Bold
- Layout
- Single column
- Colour
- Black and white
- Used by
- New
- Made by
- JSON Resume Team
Use Blackline
On jsonresume.org
In the editor, pick Blackline from the Theme menu and save. Your page at jsonresume.org/@you changes straight away.
Open the editorNo resume here yet? Start one in Blackline: 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": "blackline" }Try it on your resume first
Add ?theme=blackline to your link, like jsonresume.org/@you?theme=blackline. Nothing is saved.
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