Retro resume theme
Eighties Modern
A sharp geometric masthead, violet keylines and an offset supporting rail evoke eighties modernism. Avoid neon body text, gradients and decorative grids behind applicant content.
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- Style
- Retro
- Layout
- Right sidebar
- Colour
- Purple and pink
- Used by
- New
- Made by
- JSON Resume Team
Use Eighties Modern
On jsonresume.org
In the editor, pick Eighties Modern from the Theme menu and save. Your page at jsonresume.org/@you changes straight away.
Open the editorNo resume here yet? Start one in Eighties Modern: 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": "eighties-modern" }Try it on your resume first
Add ?theme=eighties-modern to your link, like jsonresume.org/@you?theme=eighties-modern. Nothing is saved.
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With jsonresume.org connected, say “Switch my resume theme to Eighties Modern.”
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