Retro resume theme
Letterpress Resume
A strong serif name, double warm-grey rules and spacious margins evoke letterpress typography. Keep the paper white and use real text rather than distressed or rasterised lettering.
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- Style
- Retro
- Layout
- Single column
- Colour
- Warm neutrals
- Used by
- New
- Made by
- JSON Resume Team
Use Letterpress Resume
On jsonresume.org
In the editor, pick Letterpress Resume from the Theme menu and save. Your page at jsonresume.org/@you changes straight away.
Open the editorNo resume here yet? Start one in Letterpress Resume: 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": "letterpress-resume" }Try it on your resume first
Add ?theme=letterpress-resume to your link, like jsonresume.org/@you?theme=letterpress-resume. Nothing is saved.
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With jsonresume.org connected, say “Switch my resume theme to Letterpress Resume.”
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