Classic resume theme
Modern Classic
Professional, timeless resume with humanist sans-serif typography. Print-optimized with perfect balance between aesthetics and ATS compliance.
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- Style
- Classic
- Layout
- Single column
- Colour
- Blue
- Used by
- 8 public resumes
- Made by
- JSON Resume Team
Use Modern Classic
On jsonresume.org
In the editor, pick Modern Classic from the Theme menu and save. Your page at jsonresume.org/@you changes straight away.
Open the editorNo resume here yet? Start one in Modern Classic: 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": "modern-classic" }Try it on your resume first
Add ?theme=modern-classic to your link, like jsonresume.org/@you?theme=modern-classic. Nothing is saved.
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With jsonresume.org connected, say “Switch my resume theme to Modern Classic.”
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