quartoCV

A modular resume and CV system built with Quarto. Write your content once in small, focused section files and compile to a polished PDF and Word document with a single command. Reordering, adding, or removing entries is as simple as editing a list.

This repo ships with a fictional example resume so you can see exactly what the output looks like before swapping in your own content.

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What this produces

File	Description
FinalProducts/StandardResume.pdf	Single-column, consulting-style PDF
FinalProducts/WordResume.docx	Formatted Word document

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Quick start

Already have Quarto and LaTeX?

make

Want to use Docker instead (no installs needed)?

docker build -t quartocv .
make docker-render

Need to set up first? Jump to:

• Set up with Docker — Mac, Linux, or Windows
• Install Quarto on Mac
• Install Quarto on Linux
• Install Quarto on Windows

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How content is organized

sections/
  header.qmd          # Name and contact line
  education/          # One .qmd file per school
  work/               # One .qmd file per job
  leadership/         # One .qmd file per role
StandardResume.qmd    # PDF layout — assembles sections with {{< include >}}
WordResume.qmd        # Word layout — same content as Markdown tables
preamble_consulting.tex   # LaTeX macros that control the visual style

To reorder entries, edit the {{< include >}} list in StandardResume.qmd and WordResume.qmd. To edit an entry's content, open the corresponding file in sections/.

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Make commands

Command	What it does
make	Build both PDF and Word outputs
make docker-render	Build both outputs inside Docker
make FinalProducts/StandardResume.pdf	Build only the PDF
make FinalProducts/WordResume.docx	Build only the Word file
make clean	Delete all generated outputs

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Customizing the style

• Margins, font size, page size — YAML front matter at the top of StandardResume.qmd
• Section heading and entry spacing — preamble_consulting.tex
• Word document fonts and heading styles — open resume-reference.docx in Word, modify the named styles (Heading 1, Heading 2, etc.), and save

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Set up with Docker (recommended)

Docker handles everything — Quarto, LaTeX, and fonts — inside a container. Nothing gets installed on your machine.

Install Docker

• Mac: Docker Desktop for Mac
• Windows: Docker Desktop for Windows — requires WSL 2 (Docker Desktop will prompt you to enable it)
• Linux: Docker Engine for your distro

Build the image (one time only)

docker build -t quartocv .

This takes a few minutes the first time. You won't need to do it again unless the Dockerfile changes.

Build your resume

make docker-render

Windows: make is not available by default. Either run this inside WSL 2 (recommended), or install Make for Windows and run it from PowerShell.

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Install Quarto on Mac

1. Install Quarto

brew install quarto

Or download the .pkg installer from quarto.org/docs/get-started.

2. Install a LaTeX engine

quarto install tinytex

Or install the full MacTeX distribution if you prefer.

3. Install Python

brew install python

Or download from python.org. Python 3.8+ is required.

4. Build

make

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Install Quarto on Linux

1. Install Quarto

Download the .deb or .rpm package for your distro from quarto.org/docs/get-started, then install it:

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo dpkg -i quarto-*.deb

# Fedora/RHEL
sudo rpm -i quarto-*.rpm

2. Install LaTeX and fonts

sudo apt install texlive-xetex texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-fonts-extra

# Times New Roman
sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
sudo fc-cache -f

3. Install Python

sudo apt install python3

4. Build

make

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Install Quarto on Windows

1. Install Quarto

Download the .msi installer from quarto.org/docs/get-started and run it.

2. Install a LaTeX engine

Open a terminal and run:

quarto install tinytex

Or install MiKTeX, which handles package downloads automatically on first use.

3. Install Python

Download and install Python 3.8+ from python.org. Check "Add Python to PATH" during installation.

4. Install Make

make is not included with Windows. The easiest option is to use WSL 2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) and follow the Linux instructions above. Alternatively, install Make for Windows and run commands from PowerShell.

5. Build

make