daniel-eder / typst-template-jku

Typst Template: JKU Dissertation

A typst template conforming with the requirements of the Johannes Kepler University Linz for a dissertation.

The template is based on https://github.com/zagoli/simple-typst-thesis.

Usage Notes

Presuming that you are familiar with typst and have an environment set up all you need to do to use this template is:

1. download it (or better: create a repository based on this template)
2. leave ./src/template and the files in it unmodified, unless you want to change how the template works
3. add your content to ./src/main.typ (optionally, of course, including other files in ./src/main.typ)
4. add your literary sources to ./src/literature.bib (e.g. by exporting from Zotero)

Choosing a citation style

The template comes with OSCOLA citation style pre-set. To change this:

1. download the desired citation style in CSL format, e.g. from https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/
2. place the file in ./src/<my-style>.csl (of course, replace <my-style> with the name of the file you downloaded)
3. open ./src/main.typ
4. navigate to the bottom and finde #bibliography("literature.bib", style: "./oscola-no-ibid.csl", title: [Bibliography])
5. change the style parameter to style: "./<my-style>.csl" (of course, replace <my-style> with the name of the file you downloaded)

Style changes

Most style changes for can be made by editing ./src/template/styles/default.typ. The other files in the ./src/template/styles folder may also be of interest. ./src/template/styles/content.typ allows to make style changes that only affect content pages but not the pages up to the table of contents.

New page for level 1 headings (chapters)

By default each chapter starts on a new page. To change this

1. open ./src/template/styles/default.typ
2. find show heading.where(level: 1): it => [
3. and in that block remove (or comment out) #pagebreak(weak: true)

Large vertical space before level 1 headings (chapters)

By default each chapter heading has a large vertical space before it. To change this

1. open ./src/template/styles/default.typ
2. find show heading.where(level: 1): it => [
3. and in that block find the first #v(<x.y>cm)
4. And set it to a lower value, e.g. #v(0.5cm)

License

This project follows the REUSE standard for software licensing. Each file contains copyright and license information, and license texts can be found in the ./LICENSES folder. For more information visit https://reuse.software/.

The main template files are licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.