Style Options

Resumx exposes a set of style options you can override to customize your resume without touching your Markdown.

Overriding Styles

Set style: in frontmatter to override any option:

---
style:
  font-family: 'Inter, sans-serif'
  section-title-color: '#2563eb'
  section-title-border: none
---

You can also override via --style on the CLI. See the CLI Reference for details.

Priority: CLI --style > Frontmatter > Defaults

Options Reference

Typography

Variable	Default	Description
font-family	'Georgia', serif	Base font stack (used by title and content when not set)
title-font-family	var(--font-family)	Font for name (h1) and section headings (h2)
content-font-family	var(--font-family)	Font for body text, entry titles (h3), bullets, etc.
font-size	11pt	Base font size (10–12pt recommended)
line-height	1.4	Line height ratio

Colors

Variable	Default	Description
text-color	#333	Main text color
link-color	#0563bb	Link color
background-color	#fff	Page background

Headings

Variable	Default	Description
name-size	1.85rem	Name (h1) font size
name-caps	small-caps	Name capitalization (small-caps, all-small-caps, normal)
name-weight	normal	Name font weight
name-italic	normal	Name italic (normal, italic)
name-color	var(--text-color)	Name (h1) color
section-title-size	1.25rem	Section (h2) font size
section-title-caps	normal	Section title capitalization
section-title-weight	bold	Section title font weight
section-title-italic	normal	Section title italic (normal, italic)
section-title-color	var(--text-color)	Section title color
section-title-border	1.5px solid var(--section-title-color)	Section title underline border
header-align	center	Header alignment (left, center, right)
section-title-align	left	Section title alignment
entry-title-size	1.05rem	Entry (h3) font size
entry-title-weight	bold	Entry title font weight
entry-title-italic	normal	Entry title italic (normal, italic)

Links

Variable	Default	Description
link-underline	none	Link underline style (underline, none)

Spacing

Variable	Default	Description
page-margin-x	0.5in	Horizontal page margin
page-margin-y	0.5in	Vertical page margin
gap	1	Unitless scale factor for all vertical gaps
section-gap	10px	Gap between sections (scaled by gap)
entry-gap	5px	Gap between entries (scaled by gap)
row-gap	2px	Vertical gap between list items, definition list rows, and table rows (scaled by gap)
col-gap	12px	Column gap for definition lists and tables
list-indent	1.2em	List indentation

Lists

Variable	Default	Description
bullet-style	disc	Bullet point style (disc, circle, square, none)

Features

Variable	Default	Description
auto-icons	inline	Icon display (inline, none)

Style Recipes

A few style: snippets that create distinct looks using only variable overrides.

Classic Serif (the default)

style:
  font-family: "'Georgia', serif"
  header-align: center
  name-caps: normal

No overrides needed, this is what you get out of the box.

Zurich

Warm serif with small-caps name and colored section headers.

style:
  font-family: "'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, Georgia, serif"
  name-caps: small-caps
  section-title-color: '#c43218'
  section-title-border: 1.5px solid var(--section-title-color)

Seattle

Clean sans-serif with left-aligned header and muted section borders.

style:
  font-family: "'Arial', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif"
  text-color: '#2d3748'
  section-title-border: 2px solid #b0b5be
  header-align: left
  bullet-style: circle

Minimal

No section borders, tight spacing, all-caps section titles.

style:
  section-title-border: none
  section-title-caps: uppercase
  section-gap: 6px
  entry-gap: 3px

Bold Modern

Strong contrast with a vibrant blue theme.

style:
  font-family: "'Inter', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif"
  name-weight: bold
  section-title-color: '#2563eb'
  link-color: '#2563eb'