moderncv themes

Question

Are there any available themes for moderncv other than classic and casual?

I googled it but no luck.

Answer 1

The themes for moderncv are located in files named moderncvstyle<name>.sty which are loaded by moderncv as sub-packages. In earlier versions they were named moderncvtheme<name>.sty instead, but this got changed (which broke my documents until I figured it out). You must rename existing older custom themes to match the new name in order to be found.

There are only three of these files included with moderncv:

• moderncvstylecasual.sty
• moderncvstyleclassic.sty
• moderncvstyleempty.sty

The empty theme is only minimal and doesn't include a real theme. There are no other files on CTAN which this names nor could I find others with a Google search. There is a possibility to create own themes, but no one seems to have posted one online yet.

Answer 2

The current version of moderncv (version 0.19 of Feb 06, 2012) has 4 styles (other than the dummy empty one):

• casual (default),
• classic,
• oldstyle, and
• banking,

and 7 color schemes:

• black,
• blue,
• green,
• grey,
• orange,
• purple, and
• red.

Answer 3

There is also the empty theme. You can relatively easily create you own theme, though.

If you are not satisfied with the output of moderncv, I suggest using one of these: http://rpi.edu/dept/arc/training/latex/resumes/