Questions tagged [moderncv]
{moderncv} is a document class for CVs (curriculum vitae) and Cover Letters.
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Some `fontawsome` icons cause build errors when enabling Japanese support
When using moderncv, enabling some kind of Japanese support (e.g. with luatexja or babel) makes it impossible to use some certain fontawesome icons, giving build errors such as Missing font identifier....
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Auto expansion is only possible with scalable fonts
I'm using moderncv package
Working inside VSCode's LaTeX Workshop extension
At compilation it gives:
[1{/home/kein/.texlive2021/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}
/home/kein/Documents/cv/...
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Unable to include hyperlink for linkedin on name in my cv because the section is before \begin document
\linkedin{name}{url}
put the nanme properly but misplaces the url to the top of the document.
I have imported \usepackage{hyperef}
and tried \linkdein \href{}{}
still not working
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Unable to use \verb inside \cvitem
I'm trying to include some \verb|text| inside the body of a cvitem.
Compare:
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,colorlinks,linkcolor=green]{moderncv}
\moderncvtheme[blue]{classic}
\firstname{Ducky}
\...
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Figure caption under \photo{} in moderncv
I would like to get a figure caption under the photo included via the \photo{} command in a modercv template.
Normally, I would add figure captions like this in Latex:
\begin{figure}
\caption{My ...
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extrainfo shall only appear in CV but not in cover letter
In moderncv, I add the line
\extrainfo{\faPassport~MyNationality}
to the preamble.
How can I let this information appear only on the CV but not on the cover letter?
As per this answer, this should be ...
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Itemize with a dash "-" (instead of a bullet) the nested "\itemize", and set vertical space among "\cventrylong"
I am trying to perform the Page breaks within moderncv, by following the @tjanez answer (he answered on Oct 16, 2013 at 12:24):
% customize the enumerate environments (i.e. enumerate, itemize, ...)
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write in different lines inside \cventry
I have the entry in my cv
\cventry{2012}{Traineeship}{Industry}
{city, country}
{Project}
What shows:
2012 Traineeship, Industry, city, country, Project
I wanted write "Project" in separated ...
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moderncv - Set email and social in latin text
My CV is in greek but I would like the LinkedIn and email to show up in latin text.
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,roman]{moderncv}
\moderncvtheme[blue]{classic}
\usepackage[LGR, T1]{fontenc}
\...
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Modern CV: Change Title
I use moderncv for my Resume and I want to change something in the title, but unfortunately I couldn't figure it out by myself.
\documentclass[11pt, a4paper]{moderncv}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel} %...
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CV title in both Greek and English
I want my CV title to be in Greek (name, address etc) but the email has to be in English. /selectlanguage{english} does not do the trick for the title. I have no issues with the rest of the document.
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Moderncv: Place picture next to a section on the right
I'm struggling to place a picture next to \cvline's in a section. It always displays on top of the \cvline text. I have space on the right where I want to place my profile picture. Can you guys tell ...
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Spacing issues in image captioning while using moderncv
I'm using moderncv and I want to add a caption to an inserted graphic. I'm currently using this code
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{MLPipeRS.png} \\
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Moderncv package provides error for optional arguments: why?
So I'm writing my CV using moderncv from TeXLive on Arch Linux. Note that I am on Emacs, where an expanding snippet for cventry gives me this suggestion: \cventry{year}{job}{employer}{city}{...
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Name, title and etc. does not appear using moderncv
\name, \title and \social (basically everything before the \begin{document} line) do not appear in my document. I've tried using XeLaTex, LuaLaTex, but it does not affect the output.
My code:
\...
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How can we remove the horizontal line in `moderncv` header (not in the sections)?
I am using this template
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans,]{moderncv}
\moderncvstyle[left]{casual}
\renewcommand*{\titlefont}{\LARGE\mdseries}
\moderncvcolor{grey}
\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}
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Title realignment in `moderncv`
This might be a trivial question but I couldn't figure out how to deal with it.
I'm using this template
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}
\moderncvstyle{casual}
\moderncvcolor{grey}
\...
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listitemsymbol in moderncv renders as "•[regular]" when using fontawesome
I'm using fontawesome package to have \faExternalLink, but an undesired consequence is that \listitemsymbol is rendered as you can see in the image below:
Here's the minimal code to reproduce it:
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Exclude few document sections from the ToC in moderncv
I would like to exclude certain sections from the ToC.
I already tried this by manipulating the tocdeph-counter. However, it is not working, and I do not understand why.
My code does not produce a ToC ...
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Undefined Control Sequence in Overleaf while using social icons
I am getting this error "Undefined control sequence" in overleaf when I inserted this code - \social[linkedin]{www.linkedin.com/in/xxxxx} and \social[github]{www.github.com/xxxxx}. I tried ...
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How to set the moderncv (banking) name and address left align?
I have a problem aligning the name and address texts to the left after I add a photo to the right.
I used this piece of code to place the photo on theright side as shown in the screenshot of the ...
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moderncv - modify white space within title
I have looked at similar problems on this sit namely moderncv - modify size of blank spaces and ModernCV classic style, change space below title but these relate to white space below the title itself ...
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CV - adding to different work periods and locations for same position/tasks
I am helping out my brother with his CV. He has worked for the same "company" in different periods on the same position. I am trying to put this together so what I did was to use the same \...
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Argument of \cvskill has an extra } when trying to override an existing command
I'm using the moderncv package which already defines the \cvskill command.
I'm trying to override/redefine this command with \renewcommand:
% ...
% param 1: name of the skill / tech / etc.
% param 2: ...
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In ModernCV "classic" how to reorder the contact details?
Like how to move the website address to the top? There are some answers for this already but they are for the "banking" style etc.
The code is as follows
% personal data
\name{John}{Doe}
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Alignment of dates in `\cventry` in moderncv
When putting education, we have an expected date which is too long and I'm not sure how to make a right alignment in \cventry.
What I have is
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}
\moderncvstyle{...
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Moderncvstyle{classic} + linkedin logo won't stay where it is supposed to
Using moderncv, I can't get my linkedin-logo to stay under my contact-info, where I want it.
I've tried packages such as marvosym, awesome and fontawesome. Fontawesome did put the linkedin logo into ...
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Multicolumn at the beginning of moderncv
I changed the beginning of my CV as
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}
\moderncvstyle{classic}
\moderncvcolor{blue}
\...
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How can I customize the size and position of the timeline rectangle with Moderncv?
I want to align the timeline bar and the timeline rectangle such that the line passes through the vertical centre of the rectangle and not fully above or below. Below is what I have tried so far.
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How to add LinkedIn and Xing link on a Modern CV
I am using a moderncv template from here. I tried adding the LinkedIn link using
\social[linkedin]{john.doe}
It is not producing the desire output. The reason being the definition for \social[...
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How to make text at center of column in a table for CV
I have started writing a CV in latex. I have taken a template from Overleaf and started modifying it. I want the title in CV as follows:
I have tried the following code:
\newcommand*{\setname}[2]{\...
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modernCV: Increase the left size along with heading
I want to increase the heading space on the left side of modern-CV so that I can write "Software Version Control" in one line. On the right side, there is a lot of white space so that's why ...
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Put the horizontal line in the header of moderncv *behind* the text?
Consider the following MWE:
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{moderncv}
\usepackage{newpxtext}
\moderncvstyle{casual}
\firstname{Asdf}
\familyname{Xyz}
\title{Curriculum Vitae}
\photo[220pt][0pt]{example-...
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How can I make the cover letter from ModernCV DIN5008 compliant?
I'm currently working on my CV using moderncv and I'm using the classic option, since that seems to be the most ATS compatible. For some of the places I am applying to I need to submit a cover letter ...
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Icons are not shown in moderncv
I'm writing my personal CV with moderncv and the classic specification, but I cannot display the icons relating to personal information such as mobile phone, mail, address etc.
Here's my code before ...
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Embedding an image into CV in LaTex [closed]
I have been trying to embed my photo into upper right corner of my CV with the wrapfig package. But it doesn't work the right way and the surrounding text migrates to the far right. How should I fix ...
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How can I replace the rectangular photo in moderncv (classic style) with a round photo?
How can I replace the rectangular photo / picture in moderncv, classic style, with a round one?
MWE:
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}
\moderncvstyle{classic}
\name{John}{Doe}
\address{Don ...
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ModernCV error : "Fatal fontspec error: "cannot-use-pdftex""
I modified the modern CV template and I have used the Calibri font. Don't know why but I just got this error. I did not this error when I ran this, maybe 1 year ago, did not get this error. Surprised ...
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How to modify moderncvskillmatrix cells?
I am running Debian 10 ("Buster") and texlive. Trying to use the moderncvskillsmatrix widget, which isn't included in my distro, so I've installed the hacked version from:
https://...
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Moderncv: Decrease margin in \makecvtitle
I am using the banking style in moderncv and attempting to put my contact info all in one line.
I have my margin set to 0.5in, but my contact info is split across two lines.
0.5in margin:
As shown in ...
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ModernCV vertical alignment of symbols in cv title
I want to make symbols centered with text.
The image shows my problem.
How can I center symbols?
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How to increase line spacing in the title of moderncv
how can I increase line spacing in the title of moderncv?
My title contains double backslash:
\title{\color{blue}{Experienced Manager and Analyst \\in Banking \\and Financial Services}}
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Modify moderncv header (style: classic)
Hi, I would like to make some modifications in the CV header of moderncv, classic style, as here shown in this picture:
This is the code I used to produce that figure (without the red marks obviously!...
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modify title/head in moderncv (\moderncvstyle{classic})
Hi I produced the following output with moderncv:
but, I would like the following one:
Would you be so nice to tell me what I can modify in my code please? Otherwise, could you propose another ...
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Write custom theme for moderncv
There are some preconfigures themes in moderncv: moderncv themes
But, I want to create a own theme for moderncv, so that it's unique and maybe a bit nicer and more beautiful to read.
Does somebody ...
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How can I configure the typeface of fontawesome in general for my CV using overleaf?
I try to configure the typeface of fontawesome5 at my CV. The outcome is always the use of the fontawesome icons and symbols but the typeface for the CV stays the same. Here is the code of which I ...
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Add page number on moderncv of classic style
I am aware that this question has been posted a couple of times but none of the answers seem to work with the most up-to-date version of moderncv.
https://github.com/moderncv/moderncv
This is where ...
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Problem with Modern CV Banking template
I am using TeXstudio to write my cv, but I do not know why ModernCV works incorrectly in my system. In fact, it seems that \textsc and font do not work.
Here is my code:
%------------------------------...
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unwanted misalignment by setting own color for url with moderncv
I'm trying to build a cv with moderncv where everything is black except the urls. Therefore, after having tried other option (see commented lines), I want to manually set the color of the url locally. ...
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Trouble producing StackOverflow icon with ModernCV
I'm attempting to use ModernCV's \social tool with the stackoverflow logo.
Following this advise, I uploaded this version of moderncv.cls to my project: http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/...
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