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billryan/resume

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TLDR

A LaTeX resume template that produces a clean one-page PDF, with Unicode support for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean scripts and optional FontAwesome contact icons. Edit instantly on Overleaf or compile locally.

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    What it does
      One-page PDF resume
      Unicode script support
      FontAwesome icons
    Variants
      English version
      Simplified Chinese
    Setup options
      Edit on Overleaf
      Compile locally
    License
      MIT for code
      Fonts have own terms
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Create a polished one-page resume PDF without designing formatting from scratch.

USE CASE 2

Add Chinese or Japanese text to a resume using the Simplified Chinese branch with Adobe fonts.

USE CASE 3

Decorate your resume's contact section with email or LinkedIn icons using FontAwesome.

Tech stack

LaTeXTeX

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
Use freely for any purpose including commercial as long as you keep the copyright notice, the bundled fonts carry their own separate licensing terms.

In plain English

This repository is a resume template written in LaTeX, a document preparation system widely used for producing professionally typeset documents. The template is designed to produce a clean, well-formatted one-page resume as a PDF file. It has a Simplified Chinese variant on a separate branch for users who need to write their resume in Chinese. The template supports full Unicode characters, which means it handles Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other non-Latin scripts without issues. It also includes support for FontAwesome icons, a set of small symbols commonly used to decorate contact information sections on resumes (such as icons for email, LinkedIn, or GitHub). Adobe Simplified Chinese fonts are included for the Chinese version. To use it, you can edit the template directly on Overleaf, a free browser-based LaTeX editor that compiles the document to PDF without requiring any local software installation. Alternatively, you can clone the repository and compile it on your own computer. The README recommends cloning only the main English branch if you do not need Chinese support, because the Chinese font files are large. Sample PDF outputs are linked in the README showing what the English version, the English version with a photo, and the Simplified Chinese version look like after compiling. The code is released under the MIT license, though the bundled fonts carry their own separate licensing terms. The project is straightforward in scope: it is a starting point for anyone who wants a polished LaTeX resume without building the formatting from scratch.

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Prompt 1
Help me customise this LaTeX resume template from billryan/resume to add a Skills section and remove the photo placeholder.
Prompt 2
I am using the billryan/resume LaTeX template. Write me the code to add a second column for a sidebar with social links.
Prompt 3
How do I compile the billryan/resume template on a Mac with MacTeX instead of Overleaf?
Prompt 4
Translate the contact section of this LaTeX resume template into Simplified Chinese and switch to the Chinese branch fonts.
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