scribe

scribe is a minimalist, opinionated $\LaTeX$ document class, beamer style, and CV class for academic technical writing, presentations, and resumes.

       

       

Features

• Minimalist Design: Focuses on content with a clean, professional layout.
• Full support for all standard article class options.
• Index Terms: Use \begin{indexterms} to define keywords for indexing.
• Line Numbers: Optional line numbering for easy reference and review, placed reliably in the outer margin of each column (even in two-column layouts and across page breaks).
• Callout boxes: Colored boxes for asides — info, warn, tip, note out of the box, plus inline variants. Define your own with \scribedefinebox{name}{color}.
• Theorem-like boxes: Numbered, referenceable environments for theorembox, definitionbox, lemmabox, corollarybox, propositionbox, examplebox, remarkbox. They share one counter that restarts each section and support \label/\ref. Define your own with \scribedefinetheorem{name}{Heading}{color}.
• Citation style:
  • Compact numeric citations (e.g., [1–3,5])
  • Sorted in order of first appearance, not numerically
• Named inline comments (toggleable):
  • Define with \scribedefinecomment{name}{color}
  • Use with \namecomment{...}
  • Disable globally with \scribeshowcommentsfalse
• Custom header mark: \scribesetrightmark{...} sets right-side header text
• Typography:
  • Serif: Libertine
  • Monospace: Inconsolata (default; comment it out and uncomment the beramono line in the class to use Bera Mono instead)
• Matching Beamer theme: beamerthemescribe brings the same style to slides (see below).
• Matching CV class: scribecv brings the same style to CVs and resumes (see below).

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LaTeX class

An example of a paper using the scribe class is provided in the example folder. Below is a minimal setup to have a one-column abstract in a two-column layout, with line numbers.

1. Add scribe.cls to your project folder.

2. In your main .tex file:

\documentclass[
    lineno, % Enable line numbers.
    letterpaper, % Use 'a4paper' for A4 size.
    twocolumn, % Comment for single column layout.
]{scribe} 

% Set right header mark (e.g., your name)
\scribesetrightmark{Federico Bruzzone} 

% Define different aliases (along with colors) for comments
\scribedefinecomment{fb}{orange}
% \scribedefinecomment{yourcolleague}{red}

% Uncomment the following line to hide comments in the final document.
% \scribeshowcommentsfalse 

\title{\textbf{An example paper using the scribe document class}}

\author{
    Federico Bruzzone \orcidlink{0000-0002-8701-8853} \\
    Computer Science Department \\
    Università degli Studi di Milano \\
    \href{mailto:federico.bruzzone@unimi.it}{\texttt{federico.bruzzone@unimi.it}} \\
    \url{https://federicobruzzone.github.io/} 
}

\date{September 2025}

\begin{document}

\twocolumn[
	\maketitle

	\begin{abstract}
        % Abstract text goes here. This is a brief summary of the document's content, highlighting the main objectives, methods, and findings.
	\end{abstract}

	\begin{indexterms}
        % Index terms for indexing purposes. These are keywords that help categorize the document's content.
	\end{indexterms}
]


% ==============================
% ========== Sections ==========
% ==============================
\input{sects/introduction}
\input{sects/background}


\bibliography{local}

\end{document}

Callout and theorem boxes

% Callout boxes (no number): info, warn, tip, note are predefined.
\begin{infobox}{A title}
    Some highlighted aside.
\end{infobox}
Inline flavors too: \infoboxinline{info}, \warnboxinline{warn}.
% Define your own:
\scribedefinebox{question}{Purple}

% Theorem-like boxes (numbered, referenceable). theorembox, definitionbox,
% lemmabox, corollarybox, propositionbox, examplebox, remarkbox are predefined.
\begin{definitionbox}[Factorial] % optional note in brackets
    \label{def:factorial}
    The factorial of $n$ is $n! = \prod_{k=1}^{n} k$, with $0! = 1$.
\end{definitionbox}
As stated in Definition~\ref{def:factorial}, ...
% Define your own:
\scribedefinetheorem{conjecturebox}{Conjecture}{BrickRed}

All theorem-like boxes share one counter that restarts each section, so their numbers are unique within a section (e.g. Theorem 2.1, Definition 2.2). Write the kind by hand when referencing, as is customary: Theorem~\ref{...}.

Beamer theme

beamerthemescribe brings the scribe identity to slides: the same Libertine serif and Inconsolata monospace fonts, the MidnightBlue accent, the \scribedivider ornament, colored dingbats, and the toggleable named-comment system. A full example is in the example-beamer folder. As in the paper class, you can switch the monospace font back to Bera Mono by editing the \RequirePackage lines in beamerthemescribe.sty.

1. Add beamerthemescribe.sty to your project folder.

2. In your main .tex file:

\documentclass[
    aspectratio=169, % 16:9 slides. Use 'aspectratio=43' for classic 4:3.
]{beamer}

\usetheme{scribe} % The scribe beamer theme
% Theme options:
%   \usetheme[noframenumbers]{scribe} % hide the frame counter in the footer
%   \usetheme[nosectionpages]{scribe} % no automatic section divider slides

\title{An example presentation\\ using the scribe beamer theme}
\subtitle{Minimalist slides, matching the paper}
\author[F. Bruzzone]{Federico Bruzzone \orcidlink{0000-0002-8701-8853}}
\institute{Università degli Studi di Milano}
\date{May 2026}

% Define aliases (and colors) for comments, just like the paper class
\scribedefinecomment{fb}{orange}
% \scribeshowcommentsfalse % Uncomment to hide comments in the final slides

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}[plain,noframenumbering]
    \titlepage
\end{frame}

\section{Introduction} % Triggers an automatic divider slide

\begin{frame}{A clean first slide}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item Triangle bullets in the accent color
    \end{itemize}
    \scribedivider % The signature ✦ ornament works on slides too
\end{frame}

\end{document}

Note: Frames that contain verbatim material (\verb, lstlisting, …) must be declared \begin{frame}[fragile], as required by beamer.

CV / Resume

scribecv brings the scribe identity to CVs and resumes: the same Libertine serif and Inconsolata monospace fonts, the MidnightBlue accent, the \scribedivider ornament, colored dingbats, callout boxes, and the toggleable named-comment system. A full example is in the example-cv folder.

Features

• Entry layout: Date (bold, right-aligned) + content (left-aligned) with optional details line
• Section headings: Small caps with horizontal rule, matching the Typst CV style
• Two-column info block: Personal information on the left, contact info on the right
• Publication support: Full citations from .bib via bibentry package (\bibentry{key})
• Contact icons: fontawesome5 icons for GitHub, LinkedIn, Telegram, Twitter, Reddit, etc.
• Section heading styles: Default centered (---- ✧ ---- NAME ---- ✧ ----) or fill-style (NAME ---- ✧ ---- filling to the right margin). Enable fill-style with \documentclass[sectionfill]{scribecv}.
• Optional header: Show your name in the top-right corner of each page with \documentclass[header]{scribecv}.
• Matching identity: Same Libertine, MidnightBlue, \scribedivider as the paper class

1. Add scribecv.cls to your project folder.

2. In your main .tex file:

\documentclass{scribecv}
% Or with options:
% \documentclass[sectionfill,header]{scribecv}
%
% Options:
%   sectionfill - fill-style section headings (NAME ---- ✧ ----)
%   header      - show your name in the top-right header on each page

\scribesetrightmark{Your Name}

% Bibliography
\bibliographystyle{unsrt}
\scribenobibliography{cv.bib}  % loads .bbl data for inline citations

\begin{document}

\scribename{Your Name}
\scribesubtitle{Curriculum Vitae}

\scribeinfo{%
    Born in City, Country \\
    E-mail: \href{mailto:you@example.com}{you@example.com}%
}{%
    \faGithub\ \href{https://github.com/you}{github.com/you} \\
    \faTelegram\ \href{https://t.me/you}{@you} \\
    \faLinkedin\ \href{https://linkedin.com/in/you}{in/you} \\
    \faTwitter\ \href{https://x.com/you}{@you}%
}

\maketitle

\scribesection{Education}
\scribeentry{2020--2024}{PhD in Computer Science at University of X}{}
\scribeentry{2018--2020}{MSc in Computer Science at University of X}{Thesis: \textit{...}}

\scribesection{Publications}

% Journal paper format:
\noindent{\small\textit{Journal Name} --- \bibentry{author2024} ---~%
\href{url}{bib} \enspace \href{url}{pdf} \enspace \href{url}{DOI}}\par

\vspace{4pt}

% Preprint format:
\noindent{\small\bibentry{author2023} ---~%
\href{url}{arXiv}}\par

\scribesection{Experience}
\scribeentry{2024--Present}{Software Engineer at Company X}{Working on Y}

\scribefooter{City}
\end{document}