Quarto extension for a template to generate a PDF with (pretty) styling. This extension now allows you to style PDFs using either Typst or LaTeX. Use PrettyPDF-pdf as the format if using LaTeX, or PrettyPDF-typst if using Typst. The default is PrettyPDF-pdf. If using Typst, version 1.4 or greater of Quarto is required.
To install the Quarto extension, create a directory, and use the template file:
quarto use template nrennie/PrettyPDFTo use the extension in an existing project without installing the template file:
quarto install extension nrennie/PrettyPDFNote that you will need to update the output format to format: PrettyPDF-pdf or format: PrettyPDF-typst to enable use of the extension. For book projects, add:
project:
type: PrettyPDF
to the _quarto.yml file.
If you want to update the LaTeX version of this template to use a different colour or logo, open up the _extensions/nrennie/PrettyPDF/PrettyPDF.tex file after you have installed the extension.
Either replace the logo.png file with a new file of your choosing, or change the file path on line 28 to point to a different logo file. Note that the file path is relative to your .qmd file.
Lines 14-16 define three colours used in the template: light, dark, and highlight. Change the hex colours in these lines to update the colours. The light colour changes the sidebar and code block background colours. The dark colour changes the text. The highlight colour changes the link colours.
Read more about this extension, how it was built, and how to make your own in my blog post at nrennie.rbind.io/blog/making-pretty-pdf-quarto.