Prototyping a template for my notes

[twilit prairie]

https://github.com/Its-ibijon/typst_template

[gusty void]

This looks very good !

You have done the box your self ?

[twilit prairie]

#let mathbox(opt,number, body) = {
  v(15pt)
  block(
    radius: 5pt,
    width: 100%,
    stroke: 1pt, 
    inset: 0pt,
    fill: none,
    breakable: true  
  )[
    #place(
      top + left,
      dx: 10pt,
      dy: -10pt,
      rect(
        radius: 5pt,
        stroke: 1pt ,
        inset: 8pt,
        fill: white
      )[
        #text( weight: "bold")[#opt #number]
      ]
    )
    #pad(
      top: 2em,
      left: 1em,
      right: 1em,
      bottom: 1em
    )[
      #text()[#body]
    ]
  ]
}

#let theorem(number, body) = mathbox("Theorem", number,body)

yeah its custom thats the base code and one example

[gusty void]

Cetz for figures I assume ? Or maybe the package for plotting

[twilit prairie]

actually i used desmos to plot the graphs and pulled the conic images from google

Then chucked it into excalidraw and drew over them

[gusty void]

oh okay I see !

[topaz prairie]

this looks really cool

did you redefine white to be the background color of your page?

[twilit prairie]

https://github.com/chomosuke/typst-preview.nvim

add this to the config

invert_colors = 'always',

[twilit prairie]

after realising most people dont use neovim

#set page(fill:  <color> )

also seems to work

[gusty void]

@twilit prairie you seem to produce good looking document ... i sometimes struggle make something look slick and enjoyable to watch. Do you have some tricks / guidelines to follow that usually does the trick for you ?

In typst right now, I feel like it is really easy to make "ok" looking document. It needs a lot of pratice and typst knowledge to make really good looking document.

[balmy storm]

Any chance for sharing the template?

[twilit prairie]

i mean im no expert but what ive found is generally keep consistent with whatever style you are going for. In my case i went black and white with rounded corners. But if you want to add colours make sure they are used deliberately.

Also make sure your content is spaced out so it doesn't look cramped on the page.

Id advise getting a sans serif font in my case is fira math

also if you cant make a design that you like, look online and get inspiration then tweak it to your liking

for example this is Giles Castels maths notes and you can see that he went with more colour and a bigger margin but it still looks uniform

[twilit prairie]

soon, just making sure im happy with it myself

ill tag you here once its on github

[gusty void]

Thanks for the answer 👌

[wide orbit]

it looks fantastic

[twilit prairie]

https://github.com/Its-ibijon/typst_template

@here

[balmy storm]

Thanks!

[gusty void]

@twilit prairie Definitely do a template on Typst Universe, I would love to try it for some of my note ! The show case pdf is very clear and detailed to understand all the functions you have think of !

[gusty void]

For printing especially the template seems great (for courses for student of think like that) since you don't use any colors accent

[twilit prairie]

yeah im planning to publish it after i finish my exams

[twilit prairie]

thats why i did it black and white it was just a lot easier (and cheaper) to print out in black and white

[gusty void]

Going back to this code. This looks great and I have made similar code for boxes with some title.

However I still see this issue that I cannot fix :

• having a breakable box (useful otherwise end of page are regularly empty)
• never having the title alone at the end of a page

[twilit prairie]

i had this problem aswell i just ended up putting a linebreak above cos im lazy

also sorry for the late reply is was abroad

[gusty void]

I have juste see the "sticky" parameter of the block fonction ... I think there is something to do with that 🤔

[marsh palm]

is there a latec alternative for those callout boxes?

[twilit prairie]

i dont actually know latex but i threw it into chatgpt

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{lipsum} % for dummy text, optional

% Define a general mathbox command
\newtcolorbox{mathbox}[3][]{
  enhanced,
  breakable,
  colframe=black,
  colback=white,
  sharp corners,
  boxrule=1pt,
  arc=5pt,
  left=1em,
  right=1em,
  top=2em,
  bottom=1em,
  title={\textbf{#2~#3}},
  attach boxed title to top left={yshift=-10pt, xshift=10pt},
  boxed title style={
    colback=white,
    colframe=black,
    boxrule=1pt,
    arc=5pt,
    left=8pt,
    right=8pt,
  },
  #1
}

% Define theorem as a mathbox with fixed label
\newenvironment{theorem}[2][]{
  \begin{mathbox}[#1]{Theorem}{#2}
}{
  \end{mathbox}
}

\begin{document}

\begin{theorem}{1}
Let $f$ be continuous on $[a,b]$. Then there exists $c \in (a,b)$ such that
\[
f'(c) = \frac{f(b)-f(a)}{b-a}.
\]
\end{theorem}

\end{document}

lmk if that works