TUM Templates for Typst

Inoficial TUM Templates for Typst. Based on the LaTex4EI templates.

Installation

Clone this repository into {data-dir}/typst/packages/{namespace}/tum-templates/{version}.

git clone https://github.com/lufixSch/tum-templates-typst.git {data-dir}/typst/packages/{namespace}/tum-templates/{version}

Here {data-dir} is the directory for local Typst packages:

$XDG_DATA_HOME or ~/.local/share on Linux
~/Library/Application Support on macOS
%APPDATA% on Windows

{namespace} is the namespace you choose. In the following the local namespace is used. The package {version} can be obtained from the typst.toml file

Afterwards the package can be imported:

#import "@local/tum-templates:0.3.0": *

...

Typst WebAPP

Unfortunately this package is not yet available as an official Typst package. Therefore it can not be imported/installed in the Typst webapp. The easiest workaround is, to upload the utility.typ, the .typ file corresponding to the required template and the assets to your project.

Usage

Currently, the following templates are supported:

Article (tum-article): Generic scientific article
Beamer (tum-beamer): Presentation slides based on the touying package
Cheat-Sheet (tum-sheat-sheet): Cheat-sheet for exams

The template is initialized as follows. Arguments change depending on the specific template.

#import "@local/tum-templates:0.3.0": *

#show template.with(...)

Utility

The package also provides the following utility functions and variables:

tum-text-font: The font family used in tum documents
tum-blue: The TUM Brand Color
tum-info-block: Builds the TUM affiliation block often visible at the top of a document
tum-author: Builds an Author object as expected by some templates (for example tum-article)
tum-emphasize: Emphasize text by creating a bordered block with colors depending on the severity

Last page update: Friday, October 17th 2025, 04:28:05 UTC