preprintx

A Typst rewrite of HenriquesLab bioRxiv template for manuscripts.

Usage

Import

#import "@preview/preprintx:0.1.0": preprintx

Main body

#show: preprintx.with(
  title: "My Beautiful Manuscript",
  authors: (
    ("Einstein, Albert", "1,✉"),
    ("Feynman, Richard", "1,2"), 
    ("Planck, Max", "3"),
  ),
  affils: (
    "1": "Institute for Advanced Study",
    "2": "California Institute of Technology", 
    "3": "University of Berlin"
  ),
  // Insert your abstract after the colon, wrapped in brackets.
  // Example: `abstract: [This is my abstract...]`
  abstract: [Your abstract goes here...],
  keywords: ([astrophysics], [relativity], [black holes]),
  correspondence: "einstein@relativity.com",
)

= Introduction

Your content goes here...

= Methods

== Subsection

Content...

=== Subsubsection  

Content...

= Results

Add figures and tables:

#figure(
  image("figure.png", width: 80%),
  caption: [Your figure caption],
) <fig1>

#figure(
  table(
    columns: 2,
    [*Column 1*], [*Column 2*],
    [Data], [More data],
  ),
  caption: [Your table caption],
) <table1>

= References
#v(-3em)
#bibliography("references.bib", style: "nature", title: "")

API

preprintx.with

• title: String - Title of the document.
• authors: Array<(String, String)> - List of author tuples containing (name, affiliation indices).
  • Format: ("Last, First", "1,2,✉") where numbers are affiliation indices and ✉ indicates correspondence
• affils: Dictionary - Dictionary mapping affiliation indices to institution names.
  • Format: ("1": "Institution Name", "2": "Another Institution")
• abstract: Content - Abstract of the document.
• keywords: Array<Content> - List of keywords wrapped in brackets or quotes.
• correspondence: String - Email address for correspondence.

Author Format

Authors should be formatted as tuples:

("Last, First", "affiliation_indices")

Where:

• "Last, First" is the author's name in "Last, First" format
• "affiliation_indices" contains comma-separated numbers corresponding to affiliations, with optional ✉ for correspondence

Affiliation Format

Affiliations should be provided as a dictionary:

affils: (
  "1": "First Institution",
  "2": "Second Institution", 
  "3": "Third Institution"
)

Features

• Two-column layout
• Title, author block, and figures span the full width of the page
• Serif font (STIX Two Text) for body text, sans-serif (Helvetica) for headings and captions
• Automatic author formatting with superscript affiliation numbers
• Footer with author name(s) and page numbers
• Figure and table placement with proper captions
• Bibliography support with Nature style by default
• Responsive heading styles (3 levels supported)

Fonts

This template requires these two fonts to be installed on your system:

• STIX Two Text
• Helvetica

To do

• Without #v(-3em) prior to references, there is too much of a break
• Better support for figure placement

template/fig.jpeg credit: dima_zel / Getty Images (iStockphoto). Licensed under the Getty Images Content License Agreement.

License

MIT License

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