Publications and printable forms

Compact A4 publication

#import "@local/business-templates:0.2.0": publication, writing-field, choice-group
#show: publication.with(
  title: "Project briefing",
  subtitle: "Preparation for the first meeting",
  document-type: "Briefing",
  document-number: "BRIEF-2026-001",
  created: "2026-10-26",
  language: "en",
  company: (name: "Example Studio", contact: (email: "hello@example.invalid")),
)

= Objectives
#writing-field("What should this project achieve?", lines: 4, hint: "Name an observable outcome.")
#choice-group("Available material", options: ([Brief], [Schedule]))

Content starts on the first page. The compact company/type/number header repeats on every page; the title and subtitle appear once in the body. A footer repeats the company name, email and current/total page count. Header/footer text is a PDF artifact in Typst. Keep essential information in the body as well. Titles and content wrap in normal document flow.

company uses the existing font preset and accent helpers. language overrides company.language for this document; locale supplies partial label overrides. Language selection does not select a country or tax regime. Pass logo: image(...) as content, or load image bytes into company.logo. A logo in the repeating header is decorative; meaningful company identity belongs in body text or metadata. Keep logos to about 9 mm height.

title, subtitle, document-type, document-number, created, logo and company may be omitted. authors: () defaults to the company name for PDF metadata. An omitted created leaves the document date absent. The document number is stored separately from the title in PDF keywords; see Migration.

Printable components

All helpers are exported from the package. They inherit text styles. Passing company: to helpers that accept it selects its fonts/accent; pass the same company as the frame for a consistent design. Labels and arbitrary bodies can be ordinary Typst content.

Function	Parameters
writing-field(label, ...)	lines: 3 (non-negative integer), hint: none, company: none
check-option(label, ...)	checked: false
choice-group(label, ...)	options: (), each a label or (label: [...], checked: true)
notice(body, ...)	title: none, company: none, accent: auto
process-phase(title, body, ...)	duration, result, participation, company, locale
quiet-table(...)	headers: (), rows: (), columns: auto
priority-tag(level, ...)	level: required, recommended, optional; label, company, locale
content-card(title, body, ...)	company: none
numbered-step(number, title, body, ...)	company: none

process-phase and priority-tag use translated default labels. For example:

#import "@local/business-templates:0.2.0": process-phase, quiet-table, priority-tag
#priority-tag("required", company: (language: "en"))
#process-phase("Review", duration: "One meeting", result: "Agreed scope",
  participation: "Project sponsor", company: (language: "en"))[
  Record the decisions and the next action.
]
#quiet-table(headers: ([Deliverable], [Reviewer]), rows: (([Brief], [Sponsor]),))

Tables require explicit, repeating header cells and matching row lengths. Priorities always include text. Lines and boxes are printed marks, not interactive AcroForm fields. Checked options are marked with a cross; labels remain normal readable text. No form submission, keyboard interaction or electronic signature is provided.

Landscape brochure

brochure uses the same parameters and frame as publication, with a 297 × 210 mm landscape A4 default. publication defaults to 210 × 297 mm. Both accept explicit width and height; there is no automatic slide sizing, content shrinking or poster layout.

#import "@local/business-templates:0.2.0": brochure, numbered-step
#show: brochure.with(title: "Project overview", language: "en",
  foreground: white, background: rgb("#182C39"), accent: rgb("#C4E6FC"))
#numbered-step(1, "Prepare")[Collect the source material.]
#pagebreak()
= Review
Record the agreed next steps.

Background defaults to white and foreground to black. Dark pages require explicit foreground, background and accent values; colors are not automatically adjusted. The example dark palette has readable text contrast, but arbitrary caller colors and image content need their own review. numbered-step inherits body text color; pass company data to match component accents.

Content flows onto following pages. For a fixed number of brochure pages, add deliberate pagebreak() calls and shorten overflow rather than expecting automatic scaling. Very tall logos, oversized unbreakable content, long unbreakable identifiers and excessive header/footer text can exceed the reserved space. Reduce these or adjust the document content. A publication is a flowing document rather than a general presentation framework.

Checks and limits

Run scripts/check.sh with typstgen 0.5.0 and Python packages jsonschema, referencing, pypdf. The package checks compile the A4/landscape examples with --pdf-standard ua-1, inspect table header tags, document identity, reading order samples and continuation pages. Typst marks repeated headers, footers, lines and shapes as artifacts automatically. The publication heading show rule preserves the underlying heading elements.

PDF/UA compilation and these structural checks do not constitute a complete accessibility certification. Review the resulting reading order, contrast, alternative text and content for each actual document, particularly after adding custom tables, images or complex layouts. The synthetic examples in examples/publication/ exercise long titles, optional metadata, page breaks, phased tasks and extended prose; no customer documents are required.