LaTeX resume: make your resume PDF smaller
Some job portals cap uploads. Shrink the file without changing the text. This works on the PDF LaTeX exported. Small fixes to bullets, dates and links can be made in the PDF with kerning kept. Large rewrites are cleaner in the source.
How to do it
- 1.Open Compress PDF.
- 2.Add your resume.
- 3.Download the smaller PDF.
How LaTeX writes resume PDFs
- • pdfTeX embeds Type1 fonts such as Computer Modern or Latin Modern.
- • Kerning and ligatures are written into each line.
- • Resume classes draw rules and align dates with precise spacing.
What happens to the rest of your resume
- • Text stays real text, so it remains searchable.
- • Photos are the usual reason a resume is large.
Questions people ask
+Will compression blur my text?
No. Text is not turned into pictures.
+Is it better to edit in LaTeX?
If you still have the LaTeX version and a lot to change, yes. For a quick fix to the PDF you already sent, editing the PDF is faster.
Other edits to a LaTeX resume
- Fix a typo on your resume
- Update your job title
- Add a bullet point to your resume
- Edit a bullet point on your resume
- Delete a bullet point from your resume
- Change employment dates on your resume
- Update the phone number on your resume
- Update the email address on your resume
- Add a LinkedIn link to your resume
- Add a portfolio link to your resume
- Update the skills on your resume
- Rewrite your resume summary
- Update the education section
- Add a certification to your resume
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