Academic Paper
A header/footer configuration suitable for academic papers, theses, and dissertations.
Preview
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Paper Title │
│ Department of Computer Science │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │
│ Paper Content │
│ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ University Name - 3 - June 2025 │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘Global Settings
Configure in your Zed settings.json:
json
{
"context_servers": {
"markdown-pdf": {
"settings": {
"page_format": "Letter",
"margin": {
"top": "25mm",
"right": "25mm",
"bottom": "25mm",
"left": "25mm"
},
"font_family": "Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif",
"header": {
"height": "20mm",
"padding": "0 25mm",
"font_size": "10px",
"border_bottom": "1px solid #333",
"center": [
{
"type": "title",
"font_weight": "bold",
"font_size": "12px"
},
{
"type": "text",
"content": "{department}",
"font_size": "9px",
"font_style": "italic",
"color": "#555"
}
]
},
"footer": {
"height": "15mm",
"padding": "0 25mm",
"font_size": "9px",
"color": "#333",
"border_top": "1px solid #ccc",
"left": {
"type": "text",
"content": "{university}"
},
"center": {
"type": "text",
"content": "- {page} -"
},
"right": {
"type": "date",
"format": "MMMM yyyy"
}
}
}
}
}
}Front Matter Example
yaml
---
title: "Machine Learning Approaches to Natural Language Processing"
author: Dr. Jane Smith
university: Stanford University
department: Department of Computer Science
course: CS229 - Machine Learning
semester: Spring 2025
advisor: Prof. John Doe
pdf:
page_format: Letter
margin:
top: 30mm
bottom: 30mm
header:
height: 22mm
padding: 0 25mm
border_bottom: 1px solid #333
center:
- type: title
font_weight: bold
font_size: 14px
- type: text
content: "{department}"
font_size: 10px
font_style: italic
footer:
height: 15mm
padding: 0 25mm
font_size: 9px
border_top: 1px solid #ccc
left:
type: text
content: "{university}"
center:
type: text
content: "- {page} -"
right:
type: text
content: "{semester}"
---
# Abstract
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of machine learning
approaches to natural language processing...Thesis Style
A more formal thesis configuration:
yaml
---
title: "A Novel Approach to Distributed Systems"
author: Jane Smith, Ph.D. Candidate
university: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
department: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
year: 2025
pdf:
page_format: Letter
orientation: portrait
margin:
top: 30mm
right: 30mm
bottom: 30mm
left: 40mm
header:
height: 15mm
padding: 0 20mm
font_size: 9px
color: "#444"
right:
type: text
content: "{author}"
font_style: italic
footer:
height: 15mm
padding: 0 20mm
font_size: 9px
center:
type: text
content: "{page}"
---Conference Paper Style
For conference submissions with specific formatting:
yaml
---
title: "Efficient Algorithms for Graph Processing"
authors: "J. Smith, A. Johnson, M. Williams"
conference: "International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2025)"
paper_id: "ICML-2025-1234"
pdf:
page_format: Letter
margin:
top: 25mm
right: 20mm
bottom: 25mm
left: 20mm
header:
height: 12mm
padding: 0 15mm
font_size: 8px
color: "#666"
left:
type: text
content: "{conference}"
right:
type: text
content: "Paper #{paper_id}"
footer:
height: 10mm
padding: 0 15mm
font_size: 8px
center:
type: text
content: "Page {page} of {pages}"
---Journal Article Style
Clean, minimal style for journal submissions:
yaml
---
title: "Quantum Computing: A Survey"
author: Smith et al.
journal: "Journal of Computing"
volume: 42
issue: 3
year: 2025
pdf:
page_format: A4
margin:
top: 25mm
right: 20mm
bottom: 25mm
left: 20mm
header:
height: 10mm
padding: 0 15mm
font_size: 8px
color: "#888"
border_bottom: 0.5px solid #ddd
left:
type: text
content: "{journal}, Vol. {volume}, No. {issue}"
right:
type: text
content: "{author}"
font_style: italic
footer:
height: 8mm
padding: 0 15mm
font_size: 8px
color: "#888"
center:
type: text
content: "{page}"
---Running Header with Chapter
For longer documents with chapters:
yaml
---
title: "Introduction to Computer Science"
chapter: "Chapter 3: Data Structures"
author: Prof. Jane Smith
pdf:
header:
height: 12mm
padding: 0 20mm
font_size: 9px
border_bottom: 0.5px solid #999
left:
type: text
content: "{chapter}"
font_style: italic
right:
type: text
content: "{title}"
footer:
height: 10mm
padding: 0 20mm
font_size: 9px
center:
type: text
content: "{page}"
---Custom Styling
Add a custom stylesheet for academic formatting:
css
/* academic.css */
body {
font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
font-size: 12pt;
line-height: 1.8;
text-align: justify;
}
h1 {
font-size: 16pt;
text-align: center;
margin-top: 2em;
}
h2 {
font-size: 14pt;
margin-top: 1.5em;
}
p {
text-indent: 2em;
margin: 0;
}
p:first-of-type,
h1 + p,
h2 + p,
h3 + p {
text-indent: 0;
}
blockquote {
margin: 1em 3em;
font-size: 11pt;
}
/* Figure captions */
figure {
text-align: center;
margin: 2em 0;
}
figcaption {
font-size: 10pt;
font-style: italic;
margin-top: 0.5em;
}
/* Bibliography */
.references {
font-size: 10pt;
}
.references li {
margin-bottom: 0.5em;
text-indent: -2em;
padding-left: 2em;
}Reference it in your front matter:
yaml
---
title: My Academic Paper
pdf:
stylesheet_path: "./academic.css"
include_default_styles: true
---Tips for Academic Documents
- Use larger margins — Academic documents typically have 25-30mm margins
- Choose serif fonts — Georgia or Times New Roman are standard
- Keep headers minimal — Focus on title or running head
- Center page numbers — Common in thesis/dissertation format
- Use consistent formatting — Apply the same style across all documents
See Also
- Custom Styling — CSS customization
- Front Matter — Per-document configuration
- Corporate Example — Business document style