Sometimes less really is more. The Minimal template strips away decoration to give your content the breathing room it deserves — pure text, clean hierarchy, nothing in the way.
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The Minimal template is built on a single idea: get out of the content's way.
No decorative borders, no background colors, no visual flourishes. Just well-set type on a white page. The result reads like a well-typeset manuscript — every element serves the content, nothing distracts.
Where other templates layer on design choices to establish a mood or a brand, Minimal deliberately omits them. The page is a blank canvas with careful typographic defaults. Headings mark structure. Paragraphs flow naturally. Lists indent cleanly. And the reader's eye goes exactly where it should: to the words.
This restraint is not laziness — it is a design decision. The Minimal template takes the position that most web content already has a structure worth preserving, and the best thing a PDF template can do is honor that structure without imposing its own personality on top of it.
System fonts, comfortable sizes, and wide line height for sustained reading.
The Minimal template uses a system font stack for maximum compatibility and fast rendering. Clean sans-serif for body text, slightly larger heading sizes for hierarchy without weight. Monospaced code blocks with a thin border. The type is set at comfortable sizes with wide line height for sustained reading.
Headings are differentiated by size alone — no bold weight changes, no color shifts, no underlines. An h2 is simply larger than an h3, which is larger than body text. This creates a natural reading flow where your eye recognizes structure without being pulled away from the content by decorative choices.
Code blocks are rendered in a monospaced font with a thin, subtle border to set them apart from surrounding prose. There are no colored backgrounds or syntax highlighting overlays. The code stands on its own, distinguished by its typeface and the quiet border that frames it.
Line height is set generously throughout. Body text breathes. Paragraphs have clear separation. The overall effect is a page that feels open and unhurried, even when the content is dense.
Anywhere the content matters more than the presentation.
The Minimal template excels in situations where the writing is the point and visual styling would only get in the way. Here are the contexts where it shines:
The Minimal template also works particularly well when you plan to annotate or mark up the PDF after generation. The clean white background and absence of decorative elements gives you a clear surface for highlighting, commenting, and handwritten notes on tablets or printed copies.
Where Clean adds editorial flair, Minimal removes it.
The easiest way to understand the Minimal template is to compare it with Clean. Both produce readable, professional documents, but they take opposite approaches to achieving that result.
No colored accents. Clean uses the Vermillion brand color for horizontal rules, blockquote borders, and link styling. Minimal uses no color at all — everything is black text on a white page.
No decorative blockquote borders. Clean renders blockquotes with a thick left border in the brand color. Minimal indents blockquotes with a subtle left margin and nothing more.
No table row shading. Clean alternates row backgrounds for visual scanning. Minimal uses thin borders only, letting the data speak without chromatic layering.
Headings by size alone. Clean pairs Fraunces display headings with color and weight variation. Minimal differentiates headings exclusively by font size — no weight changes, no serif/sans-serif contrast.
The template uses spacing and hierarchy instead of visual decoration to organize content. Sections are separated by generous whitespace. Nested lists are indented consistently. The page structure emerges from the content's own organization rather than from imposed visual boundaries.
A decision guide for picking the right moments to reach for the Minimal template.
Pick the Minimal template when any of the following apply:
If you are unsure, try generating the same content with both Clean and Minimal. The difference is immediately visible, and you will quickly develop a sense for which content benefits from editorial styling and which benefits from restraint.
Clean typography, generous whitespace, and nothing in the way. See how your content looks when the template gets out of the way.
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