Add the europecv2020 class for the 2020 Europass layout

.github/workflows/ctan.yml

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 name: CTAN package
 
 # Builds the archive to upload to CTAN and checks it against the CTAN
-# rules. When a tag such as v2026.10.14 is pushed, the archive is also
+# rules. When a tag such as 2026.10.19 is pushed, the archive is also
 # attached to a GitHub release, ready for https://ctan.org/upload.
 
 on:
   push:
     branches: ['**']
-    tags: ['v*']
+    tags: ['[0-9]*', 'v*']
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Check version information
         env:
-          TAG: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && github.ref_name || '' }}
+          TAG: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && github.ref_name || '' }}
         run: sh tests/version.sh $TAG
 
       - name: Create the CTAN archive
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
 
   release:
     needs: package
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -2,8 +2,17 @@
 Changelog for package europecv
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-2026.10.14
-----------
+2026.10.19
+----------
+* New class europecv2020, implementing the single-column layout of the Europass CV introduced in 2020 (#37): header with picture, name, personal data and logo, section titles followed by a rule, \ecventry for dates/place/title/organisation, language self-assessment grid, customizable colours. It accepts the commands and options of europecv, so that existing CVs can be converted by changing the name of the class
+* New templates cv_template_2020_en.tex and cv_template_2020_it.tex
+* Fix the rule that opens the europecv environment, which could be left alone at the bottom of a page (#39)
+* The first line of the class, language and example files no longer starts with "%!", which made the "file" utility recognise them as PostScript (#35)
+* The footer of europecv uses the default font family (\textup instead of \textrm), so that it follows \familydefault (#34)
+* New documentation on XeLaTeX, LuaLaTeX and fontspec (#34)
+* The code shared by the two classes (language and encoding options, personal data and cross-referencing commands) has been moved to europecv-common.def
+* Translations of the new labels "Other language(s)" and "Levels" in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish
+* The GitHub release workflow is triggered by tags without the "v" prefix (e.g. 2026.10.19), as used in the repository
 * Fix the input encoding options (latin1, cp1250, koi8-r, ...), which failed with "Undefined control sequence \inputencoding": they now load the inputenc package. The obsolete utf8x option is now the same as utf8 (the ucs package is no longer needed)
 * Fix the dutch, slovenian and maltese options, which stopped the compilation because of typos in ecvnl.def, ecvsl.def and ecvmt.def
 * Maltese: the letters h and H with stroke now work with pdfLaTeX (they are taken from the maltese package if loaded, and drawn otherwise); updated the Maltese example for XeLaTeX/LuaLaTeX
@@ -18,7 +27,8 @@ Changelog for package europecv
 * Fix the biber template (renamed to cv_template_en_biber.tex, missing photo, configuration file not matching the bib file names)
 * Removed generated files (*-eps-converted-to.pdf) from the package; added a Makefile to build the documentation and the CTAN archive, a smoke test for all languages and a GitHub workflow
 * Updated documentation: dead links, dependencies, encodings, Maltese, typos; rewritten README for CTAN
-* Contributors: Giuseppe Silano
+* Improved French translation (#45)
+* Contributors: tytyvillus, rodolfo-medina, callegar, Giuseppe Silano
 
 2025.05.14
 ----------

Makefile

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 PKG      = europecv
 LATEX    = pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode -halt-on-error
 EXAMPLES = minimal europass-cv bulgarian-utf8 bulgarian-koi8-r greek-utf8
-TEMPLATES = cv_template_en cv_template_academic_en
+TEMPLATES = cv_template_en cv_template_academic_en cv_template_2020_en cv_template_2020_it
 
 .PHONY: all doc examples templates check ctan ctancheck clean
 
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ check: doc examples templates
 	sh tests/languages.sh pdflatex
 	sh tests/languages.sh xelatex
 	sh tests/languages.sh lualatex
+	sh tests/languages.sh pdflatex europecv2020
+	sh tests/languages.sh xelatex europecv2020
+	sh tests/languages.sh lualatex europecv2020
 
 ctan:
 	rm -rf build

README.md

@@ -5,14 +5,21 @@
 
 # europecv – An unofficial LaTeX class for European curricula vitae
 
-Version 2026.10.14 (2026-10-14)
+Version 2026.10.19 (2026-10-19)
 
 `europecv` is an unofficial LaTeX implementation of the standard model for
 curricula vitae (the *Europass CV*) as recommended by the European Commission.
 Although primarily intended for users in the European Union, the class can be
 used for any kind of curriculum vitae (possibly with the options `notitle`,
 `nobranding` and `nologo`).
 
+The package also contains the `europecv2020` class, which implements the
+single-column layout of the CVs created with the Europass online editor since
+2020 (header with picture and personal data, section titles followed by a
+rule, entries with dates, title and organisation, language self-assessment
+grid). It shares most commands with `europecv`, so an existing CV can usually
+be converted by just changing the name of the class.
+
 The class supports 27 languages (Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch,
 English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hungarian,
 Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish,
@@ -40,20 +47,38 @@ A minimal curriculum vitae:
 \end{document}
 ```
 
+With the 2020 layout:
+
+```latex
+\documentclass[english,a4paper]{europecv2020}
+\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
+\usepackage[scaled=.92]{helvet}
+\ecvname{Name Surname}
+\ecvemail{name.surname@email.com}
+\begin{document}
+\ecvpersonalinfo
+\section{Work experience}
+\ecventry{01/09/2020 -- Current}{Milan, Italy}{Engineer}{Company}
+Description of the activities.
+\end{document}
+```
+
 The full documentation is in `europecv.pdf`. Ready-to-use templates are in the
 `templates` folder and further examples in the `examples` folder.
 
 ## Contents of the package
 
 | File(s)                         | Description                                          |
 |---------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
-| `europecv.cls`                  | The document class                                   |
+| `europecv.cls`                  | The document class (original Europass layout)        |
+| `europecv2020.cls`              | The document class for the 2020 Europass layout      |
+| `europecv-common.def`           | Code shared by the two classes                       |
 | `ecv*.def`                      | Language definition files (`ecven.def` is English, `ecvit.def` Italian, ...) |
 | `europasslogo.{eps,pdf}`        | Europass logo (unofficial vector version)            |
 | `EuropeFlag*.{eps,pdf}`         | Flags of the European Union                          |
 | `europecv.tex`, `europecv.pdf`  | Documentation (source and PDF)                       |
 | `examples/`                     | Examples (minimal CV, Bulgarian, Greek, Maltese, ...) |
-| `templates/`                    | Templates (standard, academic, and with biblatex/biber) |
+| `templates/`                    | Templates (standard, academic, with biblatex/biber, and 2020 layout in English and Italian) |
 | `CHANGELOG.rst`                 | History of changes                                   |
 | `CONTRIBUTING.md`               | How to contribute                                    |
 | `LICENSE`                       | The LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.3c       |
@@ -63,7 +88,8 @@ The full documentation is in `europecv.pdf`. Ready-to-use templates are in the
 `europecv` is part of TeX Live and MiKTeX: use the package manager of your TeX
 distribution to install or update it.
 
-To install it manually, copy `europecv.cls`, the `ecv*.def` files, and the
+To install it manually, copy `europecv.cls`, `europecv2020.cls`, the
+`europecv-common.def` and `ecv*.def` files, and the
 logo and flag images (`europasslogo.*` and `EuropeFlag*.*`) into a directory
 searched by TeX, e.g. `TEXMFHOME/tex/latex/europecv/`, and the documentation
 into `TEXMFHOME/doc/latex/europecv/`. Alternatively, simply put these files in
@@ -131,7 +157,7 @@ The GitHub workflows in `.github/workflows` run automatically:
 - `build.yml` compiles the documentation, the examples, the templates and all
   the language options on every push and pull request;
 - `ctan.yml` builds and checks the CTAN archive (including CTAN's `pkgcheck`);
-  pushing a tag named after the version (e.g. `v2026.10.14`) also creates a
+  pushing a tag named after the version (e.g. `2026.10.19`) also creates a
   GitHub release with `europecv.zip` attached, ready for the CTAN upload;
 - `links.yml` looks for dead links in the documentation once a month;
 - `stale.yml` and `welcome.yml` manage stale issues and greet new contributors.

ecvbg.def

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed, 01/03/2020
 \ProvidesFile{ecvbg.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Bulgarian definitions]

ecvca.def

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed, 01/03/2020
 \ProvidesFile{ecvca.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Catalan definitions]

ecvcs.def

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation finished, 01/03/2020
 \ProvidesFile{ecvcs.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Czech definitions]

ecvda.def

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation finished, 01/03/2020
 \ProvidesFile{ecvda.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Danish definitions]

ecvde.def

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed on 01/03/2020
-\ProvidesFile{ecvde.def}[2026/10/14 europecv German definitions]
+\ProvidesFile{ecvde.def}[2026/10/19 europecv German definitions]
 % Personal information
 \def\ecv@infosectionkey{\ecv@utf{Angaben zur Person}}
 \def\ecv@datekey{\ecv@utf{Aktualisiert am}}
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 \def\ecv@cefbasickey{\ecv@utf{Elementare Sprachverwendung}}
 \def\ecv@cefindepkey{\ecv@utf{Selbst\"andige Sprachverwendung}}
 \def\ecv@cefprofkey{\ecv@utf{Kompetente Sprachverwendung}}
+% Used by the europecv2020 class
+\def\ecv@otherlangkey{\ecv@utf{Weitere Sprache(n)}}
+\def\ecv@levelskey{\ecv@utf{Niveaus}}
 
 \renewcommand*{\ecvbranding}{\ecv@utf{\Large\textbf{E\ecv@kern u\ecv@kern
 r\ecv@kern o\ecv@kern p\ecv@kern a\ecv@kern s\ecv@kern s}\\[5pt]}}

ecven.def

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed on 01/03/2020
-\ProvidesFile{ecven.def}[2026/10/14 europecv English definitions]
+\ProvidesFile{ecven.def}[2026/10/19 europecv English definitions]
 % Personal information
 \def\ecv@infosectionkey{\ecv@utf{Personal information}}
 \def\ecv@datekey{\ecv@utf{Updated \\}}
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 \def\ecv@cefbasickey{\ecv@utf{Basic user}}
 \def\ecv@cefindepkey{\ecv@utf{Independent user}}
 \def\ecv@cefprofkey{\ecv@utf{Proficient user}}
+% Used by the europecv2020 class
+\def\ecv@otherlangkey{\ecv@utf{Other language(s)}}
+\def\ecv@levelskey{\ecv@utf{Levels}}
 
 \providecommand*{\ecvbranding}{\ecv@utf{\Large\textbf{E\ecv@kern u\ecv@kern
 r\ecv@kern o\ecv@kern p\ecv@kern a\ecv@kern s\ecv@kern s}\\[5pt]}}

ecves.def

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed on 01/02/2024
-\ProvidesFile{ecves.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Spanish definitions]
+\ProvidesFile{ecves.def}[2026/10/19 europecv Spanish definitions]
 % Personal information
 \def\ecv@infosectionkey{\ecv@utf{Informaci\'on personal}}
 \def\ecv@datekey{\ecv@utf{Actualizado el\\}}
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 \def\ecv@cefbasickey{\ecv@utf{Usuario b\'asico}}
 \def\ecv@cefindepkey{\ecv@utf{Usuario independiente}}
 \def\ecv@cefprofkey{\ecv@utf{Usuario competente}}
+% Used by the europecv2020 class
+\def\ecv@otherlangkey{\ecv@utf{Otro(s) idioma(s)}}
+\def\ecv@levelskey{\ecv@utf{Niveles}}
 
 \renewcommand*{\ecvbranding}{\\[5pt]\ecv@utf{\Large\textbf{E\ecv@kern u\ecv@kern
 r\ecv@kern o\ecv@kern p\ecv@kern a\ecv@kern s\ecv@kern s}}}

ecvet.def

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed on 01/03/2020
 \ProvidesFile{ecvet.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Estonian definitions]

ecvfi.def

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed on 01/03/2020
 \ProvidesFile{ecvfi.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Finnish definitions]

ecvfr.def

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed on 01/03/2020
-\ProvidesFile{ecvfr.def}[2026/10/14 europecv French definitions]
+\ProvidesFile{ecvfr.def}[2026/10/19 europecv French definitions]
 % Informations personnelles
 \def\ecv@infosectionkey{\ecv@utf{Informations personnelles}}
 \def\ecv@datekey{\ecv@utf{Mis à jour le }}
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 \def\ecv@cefbasickey{\ecv@utf{Utilisateur \'el\'ementaire}}
 \def\ecv@cefindepkey{\ecv@utf{Utilisateur Ind\'ependant}}
 \def\ecv@cefprofkey{\ecv@utf{Utilisateur exp\'eriment\'e}}
+% Used by the europecv2020 class
+\def\ecv@otherlangkey{\ecv@utf{Autre(s) langue(s)}}
+\def\ecv@levelskey{\ecv@utf{Niveaux}}
 
 \renewcommand*{\ecvbranding}{\\[5pt]\ecv@utf{\Large\textbf{E\ecv@kern u\ecv@kern
 r\ecv@kern o\ecv@kern p\ecv@kern a\ecv@kern s\ecv@kern s}}}

ecvgl.def

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed on 01/03/2020
 \ProvidesFile{ecvgl.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Galician definitions]

ecvgr.def

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % WARNING: Requires the babel package loaded with options
 % [english,greek] (at least) for \foreignlanguage

ecvhu.def

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation finished, 01/03/2020
 \ProvidesFile{ecvhu.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Hungarian definitions]

ecvis.def

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed, 01/03/2020
 \ProvidesFile{ecvis.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Icelandic definitions]

ecvit.def

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed on 01/03/2020
-\ProvidesFile{ecvit.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Italian definitions]
+\ProvidesFile{ecvit.def}[2026/10/19 europecv Italian definitions]
 % Personal information
 \def\ecv@infosectionkey{\ecv@utf{Informazioni personali}}
 \def\ecv@datekey{\ecv@utf{Aggiornato al }}
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 \def\ecv@cefbasickey{\ecv@utf{Livello elementare}}
 \def\ecv@cefindepkey{\ecv@utf{Livello intermedio}}
 \def\ecv@cefprofkey{\ecv@utf{Livello avanzato}}
+% Used by the europecv2020 class
+\def\ecv@otherlangkey{\ecv@utf{Altre lingue}}
+\def\ecv@levelskey{\ecv@utf{Livelli}}
 
 
 

ecvlt.def

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed, 01/03/2020
 \ProvidesFile{ecvlt.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Lithuanian definitions]

ecvlv.def

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed on 01/03/2020
 \ProvidesFile{ecvlv.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Latvian definitions]

ecvmt.def

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed on 01/03/2020
 \ProvidesFile{ecvmt.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Maltese definitions]

ecvnl.def

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed on 01/03/2020
 \ProvidesFile{ecvnl.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Dutch definitions]

ecvno.def

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed on 01/03/2020
 \ProvidesFile{ecvno.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Norwegian definitions]

ecvpl.def

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed on 01/03/2020
 \ProvidesFile{ecvpl.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Polish definitions]

ecvpt.def

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed on 04/02/2021
-\ProvidesFile{ecvpt.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Portuguese definitions]
+\ProvidesFile{ecvpt.def}[2026/10/19 europecv Portuguese definitions]
 % Personal information
 \def\ecv@infosectionkey{\ecv@utf{Informa\c{c}\~ao pessoal}}
 \def\ecv@datekey{\ecv@utf{Atualizado a}}
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 \def\ecv@cefbasickey{\ecv@utf{Utilizador elementar}}
 \def\ecv@cefindepkey{\ecv@utf{Utilizador independente}}
 \def\ecv@cefprofkey{\ecv@utf{Utilizador experiente}}
+% Used by the europecv2020 class
+\def\ecv@otherlangkey{\ecv@utf{Outra(s) l\'{\i}ngua(s)}}
+\def\ecv@levelskey{\ecv@utf{N\'{\i}veis}}
 
 \renewcommand*{\ecvbranding}{\\[5pt]\ecv@utf{\Large\textbf{E\ecv@kern u\ecv@kern r\ecv@kern o\ecv@kern p\ecv@kern a\ecv@kern s\ecv@kern s}}}
 \renewcommand*{\ecvtitle}{\ecv@utf{\Large\textbf{C\ecv@kern u\ecv@kern r\ecv@kern r\ecv@kern i\ecv@kern c\ecv@kern u\ecv@kern l\ecv@kern u\ecv@kern m \ecv@kern v\ecv@kern i\ecv@kern t\ecv@kern a\ecv@kern e}}\ecvbranding}

ecvro.def

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed on 13/03/2022
 \ProvidesFile{ecvro.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Romanian definitions]

ecvsk.def

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed on 01/03/2020
 \ProvidesFile{ecvsk.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Slovak definitions]

ecvsl.def

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
+% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
 %
 % Translation completed on 01/03/2020
 \ProvidesFile{ecvsl.def}[2026/10/14 europecv Slovenian definitions]