Templates

All word-processing applications allow you to make use of templates in order to maintain a consistent style from document to document. Here are some examples to get you started.

Additional fonts

First, install the following fonts on your machine using these links to download the relevant compressed .zip files:

• Charis SIL
• Clara
• Noto Sans and Noto Serif
• Noto Sans and Noto Serif CJK fonts

The Noto CJK fonts allow you to combine Latin script with characters in Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese.

Once you have unzipped the downloaded files, you can then install the fonts.

Using the templates

Next, you can download these two templates, all of them designed for use with LibreOffice:

• an essay template using Clara as a serif font
• an essay template using Noto Serif
• an essay template using Noto Sans Serif
• an essay template in MLA style using Charis SIL as a serif font
• an essay template in MLA style using Noto Serif Simplified Chinese
• an essay template in MLA style using Noto Sans Simplified Chinese

You can also obtain an MLA template for Word directly from Microsoft.

Accessing CJK character sets

Note that you will have to choose which precise Noto CJK font you wish to use according to the language in which you will be writing — here, Simplified Chinese is selected.