From 3f8d04d759930b75cbaa53ee6df6491394f59e8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mads Lorentzen <madslorentzen_17@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:46:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cv): override moderncv banking colors and remove
 inter-item \vspace

Two fixes for the moderncv banking + lualatex + MiKTeX combination that
the README documents as the recommended setup:

1. **Color overrides for names and section headings.** Default banking on
   modern MiKTeX renders firstname, lastname, and \section headings in
   black, which clashes with the rest of the blue accent scheme (links,
   bullets, contact icons). Add three \renewcommand* lines that force
   firstnamestyle, lastnamestyle, and sectionstyle to use \color{color1}.
   Both names render bold in matching blue, and every \section heading
   renders blue with the standard horizontal underline. No effect for
   users on a setup where the defaults already render blue.

2. **Remove \vspace{1pt} between \item entries in itemize lists.** This
   pattern (used 21 times in the template) intermittently produces an
   oversized gap before a single item: every adjacent pair has the same
   separator in the source, but LaTeX renders one of them noticeably
   wider because the inter-item \vspace creates a paragraph break that
   interacts with the list's internal \itemsep. Removing the inter-item
   \vspace lets itemize use its native uniform spacing, which renders
   consistently. \vspace{1pt} immediately after \section{...} (between
   header and first item) and \vspace{3pt} between top-level \cventry
   blocks are kept - those are different patterns and render fine.

Also updated the file's compile-comment from "pdflatex" to "lualatex"
to match the README.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 cv/main_example.tex | 20 +++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cv/main_example.tex b/cv/main_example.tex
index 7601be8..c60ba03 100644
--- a/cv/main_example.tex
+++ b/cv/main_example.tex
@@ -3,12 +3,20 @@
 %% Use as a master reference when tailoring role-specific CVs.
 %%
 %% SETUP: Run /setup to populate this with your actual information.
-%% Compile with: pdflatex main_example.tex
+%% Compile with: lualatex main_example.tex
+%% (pdflatex often fails on modern MiKTeX with fontawesome5 font-expansion errors.)
 
 \documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}
 \moderncvstyle{banking}
 \moderncvcolor{blue}
 
+% Force both first and last name AND section headings to render in moderncv
+% blue (color1). Default banking on lualatex+MiKTeX leaves these black, which
+% looks inconsistent with the rest of the blue accent scheme.
+\renewcommand*{\firstnamestyle}[1]{{\fontsize{34}{36}\bfseries\upshape\color{color1}#1}}
+\renewcommand*{\lastnamestyle}[1]{{\fontsize{34}{36}\bfseries\upshape\color{color1}#1}}
+\renewcommand*{\sectionstyle}[1]{{\sectionfont\color{color1}#1}}
+
 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
 \usepackage{hyperref}
 \hypersetup{
@@ -49,16 +57,12 @@
 \begin{itemize}
 
 \item \textbf{[Skill Category 1]}: [Specific skills, frameworks, tools. Be concrete.]
-\vspace{1pt}
 
 \item \textbf{[Skill Category 2]}: [Specific skills, frameworks, tools.]
-\vspace{1pt}
 
 \item \textbf{[Skill Category 3]}: [Specific skills, frameworks, tools.]
-\vspace{1pt}
 
 \item \textbf{[Skill Category 4]}: [Domain expertise, methods, approaches.]
-\vspace{1pt}
 
 \item \textbf{[Skill Category 5]}: [Tools, platforms, software.]
 
@@ -76,11 +80,8 @@
 \item{\cventry{[YYYY--Present]}{[Job Title]}{[Company]}{[City, Country]}{}{\vspace{1pt}
 \begin{itemize}
     \item [Achievement or responsibility 1 - be specific, use numbers where possible]
-    \vspace{1pt}
     \item [Achievement or responsibility 2]
-    \vspace{1pt}
     \item [Achievement or responsibility 3]
-    \vspace{1pt}
     \item [Achievement or responsibility 4]
 \end{itemize}}}
 
@@ -90,9 +91,7 @@
 \item{\cventry{[YYYY--YYYY]}{[Job Title]}{[Company]}{[City, Country]}{}{\vspace{1pt}
 \begin{itemize}
     \item [Achievement or responsibility 1]
-    \vspace{1pt}
     \item [Achievement or responsibility 2]
-    \vspace{1pt}
     \item [Achievement or responsibility 3]
 \end{itemize}}}
 
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@
 \item{\cventry{[YYYY--YYYY]}{[Job Title]}{[Company]}{[City, Country]}{}{\vspace{1pt}
 \begin{itemize}
     \item [Achievement or responsibility 1]
-    \vspace{1pt}
     \item [Achievement or responsibility 2]
 \end{itemize}}}