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added info regarding the cls file

.gitignore

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 # Ignore all files
-
 *.*
 
 # Whitelist
+
 !.gitignore
+!*.cls
 !*.tex
 !*.pdf
-!*.cls
 !*.jpg
 !*.md
-!.vscode/
+!.vscode
 !.vscode/**
 !build/*.*

CV_Pedro_Cabral.tex

@@ -1,84 +1,24 @@
+\documentclass{custom-cv}
 
-\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{pedro-moderncv}
+\usepackage{fontawesome6} % for icons
-\moderncvstyle{classic} % Style options: 'casual', 'classic', 'oldstyle', 'banking'
-\moderncvcolor{blue}    % Color options: 'blue', 'orange', 'green', 'red', 'purple', 'grey', 'black'
 
-\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}
+% \cvdebugtrue
 
-% Personal data
+\setcvtitle{Pedro Miguel \textbf{Pessoa Cabral}}
-\name{Pedro Miguel}{Pessoa Cabral}
+\setcvauthor{\faMobile\quad +49-(0)-176-57909188 \quad \faEnvelope\quad \href{mailto:pmpcabral@gmail.com}{pmpcabral@posteo.de}}
-\title{Curriculum Vitae}
+\setcvphoto{me_m_8x8_4x.jpg} % Try commenting this out to see layout adapt
-\address{Rittmeisterkoppel 14C}{22359 Hamburg}{Germany}
-\phone[mobile]{+49-(0)-17657-909188}
-\email{pmpcabral@posteo.de}
-\homepage{git.sueo.de/pcabral}
-\social[]{} % Optional: GitHub, LinkedIn, etc.
-\photo[3.5cm][0pt]{me_m_8x8_4x.jpg}
-
-\hyphenation{interpersonal}
-
-\linespread{1.05}
 
 \begin{document}
+\maketitle
 
-\makecvtitle
+\section{Languages}
-
+\cvitem{Portuguese}{First Language}{}
-\begin{minipage}[t]{0.48\textwidth}
+\cvitem{German}{Fluent}{}
-    \section{Profile}
+\cvitem{English}{Fluent}{}
-    \cvitem{Date of Birth}{January 17\textsuperscript{th}, 1988}
+\cvitem{Spanish}{Good}{}
-    \cvitem{Place of Birth}{Setúbal, Portugal}
+\cvitem{French}{Basic}{}
-    \cvitem{Nationality}{Portuguese}
-\end{minipage}\hfill
-\begin{minipage}[t]{0.48\textwidth}
-    \section{Languages}
-    \cvitemwithcomment{Portuguese}{First Language}{}
-    \cvitemwithcomment{German}{Fluent}{}
-    \cvitemwithcomment{English}{Fluent}{}
-    \cvitemwithcomment{Spanish}{Good}{}
-    \cvitemwithcomment{French}{Basic}{}
-\end{minipage}\hfill
 
 \section{Experience}
-\cventry{Apr 2025 -- Present}{Professional Sabbatical}{}{}{}{
+\cventry{2017 -- Present}{Software Developer}{HR4YOU AG}{PHP, JavaScript, SQL}
-    Dedicated time to personal development and family life following an intensive period in my career. Used this
-    opportunity to recharge, reassess long-term goals, and return with renewed focus and motivation for software
-    engineering.
-}
-\cventry{Jun 2021 -- Apr 2025}{Software Developer}{For Sale Digital Internet-Agentur GmbH}{Hamburg, Germany}{}{
-    PHP (\textit{native, Laravel, WordPress}), JavaScript (\textit{Vanilla, jQuery}), MySQL, Google Cloud Platform, TypeScript, React, Jenkins, ShipIt, Docker, Shopify.
-}
-\cventry{Feb 2017 -- May 2021}{Software Developer}{HR4YOU AG}{Großefehn, Germany}{}{
-    PHP, JavaScript (\textit{Vanilla, jQuery}), MySQL, CSS, LESS.
-}
-\cventry{Sep 2014 -- Apr 2016}{Support \& Operations}{SAFIRA/KPMG}{Carnaxide, Portugal}{}{
-    IBM Business Process Management, Forefront Identity Manager (\textit{FIM}).
-}
-\cventry{Apr 2013 -- Sep 2014}{Software Developer}{SAFIRA}{Carnaxide, Portugal}{}{
-    IBM BPM, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, SQL.
-}
-
-\section{Education}
-\cventry{2013}{Bachelor of Science}{Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa}{Caparica, Portugal}{}{}
-
-\section{Skills}
-\cvitem{Languages}{PHP, JavaScript (\textit{Vanilla}), TypeScript, MySQL, CSS, SCSS, HTML}
-\cvitem{Frameworks \& Libraries}{Laravel, React, jQuery, Bootstrap}
-\cvitem{Content Management Systems}{WordPress, Shopify}
-\cvitem{Development Tools}{PHPStorm, Visual Studio Code, Git, Composer, npm, Vite}
-\cvitem{DevOps \& Automation Tools}{Jenkins, ShipIt, Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform}
-\cvitem{Software Development Practices}{Test-Driven Development (TDD), Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), Mobile-First Design}
-\cvitem{Soft Skills}{Effective team player, collaborator, and mentor; strong communication and interpersonal skills; experienced moderator}
-
-\section{About me}
-
-I believe there are no stupid questions --- only opportunities to learn, improve, and build better things together.
-
-\bigskip % bigger gap before Personal section
-
-When I'm not coding, you'll usually find me taking care of and entertaining my two lovely kids.
-
-\medskip % slightly smaller gap within Personal block
-
-I also love singing, acting, playing the didgeridoo, and chopping wood. I regularly take cold showers (or ice baths when temperatures drop below zero) in the morning.
 
 \end{document}

README.md

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 # Curriculum-Vitae
 
-This project contains my *curriculum vitae* writen in `TeX` using a slightly
+This project contains my *curriculum vitae* writen in `TeX` and the class
-adapted version of [`moderncv`](https://github.com/moderncv/moderncv), which
+`custom-cv.cls` has been completley designed by me.
-renders a circular profile picture.
-
-> :information_source: This is my official current CV version
 
 ## Install TeX
 
@@ -20,7 +17,7 @@ If you are using VS Code, I highly recommend to install [LaTeX Workshop](https:/
 
 - [Article](../article/)
 - [Awesome-CV](../awesome-cv/)
-- [Pedro-CV](../pedro-cv/)
+- [ModernCV](../moderncv) (**main CV variant**)
 
 ##
 Developed with ♥ by Pedro Pessoa Cabral

custom-cv.cls

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+% =========================
+% custom-cv.cls  (2025-08-13)
+% =========================
+\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
+\ProvidesClass{custom-cv}[2025/08/13 Custom CV class]
+
+% Base class
+\LoadClass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
+
+% Packages
+\RequirePackage[a4paper,margin=1in]{geometry}
+\RequirePackage{xcolor}
+\RequirePackage{graphicx}
+\RequirePackage{tikz}
+\RequirePackage{titlesec}
+\RequirePackage{enumitem}
+\RequirePackage{hyperref}
+\RequirePackage{draftwatermark}
+\RequirePackage{fontspec}
+\RequirePackage{pgf} % for watermark autoscale
+
+% ---------------------------
+% Fonts (with fallback)
+% ---------------------------
+\IfFontExistsTF{Helvetica Neue}{
+  \setmainfont{Helvetica Neue}
+}{
+  \IfFontExistsTF{TeX Gyre Heros}{\setmainfont{TeX Gyre Heros}}{\setmainfont{Latin Modern Roman}}
+}
+
+% ---------------------------
+% Colors
+% ---------------------------
+\definecolor{cvblue}{HTML}{1A4E8A}
+
+% Debug colors & borders
+\definecolor{debugtext}{HTML}{E0F7FA}
+\definecolor{debugtextborder}{HTML}{0D47A1}
+\definecolor{debugphoto}{HTML}{FFEBEE}
+\definecolor{debugphotoborder}{HTML}{B71C1C}
+
+% ---------------------------
+% Debug flag & helpers
+% ---------------------------
+\newif\ifcvdebug
+\cvdebugfalse
+
+\newcommand{\debugboxtext}[1]{%
+  \ifcvdebug
+    \fcolorbox{debugtextborder}{debugtext}{\parbox{\dimexpr\linewidth-2\fboxsep-2\fboxrule}{#1}}%
+  \else
+    #1%
+  \fi
+}
+
+\newcommand{\debugboxphoto}[1]{%
+  \ifcvdebug
+    \fcolorbox{debugphotoborder}{debugphoto}{\parbox{\dimexpr\linewidth-2\fboxsep-2\fboxrule}{#1}}%
+  \else
+    #1%
+  \fi
+}
+
+% ---------------------------
+% CV storage + setters
+% ---------------------------
+\newcommand{\cvtitle}{}    % main title (name)
+\newcommand{\cvauthor}{}   % contact line
+\newcommand{\cvphoto}{}    % photo path
+
+\newcommand{\setcvtitle}[1]{\renewcommand{\cvtitle}{#1}}
+\newcommand{\setcvauthor}[1]{\renewcommand{\cvauthor}{#1}}
+\newcommand{\setcvphoto}[1]{\renewcommand{\cvphoto}{#1}}
+
+% ---------------------------
+% Robust "is empty?" test (trim spaces)
+% ---------------------------
+\makeatletter
+\newcommand{\IfNotEmpty}[3]{%
+  \edef\cv@tmp{\zap@space\detokenize{#1} \@empty}%
+  \ifx\cv@tmp\@empty
+    #3%
+  \else
+    #2%
+  \fi
+}
+\makeatother
+
+% ---------------------------
+% Hyperlinks & lists
+% ---------------------------
+\hypersetup{
+  colorlinks=true,
+  urlcolor=cvblue,
+  linkcolor=cvblue
+}
+\setlength{\parskip}{0.4em}
+\setlist[itemize]{noitemsep,topsep=0pt}
+
+% ---------------------------
+% Section formatting
+% ---------------------------
+\titleformat{\section}
+  {\large\bfseries\color{cvblue}}
+  {}{0em}
+  {\debugboxtext}
+  [\titlerule]
+
+\titleformat{\subsection}
+  {\normalsize\bfseries\color{cvblue}}
+  {}{0em}
+  {}
+
+\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}
+
+% ---------------------------
+% CV content commands
+% ---------------------------
+\newcommand{\cvitem}[2]{%
+  \debugboxtext{%
+    \noindent\textbf{#1:} #2
+  }\par
+}
+
+% \cventry{Title}{Date/Place}{Subtitle/Role}{Details}
+\newcommand{\cventry}[4]{%
+  \debugboxtext{%
+    \noindent\textbf{#2} \hfill {\small #1}\\
+    \IfNotEmpty{#3}{\textit{#3}\par}{}%
+    #4%
+  }\par\vspace{0.8em}
+}
+
+% ---------------------------
+% maketitle with adaptive layout
+% ---------------------------
+\renewcommand{\maketitle}{%
+  \IfNotEmpty{\cvtitle}{%
+    \begin{center}
+      \IfNotEmpty{\cvphoto}{%
+        % Text + Photo
+        \begin{minipage}[c]{0.75\textwidth}
+          \debugboxtext{%
+            {\LARGE \textbf{\cvtitle}}%
+            \IfNotEmpty{\cvauthor}{\\[0.5em]\cvauthor}{}%
+          }
+        \end{minipage}%
+        \hfill
+        \begin{minipage}[c]{0.23\textwidth}
+          \debugboxphoto{%
+            \begin{tikzpicture}
+              \clip (0,0) circle (1.75cm);
+              \node at (0,0) {\includegraphics[height=3.5cm]{\cvphoto}};
+            \end{tikzpicture}
+          }
+        \end{minipage}
+      }{%
+        % No photo: full-width text
+        \begin{minipage}[c]{\textwidth}
+          \debugboxtext{%
+            {\LARGE \textbf{\cvtitle}}%
+            \IfNotEmpty{\cvauthor}{\\[0.5em]\cvauthor}{}%
+          }
+        \end{minipage}
+      }%
+    \end{center}
+    \vspace{1em}
+  }{}%
+}
+
+% ---------------------------
+% Watermark (auto-scale)
+% ---------------------------
+\newlength{\cvWatermarkWidth}
+\newcommand{\cvsetwatermark}{%
+  \ifcvdebug
+    \SetWatermarkText{DEBUG MODE}%
+    {%
+      \fontsize{5cm}{5cm}\selectfont
+      \settowidth{\cvWatermarkWidth}{DEBUG MODE}%
+    }%
+    \pgfmathsetmacro{\cvScale}{min(\paperwidth,\paperheight)/\cvWatermarkWidth*0.9}%
+    \SetWatermarkScale{\cvScale}%
+    \SetWatermarkColor[gray]{0.85}%
+  \else
+    \SetWatermarkText{}%
+  \fi
+}
+\AtBeginDocument{\cvsetwatermark}

pedro-moderncv.cls

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-\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
-\ProvidesClass{pedro-moderncv}[2026/02/24 Custom moderncv wrapper]
-
-\LoadClassWithOptions{moderncv}
-
-\RequirePackage{tikz}
-\RequirePackage{etoolbox}
-
-\AtBeginDocument{%
-  \makeatletter
-
-  % Safe scaled length
-  \newlength{\@photowidthscaled}
-
-  \patchcmd{\makecvhead}
-    {\includegraphics[width=\@photowidth]{\@photo}}
-    {%
-      % Copy original width
-      \setlength{\@photowidthscaled}{\@photowidth}
-      % Scale safely (no calc/dimexpr/TikZ parser issues)
-      \setlength{\@photowidthscaled}{1.2\@photowidthscaled}
-
-      \begin{tikzpicture}
-        \clip (0, 0) circle (\@photowidth/2);
-        \node at (-0.2cm, -0.3cm) {
-            \includegraphics[width=\@photowidthscaled]{\@photo}
-        };
-      \end{tikzpicture}
-    }
-    {}{}
-  \makeatother
-}