From ee4412d91164664f7e96c0f42503b2ee79aad396 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jmartin <jmartin@jmartgraphix.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 11:33:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Tighten resume PDF spacing for 1-2 Letter pages

---
 server/src/routes/resume-pdf.ts | 90 ++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/src/routes/resume-pdf.ts b/server/src/routes/resume-pdf.ts
index a85a794..06b234a 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/resume-pdf.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/resume-pdf.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ function escapeHtml(s: string): string {
     .replace(/"/g, "&quot;");
 }
 
-/** Compact, professional resume CSS for 1–2 printed pages. */
+/** Compact, professional resume CSS targeted at 1–2 Letter pages. */
 const RESUME_CSS = `
   @page {
     size: Letter;
-    margin: 0.55in 0.6in 0.55in 0.6in;
+    margin: 0.45in 0.55in 0.45in 0.55in;
   }
   * { box-sizing: border-box; }
   html, body {
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ const RESUME_CSS = `
     color: #1a1a1a;
     background: #fff;
     font-family: "Liberation Serif", "Times New Roman", "Nimbus Roman", Times, serif;
-    font-size: 10.5pt;
-    line-height: 1.35;
+    font-size: 9.5pt;
+    line-height: 1.28;
     -webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;
     print-color-adjust: exact;
   }
@@ -37,38 +37,38 @@ const RESUME_CSS = `
 
   header {
     text-align: center;
-    margin-bottom: 10pt;
-    padding-bottom: 8pt;
-    border-bottom: 1.25pt solid #222;
+    margin-bottom: 7pt;
+    padding-bottom: 6pt;
+    border-bottom: 1.1pt solid #222;
     break-after: avoid;
     page-break-after: avoid;
   }
   h1 {
-    margin: 0 0 2pt;
+    margin: 0 0 1pt;
     font-family: "Liberation Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
-    font-size: 18pt;
+    font-size: 16pt;
     font-weight: 700;
-    letter-spacing: 0.02em;
-    line-height: 1.15;
+    letter-spacing: 0.015em;
+    line-height: 1.12;
   }
   .title {
-    margin: 0 0 4pt;
+    margin: 0 0 3pt;
     font-family: "Liberation Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
-    font-size: 10.5pt;
+    font-size: 9.5pt;
     font-weight: 500;
     color: #333;
   }
   .contact {
     margin: 0;
     font-family: "Liberation Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
-    font-size: 9pt;
+    font-size: 8.25pt;
     color: #444;
   }
 
   .summary {
-    margin: 0 0 10pt;
-    font-size: 9.75pt;
-    line-height: 1.4;
+    margin: 0 0 7pt;
+    font-size: 8.75pt;
+    line-height: 1.32;
     text-align: justify;
     hyphens: auto;
     break-inside: avoid;
@@ -76,76 +76,75 @@ const RESUME_CSS = `
   }
 
   .sec {
-    margin: 0 0 8pt;
-    break-inside: avoid-page;
+    margin: 0 0 5pt;
   }
   h2 {
-    margin: 10pt 0 5pt;
-    padding-bottom: 2pt;
+    margin: 7pt 0 3pt;
+    padding-bottom: 1.5pt;
     font-family: "Liberation Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
-    font-size: 10pt;
+    font-size: 9pt;
     font-weight: 700;
-    letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+    letter-spacing: 0.07em;
     text-transform: uppercase;
     color: #111;
-    border-bottom: 0.75pt solid #888;
+    border-bottom: 0.7pt solid #888;
     break-after: avoid;
     page-break-after: avoid;
   }
 
   .item {
-    margin: 0 0 7pt;
+    margin: 0 0 5pt;
     break-inside: avoid;
     page-break-inside: avoid;
   }
   .item:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
   h3 {
-    margin: 0 0 1pt;
+    margin: 0;
     font-family: "Liberation Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
-    font-size: 10.25pt;
+    font-size: 9.25pt;
     font-weight: 700;
-    line-height: 1.25;
+    line-height: 1.2;
     break-after: avoid;
     page-break-after: avoid;
   }
   .meta {
-    margin: 0 0 3pt;
+    margin: 0 0 2pt;
     font-family: "Liberation Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
-    font-size: 8.75pt;
+    font-size: 8pt;
     color: #555;
     font-style: italic;
     break-after: avoid;
     page-break-after: avoid;
   }
   .item p {
-    margin: 0 0 2pt;
-    font-size: 9.5pt;
-    line-height: 1.35;
+    margin: 0 0 1.5pt;
+    font-size: 8.75pt;
+    line-height: 1.28;
   }
   ul {
-    margin: 2pt 0 0 14pt;
+    margin: 1pt 0 0 12pt;
     padding: 0;
   }
   li {
-    margin: 0 0 1.5pt;
-    font-size: 9.5pt;
-    line-height: 1.32;
+    margin: 0 0 1pt;
+    font-size: 8.75pt;
+    line-height: 1.26;
   }
   .skills-line {
-    margin: 0 0 3pt;
-    font-size: 9.5pt;
-    line-height: 1.35;
+    margin: 0 0 2pt;
+    font-size: 8.75pt;
+    line-height: 1.28;
     break-inside: avoid;
     page-break-inside: avoid;
   }
   .skills-line strong {
     font-family: "Liberation Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
-    font-size: 9.25pt;
+    font-size: 8.5pt;
   }
   .links-list {
-    margin: 2pt 0 0 14pt;
+    margin: 1pt 0 0 12pt;
     columns: 2;
-    column-gap: 18pt;
+    column-gap: 14pt;
   }
   .links-list li {
     break-inside: avoid;
@@ -162,8 +161,7 @@ const RESUME_CSS = `
       break-after: avoid;
       page-break-after: avoid;
     }
-    /* Prefer keeping a heading with at least part of the next block */
-    h2 {
+    p, li {
       orphans: 3;
       widows: 3;
     }
@@ -274,7 +272,7 @@ export async function resumePdfRoutes(app: FastifyInstance) {
           printBackground: true,
           preferCSSPageSize: true,
           displayHeaderFooter: false,
-          margin: { top: "0.55in", bottom: "0.55in", left: "0.6in", right: "0.6in" },
+          margin: { top: "0.45in", bottom: "0.45in", left: "0.55in", right: "0.55in" },
         });
         const filename = `${(resume.fullName || "resume").replace(/\s+/g, "_")}_Resume.pdf`;
         return reply