Templates Windows

Preview, create PDFs, and print documents in your own style with templates in iA Writer for Windows.

The templates determine the style of your text in Preview and Print with elements such as the fonts, the margins, the line height, etc…

You can switch templates from:

the Toolbar on Preview
the Menu → View → Template

Built-in Templates

iA Writer comes with 6 built-in templates:

Modern (Sans)
Classic (Serif)
Manuscript (Mono)
Manuscript (Duo)
Manuscript (Quattro)
Github

You can display them in Web mode or PDF mode. Here is a quick peek at each of them side by side in PDF mode:

Classic | Modern | GitHub

A screenshot of side-by-side Preview with the Classic and Modern templates.

Mono | Duo | Quattro

A screenshot of side-by-side Preview with the Mono, Duo and Quattro templates.

GitHub

A side-by-side screenshot showing a text in the Editor and its Preview with the GitHub template.

The GitHub template stands apart from other built-in templates due to its primary focus on technical writing. Crafted by directly replicating GitHub’s CSS, this template does not support the Default Template Settings (such as Number heading, footer…) typically used for creative writing.

Additional Templates

Over the years, the iA Writer team has developed extra templates. You can individually download and install each of them in iA Writer.

Helvetica

Simple, Clean | Download A side-by-side screenshot showing a text in the Editor and its Preview with the Helvetica template.

Palatino

A classic for prose | Download A side-by-side screenshot showing a text in the Editor and its Preview with the Palatino template.

Letter

For beautiful correspondence | Download A side-by-side screenshot showing a text in the Editor and its Preview with the Letter template.

Fountain

The template for screenwriting | Download A side-by-side screenshot showing a text in the Editor and its Preview with the Fountain template.

Chess

Log your chess games | Download A screenshot of the Chess template with Editor and Preview side by side.

Create Your Own

CSS and HTML DIY | Learn more A side-by-side screenshot showing a text in the Editor and its Preview with the DIY template.

Installing Templates

Please follow these steps to install those additional templates on Windows (v1.2+):

download the template
compress .iatemplate file to iatemplate.zip (if necessary)
in iA Writer, go to File → Install Template → Select ‘TemplateName.iatemplate.zip’ file

A screenshot of the File menu with

Custom Templates

Users comfortable with code (CSS, HTML, and JS) can create custom templates tailored to their own tastes.
For more on this please see our dedicated page: Custom Templates.

It is also possible to override some of the CSS for a selected template by adding an HTML style block in your document. This solution is great for users who aren’t comfortable with code or those who just want to add a few changes (font size or font color for example), without creating a template.

A screenshot of an HTML style block in the Editor and its rendering in Preview.

You can see the code and CSS classes to target by enabling the Web Inspector in Preview.