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KOMA-Script

Versatile LaTeX classes and packages

Reine Portfolio-Übung, vollständig selbst entwickelt. Kein offizieller Auftritt – die Website steht in keinem Zusammenhang mit dem LaTeX-Paket KOMA-Script und wird auch nicht von dessen Entwicklern betrieben.

This is purely a portfolio project, developed entirely on my own. This is not an official site—the website is in no way affiliated with the LaTeX package KOMA-Script and is not operated by its developers.

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    • scrartcl — Article
    • scrreprt — Report
    • scrbook — Book & Thesis
    • scrlttr2 — Letters
    • typearea — Type Area
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Getting Started

Your first document with KOMA-Script — from blank file to finished PDF.

Last updated May 9, 2026

Your first document

Create mydocument.tex:

\documentclass[
  paper=a4,
  fontsize=11pt,
  parskip=half
]{scrartcl}
 
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{microtype}
 
\title{My first KOMA-Script document}
\author{John Doe}
\date{\today}
 
\begin{document}
\maketitle
 
\section{Introduction}
Welcome to KOMA-Script!
 
\section{Main}
KOMA-Script offers many advantages over the standard classes \dots
 
\end{document}

What's not in there: No \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} and no \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}. Both are no longer needed today — UTF-8 has been the default input encoding for LaTeX since 2018. With LuaLaTeX or XeLaTeX, inputenc was never needed at all, and fontenc should be replaced with fontspec if you need to manage fonts.

Compile

The recommended compiler is LuaLaTeX (full Unicode support, modern fonts):

lualatex mydocument.tex

pdflatex works just as well, just with an older toolchain design:

pdflatex mydocument.tex

Common adjustments

Choose another class

\documentclass{scrartcl}     % Article
\documentclass{scrreprt}     % Report with chapters
\documentclass{scrbook}      % Book / thesis
\documentclass{scrlttr2}     % Letter

Adjust the type area

\documentclass[DIV=12]{scrartcl}
\documentclass[DIV=calc]{scrartcl}
\documentclass[BCOR=12mm]{scrartcl}

Next steps

Read the official manual for full details: texdoc scrguien.

The KOMA-Script wiki maintains a collection of well-curated templates for common document types (German): sourceforge.net/p/koma-script/wiki-de/HowTo_Template

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  • Your first document
  • Compile
  • Common adjustments
  • Choose another class
  • Adjust the type area
  • Next steps