Legation cover letter template
Tinted paper, a serif split header, justified body, date opposite the company. The full formal apparatus.
What defines this design
- Serif typeface
- Name one side, contacts the other
- Tinted paper
- Justified paragraphs
Every one of these is a setting, not a constraint — accent colour, typeface, size, spacing and page margins stay yours under Customize, and switching design later re-renders what you’ve written rather than starting it over.
When to send Legation
Legation is set in a serif, which still reads as the default voice of formal correspondence — law, academia, government, publishing, medicine. It is the safe choice in the places where being the safe choice is the point.
Whatever you pick, the letter is read for what it says. A design buys you the half-second before that starts — it cannot buy the paragraph after it. If you are undecided, take Classic and spend the time on the opening sentence instead.
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