diff --git a/.typstignore b/.typstignore
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+++ b/.typstignore
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+.github
+.fork
+scripts
+template/*.pdf
+.gitignore
+.issuetracker
+modern-cv-docs.*
diff --git a/scripts/package b/scripts/package
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eu
+
+# adapted from https://github.com/johannes-wolf/cetz/blob/35c0868378cea5ad323cc0d9c2f76de8ed9ba5bd/scripts/package
+# licensed under Apache License 2.0
+
+. "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/setup"
+
+if (( $# < 1 )) || [[ "${1:-}" == "help" ]]; then
+  echo "package TARGET"
+  echo ""
+  echo "Packages all relevant files into a directory named '<name>/<version>'"
+  echo "at TARGET. If TARGET is set to @local or @preview, the local Typst package"
+  echo "directory will be used so that the package gets installed for local use."
+  echo "The name and version are read from 'typst.toml' in the project root."
+  echo ""
+  echo "Local package prefix: $DATA_DIR/typst/package/local"
+  echo "Local preview package prefix: $DATA_DIR/typst/package/preview"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+TARGET="$(resolve-target "${1:?Missing target path, @local or @preview}")"
+echo "Install dir: $TARGET"
+
+# ignore rules
+readarray -t ignores < <(grep -v '^#' .typstignore | grep '[^[:blank:]]')
+
+# recursively print all files that are not excluded via .typstignore
+function enumerate {
+	local root="$1"
+	if [[ -f "$root" ]]; then
+		echo "$root"
+	else
+		local files
+		readarray -t files < <(find "$root" \
+      -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 \
+      -not -name .git \
+      -not -name .typstignore)
+		# declare -p files >&2
+
+		local f
+		for f in "${files[@]}"; do
+			local include
+			include=1
+
+			local ignore
+			for ignore in "${ignores[@]}"; do
+				if [[ "$ignore" =~ ^! ]]; then
+					ignore="${ignore:1}"
+					if [[ "$f" == ./$ignore ]]; then
+						# echo "\"$f\" matched \"!$ignore\"" >&2
+						include=1
+					fi
+				elif [[ "$f" == ./$ignore ]]; then
+					# echo "\"$f\" matched \"$ignore\"" >&2
+					include=0
+				fi
+			done
+			if [[ "$include" == 1 ]]; then
+				enumerate "$f"
+			fi
+		done
+	fi
+}
+
+# List of all files that get packaged
+readarray -t files < <(enumerate ".")
+# declare -p files >&2
+
+TMP="$(mktemp -d)"
+
+for f in "${files[@]}"; do
+  mkdir -p "$TMP/$(dirname "$f")" 2>/dev/null
+  cp -r "$ROOT/$f" "$TMP/$f"
+done
+
+TARGET="${TARGET:?}/${PKG_PREFIX:?}/${VERSION:?}"
+echo "Packaged to: $TARGET"
+if rm -r "${TARGET:?}" 2>/dev/null; then
+  echo "Overwriting existing version."
+fi
+mkdir -p "$TARGET"
+
+# include hidden files by setting dotglob
+shopt -s dotglob
+mv "$TMP"/* "$TARGET"
diff --git a/scripts/setup b/scripts/setup
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+++ b/scripts/setup
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+# source this script to prepare some common environment variables
+
+# adapted from https://github.com/johannes-wolf/cetz/blob/35c0868378cea5ad323cc0d9c2f76de8ed9ba5bd/scripts/package
+# licensed under Apache License 2.0
+
+# Local package directories per platform
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux"* ]]; then
+  DATA_DIR="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"
+elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+  DATA_DIR="$HOME/Library/Application Support"
+else
+  DATA_DIR="${APPDATA}"
+fi
+
+function read-toml() {
+  local file="$1"
+  local key="$2"
+  # Read a key value pair in the format: <key> = "<value>"
+  # stripping surrounding quotes.
+  perl -lne "print \"\$1\" if /^${key}\\s*=\\s*\"(.*)\"/" < "$file"
+}
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"; pwd -P)/.." # macOS has no realpath
+PKG_PREFIX="$(read-toml "$ROOT/typst.toml" "name")"
+VERSION="$(read-toml "$ROOT/typst.toml" "version")"
+
+function resolve-target() {
+  local target="$1"
+
+	if [[ "$target" == "@local" ]]; then
+		echo "${DATA_DIR}/typst/packages/local"
+	elif [[ "$target" == "@preview" ]]; then
+		echo "${DATA_DIR}/typst/packages/preview"
+	else
+		echo "$target"
+	fi
+}
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diff --git a/scripts/uninstall b/scripts/uninstall
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+++ b/scripts/uninstall
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eu
+
+# adapted from https://github.com/johannes-wolf/cetz/blob/35c0868378cea5ad323cc0d9c2f76de8ed9ba5bd/scripts/package
+# licensed under Apache License 2.0
+
+. "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/setup"
+
+if (( $# < 1 )) || [[ "${1:-}" == "help" ]]; then
+  echo "uninstall TARGET"
+  echo ""
+  echo "Removes the package installed into a directory named '<name>/<version>'"
+  echo "at TARGET. If TARGET is set to @local or @preview, the local Typst package"
+  echo "directory will be used so that the package gets installed for local use."
+  echo "The name and version are read from 'typst.toml' in the project root."
+  echo ""
+  echo "Local package prefix: $DATA_DIR/typst/package/local"
+  echo "Local preview package prefix: $DATA_DIR/typst/package/preview"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+TARGET="$(resolve-target "${1:?Missing target path, @local or @preview}")"
+echo "Install dir: $TARGET"
+
+TARGET="${TARGET:?}/${PKG_PREFIX:?}/${VERSION:?}"
+echo "Package to uninstall: $TARGET"
+if [[ ! -e "${TARGET:?}" ]]; then
+  echo "Package was not found."
+elif rm -r "${TARGET:?}" 2>/dev/null; then
+  echo "Successfully removed."
+else
+  echo "Removal failed."
+fi