diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ecd3ba8..275cede 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,11 +18,17 @@ fonts/sentinel:
 basics: fonts/sentinel
 	mkdir -p out
 
-base.pdf: base.tex cv_base.cls basics
-	${LATEX_CMD} base.tex
-
 clean:
 	rm -rf out
 
 clean_fonts:
-	rm -rf fonts/
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+	rm -rf fonts/
+
+base.pdf: base.tex cv_base.cls basics
+	${LATEX_CMD} base.tex
+
+cv.pdf: cv.tex cv_base.cls cv.cls basics
+	${LATEX_CMD} cv.tex
+
+cv_letter.pdf: cv_letter.tex cv_base.cls cv_letter.cls basics
+	${LATEX_CMD} cv_letter.tex
diff --git a/cv.cls b/cv.cls
index f1f213b..f98a1ae 100644
--- a/cv.cls
+++ b/cv.cls
@@ -1,20 +1,75 @@
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
 \ProvidesClass{cv}[2022/09/17 Custom CV Class]
-\LoadClass{cv_base}
+\LoadClass[letterpaper, 11pt]{cv_base}
+
+
+% change geometry
+\RequirePackage[left=.9in, right=.9in, bottom=1in, top=1in]{geometry}
 
 
 % section / subsection formatting
 \RequirePackage{titlesec}
 
 \titleformat{\section}         % Customise the \section command 
-  {\Large\raggedright} % Make the \section headers large (\Large),
+  {\Large\latolight\selectfont \raggedright\uppercase} % Make the \section headers large (\Large),
                                % small capitals (\scshape) and left aligned (\raggedright)
   {}{0em}                      % Can be used to give a prefix to all sections, like 'Section ...'
   {}                           % Can be used to insert code before the heading
   [\titlerule]                 % Inserts a horizontal line after the heading
 
 \titleformat{\subsection}
-  {\large\raggedright}
+  {\large\latolight\selectfont \raggedright\uppercase}
   {}{0em}
   {}
 
+
+% no paragraph indent
+\setlength{\parindent}{0cm}
+
+% larger line spaces
+\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.15}
+
+% sizing parameters
+\RequirePackage{setspace, longtable, multicol}
+
+\newcommand{\tblitemsep}{\vspace{.5cm}}
+\newcommand{\tblitemsepsmall}{\vspace{.2cm}}
+\newcommand{\preitemizesep}{\vspace{.3em}}
+\newcommand{\initemizesep}{
+    \setlength{\itemsep}{.2em}
+    \setlength{\parsep}{0em}
+    \setlength{\parskip}{.3em}
+}
+\newcommand{\crule}{{\color{\hicolor}\hrule}}
+\newcommand{\notextitemizepre}{\vspace{-.5cm}}
+
+\setlength{\multicolsep}{0pt}
+
+
+% fancy header
+\RequirePackage{lastpage, fancyhdr, datetime}
+
+\newcommand{\MakeHeader}[2]{
+  \fancyhf{}
+  \rfoot{\thepage \,/ \pageref{LastPage}}
+  \lhead{\latolight\footnotesize #1}
+  \chead{}
+  \rhead{\latolight\footnotesize\colorhi{#2}}
+  
+  \fancypagestyle{firstpage}{  %section openning
+          \fancyhf{}
+          \fancyfoot[RO]{Seite \thepage}
+          \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
+  }
+  
+}
+
+\pagestyle{fancy}
+
+% header color
+\let\oldheadrule\headrule% Copy \headrule into \oldheadrule
+\renewcommand{\headrule}{\color{\hicolor}\oldheadrule}
+
+% footnote color
+\let\oldfootnoterule\footnoterule
+\renewcommand{\footnoterule}{{\color{\hicolor}{\oldfootnoterule}}}
diff --git a/cv.tex b/cv.tex
index e69de29..4e91f96 100644
--- a/cv.tex
+++ b/cv.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+\documentclass[]{cv}
+
+\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
+
+\MakeHeader{Anton Lydike}{17. Sep. 2022}
+
+\begin{document}
+    
+\section[testsec]{Test öäüßẞ ẞ Section}
+
+    Hello world öäüß ẞ
+
+    \subsection{Subsection öäüß test}
+
+\end{document}
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diff --git a/cv_base.cls b/cv_base.cls
index 18b53b3..e4861f8 100644
--- a/cv_base.cls
+++ b/cv_base.cls
@@ -3,12 +3,7 @@
 \LoadClass{article}
 
 % base setup
-\RequirePackage{microtype, hyperref, fancyhdr, enumitem, amsmath}
-
-
-% DejaVuSans font
-%\RequirePackage[scaled=0.825]{Lato}
-%\renewcommand*\familydefault{\sfdefault}
+\RequirePackage{microtype, hyperref, enumitem, amsmath}
 
 
 % Set main fonts
@@ -16,16 +11,21 @@
 \setmainfont[Color=2b2b2b, Path = fonts/,BoldItalicFont=Lato-Italic,BoldFont=Lato-Regular,ItalicFont=Lato-LightItalic]{Lato-Light}
 \setsansfont[Scale=MatchLowercase,Ligatures=TeX, Path = fonts/]{DejaVuSans-ExtraLight}
 
+\newcommand{\latolight}{\fontspec[Path = fonts/]{Lato-Light}}
+
+\newcommand{\latoreg}{\fontspec[Path = fonts/]{Lato-Regular}}
+
+
 % link styling and helpers
 \RequirePackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
 \hypersetup{colorlinks=true, linkcolor=RoyalBlue, urlcolor=RoyalBlue}
 
-
 \newcommand{\linkwithfooter}[2]{\href{#2}{#1}\footnote{\href{#2}{#2}}}
 \newcommand{\footerlink}[1]{\footnote{\href{#1}{#1}}}
 
+
 % highlight color
 \definecolor{hicolorcode}{RGB}{178, 79, 61}
-\newcommand{\hicolor}{Sepia} % PineGreen
+\newcommand{\hicolor}{PineGreen} % PineGreen
 \newcommand{\colorhi}[1]{\textit{#1}}
 
diff --git a/cv_letter.tex b/cv_letter.tex
index e69de29..2a12641 100644
--- a/cv_letter.tex
+++ b/cv_letter.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+\documentclass[]{cv_letter}
+
+\begin{document}
+    
+\section[testsec]{Test Section}
+
+    Hello world
+
+    \subsection{Subsection test}
+
+\end{document}
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