diff --git a/subject/Makefile b/subject/Makefile
index a1f8ca5..0fa73a2 100644
--- a/subject/Makefile
+++ b/subject/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 all: subject.pdf
 
 .md.pdf:
-	pandoc --latex-engine=xelatex --toc --normalize --chapters -o $@ $<
+	pandoc --latex-engine=xelatex --toc --normalize --chapters --standalone -N --template=../template.tex -M fontsize=12pt -M papersize=a4paper -o $@ $<
 
 .md.tex:
-	pandoc --latex-engine=xelatex --toc --normalize --chapters --standalone -o $@ $<
+	pandoc --latex-engine=xelatex --toc --normalize --chapters --standalone -N --template=../template.tex -M fontsize=12pt -M papersize=a4paper -o $@ $<
 
 .SUFFIXES: .md .tex .pdf
diff --git a/template.tex b/template.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90ad704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+\documentclass[$if(fontsize)$$fontsize$,$endif$$if(lang)$$lang$,$endif$$if(papersize)$$papersize$,$endif$$for(classoption)$$classoption$$sep$,$endfor$]{$documentclass$}
+\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}        % font encoding
+\usepackage{euler}              % math font (must be loaded before fontspec)
+\usepackage{tabularx}           % arrays with paragraph-like cells
+\usepackage[table]{xcolor}      % colors
+\usepackage{tikz}               % graphics
+\usepackage{float}              % improve floating figures and tables
+\usepackage{titlesec}           % must be loaded BEFORE hyperref!
+\usepackage{graphicx}           % pictures inclusion
+\usepackage{listings}           % source code environments and inclusion
+\usepackage{fancybox}           % boxes
+\usepackage{textcomp}           % more symbols
+\usepackage{pifont}             % even more symbols (with \ding)
+\usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts}   % math symbols and environments
+\usepackage{calc}               % operations on lengths
+\usepackage{booktabs}           % better tables
+\usepackage{multirow}           % tabular cells spanning multiple rows
+\usepackage{ifthen}             % if-then-else construct
+\usepackage{enumitem}           % list customization
+\usepackage{sectsty}            % section-title customization
+\usepackage{ifxetex,ifluatex}
+\usepackage{setspace}           % set space amount between lines
+\usepackage[cm]{fullpage}       % don't waste space around pages
+\usepackage{longtable}
+\usepackage{fixltx2e} % provides \textsubscript
+% use upquote if available, for straight quotes in verbatim environments
+\IfFileExists{upquote.sty}{\usepackage{upquote}}{}
+\ifnum 0\ifxetex 1\fi\ifluatex 1\fi=0 % if pdftex
+  \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+$if(euro)$
+  \usepackage{eurosym}
+$endif$
+\else % if luatex or xelatex
+  \ifxetex
+    \usepackage{mathspec}
+    \usepackage{xltxtra,xunicode}
+  \else
+    \usepackage{fontspec}
+  \fi
+  \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text,Scale=MatchLowercase}
+  \newcommand{\euro}{€}
+$if(mainfont)$
+    \setmainfont{$mainfont$}
+$endif$
+$if(sansfont)$
+    \setsansfont{$sansfont$}
+$endif$
+$if(monofont)$
+    \setmonofont[Mapping=tex-ansi]{$monofont$}
+$endif$
+$if(mathfont)$
+    \setmathfont(Digits,Latin,Greek){$mathfont$}
+$endif$
+\fi
+\setmainfont[Ligatures={Common,Rare}]{LinLibertine}
+\setsansfont[Ligatures=Common]{LinBiolinum}
+\linepenalty=100
+\allsectionsfont{\color{black}}
+\setlist{itemsep=1pt,topsep=2pt,partopsep=0pt,parsep=0pt,leftmargin=20pt}
+
+\titlespacing{\section}{0pt}{2.5em}{0.66em}
+\titlespacing{\subsection}{0pt}{1.5em}{0.5em}
+\titlespacing{\subsubsection}{0pt}{1em}{0.4em}
+\titlespacing{\paragraph}{0pt}{2ex}{1.2ex}
+
+% use microtype if available
+\IfFileExists{microtype.sty}{\usepackage{microtype}}{}
+$if(geometry)$
+\usepackage[$for(geometry)$$geometry$$sep$,$endfor$]{geometry}
+$endif$
+$if(natbib)$
+\usepackage{natbib}
+\bibliographystyle{$if(biblio-style)$$biblio-style$$else$plainnat$endif$}
+$endif$
+$if(biblatex)$
+\usepackage{biblatex}
+$if(biblio-files)$
+\bibliography{$biblio-files$}
+$endif$
+$endif$
+$if(listings)$
+\usepackage{listings}
+$endif$
+$if(lhs)$
+\lstnewenvironment{code}{\lstset{language=Haskell,basicstyle=\small\ttfamily}}{}
+$endif$
+$if(highlighting-macros)$
+$highlighting-macros$
+$endif$
+$if(verbatim-in-note)$
+\usepackage{fancyvrb}
+$endif$
+$if(tables)$
+\usepackage{longtable}
+$endif$
+$if(graphics)$
+\usepackage{graphicx}
+% Redefine \includegraphics so that, unless explicit options are
+% given, the image width will not exceed the width of the page.
+% Images get their normal width if they fit onto the page, but
+% are scaled down if they would overflow the margins.
+\makeatletter
+\def\ScaleIfNeeded{%
+  \ifdim\Gin@nat@width>\linewidth
+    \linewidth
+  \else
+    \Gin@nat@width
+  \fi
+}
+\makeatother
+\let\Oldincludegraphics\includegraphics
+{%
+ \catcode`\@=11\relax%
+ \gdef\includegraphics{\@ifnextchar[{\Oldincludegraphics}{\Oldincludegraphics[width=\ScaleIfNeeded]}}%
+}%
+$endif$
+\ifxetex
+  \usepackage[setpagesize=false, % page size defined by xetex
+              unicode=false, % unicode breaks when used with xetex
+              xetex]{hyperref}
+\else
+  \usepackage[unicode=true]{hyperref}
+\fi
+\hypersetup{breaklinks=true,
+            bookmarks=true,
+            pdfauthor={$author-meta$},
+            pdftitle={$title-meta$},
+            colorlinks=true,
+            citecolor=$if(citecolor)$$citecolor$$else$blue$endif$,
+            urlcolor=$if(urlcolor)$$urlcolor$$else$blue$endif$,
+            linkcolor=$if(linkcolor)$$linkcolor$$else$magenta$endif$,
+            pdfborder={0 0 0}}
+\urlstyle{same}  % don't use monospace font for urls
+$if(links-as-notes)$
+% Make links footnotes instead of hotlinks:
+\renewcommand{\href}[2]{#2\footnote{\url{#1}}}
+$endif$
+$if(strikeout)$
+\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
+% avoid problems with \sout in headers with hyperref:
+\pdfstringdefDisableCommands{\renewcommand{\sout}{}}
+$endif$
+\setlength{\parskip}{6pt plus 2pt minus 1pt}
+\setlength{\emergencystretch}{3em}  % prevent overfull lines
+$if(numbersections)$
+\setcounter{secnumdepth}{5}
+$else$
+\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}
+$endif$
+$if(verbatim-in-note)$
+\VerbatimFootnotes % allows verbatim text in footnotes
+$endif$
+$if(lang)$
+\usepackage[$lang$]{babel}
+$endif$
+$for(header-includes)$
+$header-includes$
+$endfor$
+
+$if(title)$
+\title{$title$}
+$endif$
+$if(subtitle)$
+\subtitle{$subtitle$}
+$endif$
+\author{$for(author)$$author$$sep$ \and $endfor$}
+\date{$date$}
+
+\begin{document}
+$if(title)$
+\maketitle
+$endif$
+
+$for(include-before)$
+$include-before$
+
+$endfor$
+$if(toc)$
+{
+\hypersetup{linkcolor=black}
+\setcounter{tocdepth}{$toc-depth$}
+\tableofcontents
+}
+$endif$
+$body$
+
+$if(natbib)$
+$if(biblio-files)$
+$if(biblio-title)$
+$if(book-class)$
+\renewcommand\bibname{$biblio-title$}
+$else$
+\renewcommand\refname{$biblio-title$}
+$endif$
+$endif$
+\bibliography{$biblio-files$}
+
+$endif$
+$endif$
+$if(biblatex)$
+\printbibliography$if(biblio-title)$[title=$biblio-title$]$endif$
+
+$endif$
+$for(include-after)$
+$include-after$
+
+$endfor$
+\end{document}
diff --git a/tutorial/Makefile b/tutorial/Makefile
index 62215a3..fbbcf46 100644
--- a/tutorial/Makefile
+++ b/tutorial/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 all: tutorial.pdf
 
 .md.pdf:
-	pandoc --latex-engine=xelatex --toc --normalize --listings --chapters -o $@ $<
+	pandoc --latex-engine=xelatex --toc --normalize --listings --chapters -M lang=frenchb --standalone -N --template=../template.tex -M fontsize=12pt -M papersize=a4paper -o $@ $<
 
 .md.tex:
-	pandoc --latex-engine=xelatex --toc --normalize --listings --chapters --standalone -o $@ $<
+	pandoc --latex-engine=xelatex --toc --normalize --listings --chapters -M lang=frenchb --standalone -N --template=../template.tex -M fontsize=12pt -M papersize=a4paper -o $@ $<
 
 .SUFFIXES: .md .tex .pdf