diff --git a/conf/bibliography.bib b/conf/bibliography.bib
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5553e2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/bibliography.bib
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+% Bibliography based on BibTeX
+% format: https://www.bibtex.com/g/bibtex-format/
+% possible entry types: https://www.bibtex.com/e/entry-types/
diff --git a/conf/format.yaml b/conf/format.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afcf2ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/format.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+language: de
+ligratures: true
+hyphenate: true
+paragraph-spacing: 1.5  # relative to line height
+line-spacing: 0.75    # relative to line height
+first-line-indent: 1  # in centimetres
+font-size: 12         # in point
diff --git a/conf/glossary.yaml b/conf/glossary.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b188fde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/glossary.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+glossary:
+
+# Example:
+
+# - short: PLC
+#   long: Programmable Logic Controller
+#   desc: Industrial computer for controlling automation devices
+
diff --git a/src/info.yaml b/info.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from src/info.yaml
rename to info.yaml
diff --git a/res/font/FiraCode/FiraCode Nerd Font Regular.ttf b/res/font/FiraCode/FiraCode Nerd Font Regular.ttf
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index 0000000..7abb9fc
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diff --git a/res/font/Times New Roman/Times New Roman Bold-Italic.ttf b/res/font/Times New Roman/Times New Roman Bold-Italic.ttf
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diff --git a/res/font/Times New Roman/Times New Roman Italic.ttf b/res/font/Times New Roman/Times New Roman Italic.ttf
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diff --git a/src/extra/util.typ b/src/extra/util.typ
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84a0dc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extra/util.typ
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+
+#let TitleSize = 24pt
+#let SubtitleSize = 18pt
+#let LargetextSize = 14pt
+
+// titles are bold and twice the size of normal text
+// also they are centered and not justified
+#let title(x) = {
+  align(center, par(justify: false, text(weight: "regular", size: TitleSize)[#x]))
+}
+
+// subtitles are 1.5x the size of normal text
+// also they are centered and not justified
+#let subtitle(x) = {
+  par(justify: false, text(size: SubtitleSize)[#x])
+}
+
+#let largetext(x) = {
+  par(justify: false, text(size: LargetextSize)[#x])
+}
+
+#let signature = {
+  set align(bottom)
+
+  grid(
+    // set width of columns
+    // we need two, so make both half the page width
+    columns: (50%, 50%),
+    row-gutter: 0.75em,
+    align(left, {line(length: 6cm)}),
+    align(left, {line(length: 6cm)}),
+    align(left, "Ort, Datum"),
+    align(left, "Unterschrift")
+  )
+}
+
+#let to_em(x) = {
+  x * 1em
+}
+
+#let to_cm(x) = {
+  x * 1cm
+}
+
+#let to_pt(x) = {
+  x * 1pt
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.typ b/src/main.typ
index be8378c..7ce4768 100644
--- a/src/main.typ
+++ b/src/main.typ
@@ -1,73 +1,190 @@
 
-// style text
-#set text(
-  ligatures: true,
-  size: 12pt  // global font size
-)
+#import "prelude.typ" as prelude
 
-// page geometry
+// set page geometry:
+// paper format of A4
 #set page(
-  margin: (left: 3cm, right: 2cm, top: 2cm + 2em + 2em, bottom: 2cm),
+  margin: (left: 3cm, right: 2cm, top: 2cm + 2em, bottom: 2cm),
   paper: "a4",
 )
 
-#let info = yaml("info.yaml")
+// set global text parameter
+#set text(
+  font: "Times New Roman",
+  size: prelude.to_pt(prelude.format.font-size),
+  ligatures: prelude.format.ligratures,
+  hyphenate: prelude.format.hyphenate,
+  alternates: prelude.format.ligratures,
+  discretionary-ligatures: prelude.format.ligratures,
+  lang: prelude.format.language
+)
+
+// set the text properties of verbatim/raw text blocks
+#show raw: set text(
+  font: "FiraCode Nerd Font",
+  size: prelude.to_pt(prelude.format.font-size),
+  ligatures: prelude.format.ligratures,
+  hyphenate: prelude.format.hyphenate,
+  alternates: prelude.format.ligratures,
+  discretionary-ligatures: prelude.format.ligratures,
+  lang: prelude.format.language
+)
+
+// use block element as paragraph
+// set block settings for every paragraph
+#show par: set block(
+  below: prelude.to_em(prelude.format.paragraph-spacing), // paragraph spacing
+)
+
+// set global paragraph settings
+#set par(
+  leading: prelude.to_em(prelude.format.line-spacing),
+  justify: true,
+  first-line-indent: prelude.to_cm(prelude.format.first-line-indent)
+)
 
 // set PDF meta information
 #set document(
-  author: info.autor,
+  author: prelude.info.autor,
   date: datetime.today(),
-  keywords: info.stichwörter
+  keywords: prelude.info.stichwörter
 )
 
+#set heading(numbering: none)
+#set page(numbering: "I.", footer: "")
+
+#show heading.where(
+  level: 1
+): it => block(width: 100%)[
+  #set align(center)
+  #set text(prelude.to_pt(prelude.format.font-size) * 2, weight: "regular")
+  #it.body
+  #v(0.5cm)
+]
+
 #include "pages/titel.typ"
 #include "pages/selbständigkeitserklärung.typ"
 #include "pages/sperrvermerk.typ"
-#include "pages/gender-hinweis.typ"
-#include "pages/übersicht-arbeitspakete.typ"
 
 #set page(
   binding: left,
-  header-ascent: 2em,
+  header-ascent: 1em,
   header: locate(loc => {
+    smallcaps(prelude.info.titel)
+    v(-2em)
     align(right, counter(page).display("I."))
-    v(-0.75em)
+    v(-1em)
     line(length: 100%)
   }),
   footer: ""
 )
 
-// vorwort
+#show heading.where(
+  level: 1
+): it => block(width: 100%)[
+  #set align(left)
+  #set text(prelude.to_pt(prelude.format.font-size) * 2, weight: "regular")
+  #v(0.25cm)
+  #it.body
+  #v(0.5cm)
+]
 
-#outline(title: "Inhaltsverzeichnis")
+#include "pages/gender-hinweis.typ"
+#include "pages/übersicht-arbeitspakete.typ"
+
+#outline(title: "Inhaltsverzeichnis", indent: auto)
 
 #pagebreak()
 
 #outline(
-  title: [Abbildungsverzeichnis],
+  title: "Abbildungsverzeichnis",
   target: figure.where(kind: image),
 )
 
 #pagebreak()
 
 #outline(
-  title: [Tabellensverzeichnis],
+  title: "Tabellensverzeichnis",
   target: figure.where(kind: table),
 )
 
 #pagebreak()
 
 #outline(
-  title: [Quelltextverzeichnis],
+  title: "Quelltextverzeichnis",
   target: figure.where(kind: raw),
 )
 
 #pagebreak()
 
+// for creating glossary
+#import "@preview/glossarium:0.2.6": make-glossary, print-glossary, gls, glspl 
+#show: make-glossary
+
+= Glossar
+
+// read all entries from config file
+#let glossary = yaml("../conf/glossary.yaml")
+// destination array
+#let glossary_entries = ()
+
+// parse TOML entries into correct format
+#if glossary.glossary != none {
+  for entry in glossary.glossary {
+    let short = entry.at("short", default: none)
+    let long  = entry.at("long", default: none)
+    let desc  = entry.at("desc", default: none)
+ 
+    if short == none {
+      panic("Key of glossary term must be specified")
+    }
+
+    glossary_entries.push((key: short, short: short, long: long, desc: desc))
+  }
+}
+
+#print-glossary(glossary_entries)
+
+#pagebreak()
+
+// reset page counter
+#counter(page).update(0)
+
+= Abteilung
+
+#show heading.where(
+  level: 1
+): it => block(width: 100%)[
+  #set align(left)
+  #set text(prelude.to_pt(prelude.format.font-size) * 2, weight: "regular")
+  #v(0.25cm)
+  #it.numbering
+  #it.body
+  #v(0.5cm)
+]
+
+#set heading(numbering: "1.")
 #set page(
+  binding: left,
+  header-ascent: 1em,
   header: locate(loc => {
     align(right, counter(page).display("1."))
+    v(-1em)
     line(length: 100%)
   }),
   footer: ""
 )
+
+#set page(numbering: "1.")
+
+= Kapitel
+#lorem(100)
+
+#pagebreak()
+
+#set heading(numbering: none)
+
+#bibliography(
+  style: "ieee",
+  "../conf/bibliography.bib"
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pages/gender-hinweis.typ b/src/pages/gender-hinweis.typ
index 8592683..6d0f956 100644
--- a/src/pages/gender-hinweis.typ
+++ b/src/pages/gender-hinweis.typ
@@ -1,21 +1,13 @@
 
-// load general information from YAML
-#let info = yaml("../info.yaml")
-
-#v(8em)
+#import "../prelude.typ" as prelude
 
 // title
-#text(size: 2em, weight: "semibold", align(center, "Gender-Hinweis"))
+= Gender-Hinweis
 
-#v(3em)
-
-#set par(justify: true)
-
-#text(size: 1.25em)[
-  Zur besseren Lesbarkeit wird in dieser Hausarbeit das gene-
-  rische Maskulinum verwendet. Die in dieser Arbeit verwendeten
-  Personenbezeichnungen beziehen sich - sofern nicht anders kennt-
-  lich gemacht - auf alle Geschlechter.
+#prelude.largetext()[
+  Zur besseren Lesbarkeit wird in dieser Arbeit das generische Maskulinum verwendet.
+  Die in dieser Arbeit verwendeten
+  Personenbezeichnungen beziehen sich - sofern nicht anders kenntlich gemacht - auf alle Geschlechter.
 ]
 
 #pagebreak()
diff --git a/src/pages/selbständigkeitserklärung.typ b/src/pages/selbständigkeitserklärung.typ
index fac60d0..fc57f5f 100644
--- a/src/pages/selbständigkeitserklärung.typ
+++ b/src/pages/selbständigkeitserklärung.typ
@@ -1,46 +1,29 @@
-
-// load general information from YAML
-#let info = yaml("../info.yaml")
+#import "../prelude.typ" as prelude
 
 #set align(center)
 
 // title
-#pad(top: 7em, text(size: 2em, weight: "semibold", "Selbständigkeitserklärung"))
+= Selbständigkeitserklärung
 
-#pad(top: 7em, text(size: 1.25em)[
+#v(1cm)
+#prelude.largetext()[
   Ich versichere hiermit, dass ich meine #linebreak() Prüfung mit dem Thema
-])
+]
 
-#pad(
-  top: 4em, 
-  {
-    text(size: 1.5em, weight: "semibold", info.titel)
-    linebreak()
-    text(size: 1.5em, info.untertitel)
-  }
-)
+#v(1cm)
+#prelude.title(prelude.info.titel)
 
-#pad(top: 6em, text(size: 1.5em)[
+// subtitle
+#prelude.subtitle(prelude.info.untertitel)
+
+#v(1cm)
+#prelude.largetext()[
   selbständig verfasst und keine anderen als die angegebenen
   Quellen und Hilfsmittel benutzt habe. Ich versichere zudem, dass die
   eingereichte elektronische Fassung mit der gedruckten Fassung
   übereinstimmt.
-])
+]
 
-#set align(bottom)
-
-#pad(
-  top: 3em,
-  grid(
-    // set width of columns
-    // we need two, so make both half the page width
-    columns: (50%, 50%),
-    row-gutter: 0.75em,
-    align(left, {line(length: 16em)}),
-    align(left, {line(length: 16em)}),
-    align(left, "Ort, Datum"),
-    align(left, "Unterschrift")
-  )
-)
+#prelude.signature
 
 #pagebreak()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pages/sperrvermerk.typ b/src/pages/sperrvermerk.typ
index 2d80509..d77086b 100644
--- a/src/pages/sperrvermerk.typ
+++ b/src/pages/sperrvermerk.typ
@@ -1,34 +1,17 @@
-
-// load general information from YAML
-#let info = yaml("../info.yaml")
-
-#box(height: 7em)
+#import "../prelude.typ" as prelude
 
 // title
-#text(size: 2em, weight: "semibold", align(center, "Sperrvermerk"))
+= Sperrvermerk
 
-#box(height: 2em)
+#v(1cm)
 
-#set par(justify: true)
-
-#text(size: 1.25em)[
+#prelude.largetext()[
   Der Inhalt dieser Arbeit darf weder als Ganzes noch in
   Auszügen Personen außerhalb des Prüfungsprozesses
   und des Evaluationsverfahrens zugänglich gemacht werden,
   sofern keine anders lautende Genehmigung der Ausbildungsstätte vorliegt.
 ]
 
-#box(height: 7em)
-
-#grid(
-  // set width of columns
-  // we need two, so make both half the page width
-  columns: (50%, 50%),
-  row-gutter: 0.75em,
-  align(left, {line(length: 16em)}),
-  align(left, {line(length: 16em)}),
-  align(left, "Ort, Datum"),
-  align(left, "Unterschrift")
-)
+#prelude.signature
 
 #pagebreak()
diff --git a/src/pages/titel.typ b/src/pages/titel.typ
index bc2bd03..cb0f4e2 100644
--- a/src/pages/titel.typ
+++ b/src/pages/titel.typ
@@ -1,49 +1,46 @@
+#import "../prelude.typ" as prelude
 
-// load general information from YAML
-#let info = yaml("../info.yaml")
+#let LogoHeight = 1.5cm
 
 #set align(center)
 
 // logo of ABB and DHBW
-#pad(
-  top: 3em,
-  grid(
-    // set width of columns
-    // we need two, so make both half the page width
-    columns: (50%, 50%),
-    // left align logo of ABB
-    align(left, image("../../res/svg/ABB.svg", height: 35pt)),
-    // right align logo of DHBW
-    align(right, image("../../res/svg/DHBW.svg", height: 40pt))
-  )
+#grid(
+  // set width of columns
+  // we need two, so make both half the page width
+  columns: (50%, 50%),
+  // left align logo of ABB
+  align(left, image("../../res/svg/ABB.svg", height: LogoHeight)),
+  // right align logo of DHBW
+  align(right, image("../../res/svg/DHBW.svg", height: LogoHeight))
 )
 
 // title
-#pad(top: 4em, text(size: 2em, weight: "semibold", info.titel))
+#v(2cm)
+#prelude.title(prelude.info.titel)
 
 // subtitle
-#pad(top: 1em, text(size: 1.5em, info.untertitel))
+#prelude.subtitle(prelude.info.untertitel)
 
-// subtitle
-#pad(top: 4em, text(size: 1.5em, weight: "bold", info.typ))
+// type of paper
+#v(1cm)
+#prelude.largetext(prelude.info.typ)
 
 // number of semester
-#pad(top: 2em)[
-  Praxisphase des #info.semester Studienjahrs
-]
+Praxisphase des #prelude.info.semester Studienjahrs
 
 // fakulty
-#pad(top: 0.5em)[
-  an der Fakultät für #info.fakultät
+#pad(top: 0.5cm)[
+  an der Fakultät für #prelude.info.fakultät
   #linebreak()
-  im Studiengang #info.studiengang
+  im Studiengang #prelude.info.studiengang
 ]
 
 // university
-#pad(top: 1.5em)[
+#pad(top: 0.5cm)[
   an der
   #linebreak()
-  #info.universität
+  #prelude.info.universität
 ]
 
 #set align(bottom + left)
@@ -54,32 +51,32 @@
   stroke: none,
   
   "Verfasser:",
-  info.autor,
+  prelude.info.autor,
 
   "Bearbeitungszeitraum:",
-  info.bearbeitungszeitraum,
+  prelude.info.bearbeitungszeitraum,
 
   "Matrikelnummer, Kurs:",
-  str(info.matrikelnummer) + ", " + info.studiengang,
+  str(prelude.info.matrikelnummer) + ", " + prelude.info.studiengang,
 
   "Ausbildungsbetrieb:",
-  info.betrieb,
+  prelude.info.betrieb,
 
-  "Betr. Betreuer:",
-  info.betreuer,
+  "Betrieblicher Betreuer:",
+  prelude.info.betreuer,
 
   "Abgabedatum:",
-  info.abgabe
+  prelude.info.abgabe
 )
 
 #pad(
-  top: 3em,
+  top: 1cm,
   grid(
     // set width of columns
     // we need two, so make both half the page width
     columns: (50%, 50%),
     align(left, "Unterschrift des betrieblichen Betreuers"),
-    align(right, {line(length: 16em)})
+    align(right, {line(length: 6cm)})
   )
 )
 
diff --git a/src/pages/übersicht-arbeitspakete.typ b/src/pages/übersicht-arbeitspakete.typ
index b6aab43..37a00b7 100644
--- a/src/pages/übersicht-arbeitspakete.typ
+++ b/src/pages/übersicht-arbeitspakete.typ
@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
-
-#box(height: 7em)
+#import "../prelude.typ" as prelude
 
 // title
-#text(size: 2em, weight: "semibold", align(center, "Übersicht Arbeitspakete"))
+= Übersicht Arbeitspakete
 
-#box(height: 5em)
-
-#let info = yaml("../info.yaml")
+Folgende Tabelle zeigt die Aktivtäten welche im Zeitraum vom #prelude.info.bearbeitungszeitraum abgehandelt wurden.
 
 #figure(
   kind: table,
   caption: "Übersicht Arbeitspakete",
   table(
-    columns: 3,
-    align: right,
-    inset: 1em,
+    columns: (1fr, auto, auto),
+    align: center,
+    inset: 0.25cm,
     [*Thema*], [*Zeitraum*], [*Dauer (Wochen)*],
-    ..for packet in info.arbeits-pakete {
+    ..for packet in prelude.info.arbeits-pakete {
 
       let start_split = packet.start.split(".")
       let start = datetime(day: int(start_split.at(0)), month: int(start_split.at(1)), year: int(start_split.at(2)))
diff --git a/src/prelude.typ b/src/prelude.typ
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42b1ff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/prelude.typ
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+// import extras
+#import "extra/util.typ": title, subtitle, largetext, signature, to_cm, to_pt, to_em
+
+// import document information
+#let info = yaml("../info.yaml")
+
+// general document information
+#let format = yaml("../conf/format.yaml")
\ No newline at end of file