Journal Cover Letter

\documentclass[11pt, a4paper]{article}

% Language and encoding
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

% Page layout - slightly more generous margins but optimized height
\usepackage[a4paper, top=1.8cm, bottom=1.8cm, left=2.0cm, right=2.0cm]{geometry}

% Color package & theme definitions
\usepackage{xcolor}
\definecolor{primaryColor}{HTML}{1A202C}   % Slate 900 - main text color
\definecolor{accentColor}{HTML}{0D5C75}    % Deep Teal - primary accent
\definecolor{mutedColor}{HTML}{4A5568}     % Slate 600 - metadata/secondary color

% Apply default text color
\makeatletter
\newcommand{\globalcolor}[1]{%
  \color{#1}\global\let\default@color\current@color
}
\makeatother
\AtBeginDocument{\globalcolor{primaryColor}}

% Typography
\usepackage{tgpagella}   % Palatino-like high-quality serif for academic body
\usepackage{lato}        % Modern clean sans-serif for header / contact details

% Icons
\usepackage{fontawesome5}

% Tables
\usepackage{tabularx}

% Hyperlinks
\usepackage[colorlinks=true, urlcolor=accentColor, linkcolor=accentColor, citecolor=accentColor]{hyperref}

% Prevent paragraph indentation globally
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}