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 #----ESSENTIALS----#
 title: 'Using `posterdown` to generate reproducible conference posters via RMarkdown > Knitr > Markdown > Pandoc > Latex > PDF workflow'
 author: "Author One^1^ Author Two^2^"
-department: "^1^Department of Poster Layouts, University of Markdown; ^2^Deparment of Another Institution, Institution University"
+affiliation: "^1^Department of Poster Layouts, University of Markdown; ^2^Deparment of Another Institution, Institution University"
 
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 font_size: "30pt" #sets '\normalsize' (sizes of the title and sections headings will adjust based on it)
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+%brent's poster layout :)
+
+\documentclass[article,$font_size$,extrafontsizes]{memoir}
+
+%utf-8 seems to be important
+\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
+\usepackage{multicol}
+\usepackage{graphicx}
+\usepackage{blindtext}
+\usepackage[svgnames,table]{xcolor}
+\usepackage[framemethod=tikz]{mdframed}
+\usepackage{color}
+\usepackage{geometry}
+\usepackage{adjmulticol}
+
+%For kable extra package :)
+\usepackage{booktabs}
+\usepackage{longtable}
+\usepackage{array}
+\usepackage{multirow}
+\usepackage{wrapfig}
+\usepackage{float}
+\usepackage{colortbl}
+\usepackage{pdflscape}
+\usepackage{pagecolor}
+\usepackage{tabu}
+\usepackage{threeparttable}
+\usepackage{threeparttablex}
+\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
+\usepackage{makecell}
+
+\usepackage{hyperref}
+\hypersetup{
+    colorlinks=true,
+    linkcolor=$link_col$,
+    citecolor=$cite_col$,
+    filecolor=magenta,
+    urlcolor=$url_col$,
+}
+
+
+%For figure and table placement
+\usepackage{float}
+\floatplacement{figure}{H}
+\floatplacement{table}{H}
+
+%spacing between figure/ table and caption
+\setlength{\abovecaptionskip}{0.4in}
+\setlength{\belowcaptionskip}{0.2in}
+\captionnamefont{\footnotesize\sffamily\bfseries}
+\captiontitlefont{\footnotesize\sffamily}
+
+%define column options
+\setlength{\columnseprule}{1pt}
+\def\columnseprulecolor{\color{$columnline_col$}}
+\setsubsubsecheadstyle{\small\color{$header_textcol$}\textbf}% Set \section style
+\setsecheadstyle{\small\color{$header_textcol$}}
+\setsecnumformat{}
+\def\sectionmark#1{\markboth{#1}{#1}}
+
+%-----------------------------------------------------
+
+\thispagestyle{empty}
+\definecolor{light-gray}{gray}{0.9}
+
+%biblatex options
+\usepackage[sorting=none,backend=biber]{biblatex}
+\renewcommand*{\bibfont}{\tiny}
+\bibliography{$bibliography$}
+\defbibheading{bibliography}[\bibname]{%
+\section*{#1}%
+\markboth{#1}{#1}}
+\AtBeginDocument{%
+  \renewcommand{\bibname}{References}
+}
+
+%bring in the users information
+\author{$author$}
+\title{$title$}
+\counterwithout{section}{chapter}
+\makechapterstyle{mydefault}{
+\addtocounter{secnumdepth}{2}
+\setsecheadstyle{\Large\color{$header_textcol$}\textbf}
+\setsubsecheadstyle{\itshape}
+\setsubsubsecheadstyle{\itshape}
+}
+
+\chapterstyle{mydefault}
+
+%define column spacing
+\setlength\columnsep{1in}
+
+\setlength\parindent{1em}
+\setlength\parskip{1em}
+\setlength\hangparas{0}
+
+%spacing after section head title
+\setaftersecskip{0.3in}
+\setbeforesecskip{1in}
+\setlength\textfloatsep{0.3in}
+\setlength\floatsep{0.3in}
+\setlength\intextsep{0.3in}
+
+\setstocksize{$poster_height$}{$poster_width$}
+\settrimmedsize{\stockheight}{\stockwidth}{*}
+\settypeblocksize{$poster_height$}{$poster_width$}{*}
+\setlrmargins{*}{*}{1}
+\setulmarginsandblock{2.5cm}{*}{*}
+\setmarginnotes{0em}{0cm}{0cm}
+\setlength{\footskip}{0cm}
+\setlength{\footnotesep}{0cm}
+\setlength{\headheight}{0pt}
+\setlength{\headsep}{0pt}
+\setlength{\trimtop}{0pt}
+\setlength{\trimedge}{0pt}
+\setlength{\uppermargin}{0pt}
+\checkandfixthelayout
+
+\definecolor{myframecolour}{HTML}{$title_bgcol$}
+
+\mdfdefinestyle{brentsmdfstyle}{%
+  backgroundcolor=myframecolour,
+  linecolor= $columnline_col$,
+  topline=false,
+  leftline=false,
+  rightline=false,
+  linewidth=2mm,
+  settings={\definecolor{linkcolor}{RGB}{255,255,255}}}
+
+%Footnote to white
+\usepackage{footmisc}
+\def\footnotelayout{\centering\color{white}}
+
+% see https://stackoverflow.com/a/47122900
+$if(highlighting-macros)$
+$highlighting-macros$
+$endif$
+
+\usepackage{$font_family$}
+\renewcommand*\familydefault{\sfdefault}
+\newpagecolor{$poster_bgcol$}
+%begin the document
+\begin{document}
+
+\begin{mdframed}[style=brentsmdfstyle]
+%sets footnote to be white hopefully
+\renewcommand\footnoterule{}
+\renewcommand{\thempfootnote}{\footnotesize\color{red}{\arabic{mpfootnote}}}
+
+% group which adds title author and other infor
+% Used instead of \maketitle for better spacing options
+\begingroup
+  \centering
+  \color{$title_textcol$}
+\vspace{0.5in}
+  \Huge{$title$} \\[0.3in]
+  \color{cyan} \Large{$author$} \\[0.2in]
+  \color{white} \large{$affiliation$} \par
+  \vspace{0.2in}
+
+% end title section -------------------
+  \endgroup
+\end{mdframed}
+
+% Brgin body of poster
+\begin{adjmulticols*}{$column_numbers$}{10mm}{10mm}
+\normalsize{
+\color{black}
+$body$
+\printbibliography
+}
+\end{adjmulticols*}
+%end the poster
+\end{document}