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 | %% %%	Posterdown PDF class for LaTeX files	 08-JAN-2019 | 
 | %% %%	For any information please send an e-mail to: | 
 | %% %%		brentthonre18@gmail.com (Brent Thorne) | 
 | %% %% | 
 | %% %%	Initial class provided by: | 
 | %% %%		Brent Thorne | 
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 |  | 
 | \documentclass[article,$font_size$,extrafontsizes]{memoir} | 
 |  | 
 | %utf-8 seems to be important | 
 | \RequirePackage[utf8]{inputenc} | 
 | \RequirePackage[T1]{fontenc} | 
 | \RequirePackage{lmodern} | 
 | \RequirePackage{multicol} | 
 | \RequirePackage{graphicx} | 
 | \RequirePackage{blindtext} | 
 | \RequirePackage[svgnames,table]{xcolor} | 
 | \RequirePackage{tikz} | 
 | \RequirePackage[framemethod=tikz]{mdframed} | 
 | \RequirePackage{color} | 
 | \RequirePackage{geometry} | 
 | \RequirePackage{adjmulticol} | 
 |  | 
 |  | 
 | %For kable extra package :) | 
 | \RequirePackage{booktabs} | 
 | \RequirePackage{longtable} | 
 | \RequirePackage{array} | 
 | \RequirePackage{multirow} | 
 | \RequirePackage{wrapfig} | 
 | \RequirePackage{float} | 
 | \RequirePackage{colortbl} | 
 | \RequirePackage{pdflscape} | 
 | \RequirePackage{pagecolor} | 
 | \RequirePackage{tabu} | 
 | \RequirePackage{threeparttable} | 
 | \RequirePackage{threeparttablex} | 
 | \RequirePackage[normalem]{ulem} | 
 | \RequirePackage{makecell} | 
 | \RequirePackage{wrapfig} | 
 |  | 
 | %%%%%%%%% COLOURS %%%%%%%% | 
 |  | 
 | %Fill/ Line Colours | 
 | \definecolor{titlebgcol}{HTML}{$title_bgcol$} | 
 | \definecolor{columnlinecol}{HTML}{$columnline_col$} | 
 | \definecolor{posterbgcol}{HTML}{$poster_bgcol$} | 
 | \definecolor{headerbgcol}{HTML}{$header_bgcol$} | 
 |  | 
 | % Text Colours | 
 | \definecolor{titletextcol}{HTML}{$title_textcol$} | 
 | \definecolor{authortextcol}{HTML}{$author_textcol$} | 
 | \definecolor{affiliationtextcol}{HTML}{$affiliation_textcol$} | 
 | \definecolor{headertextcol}{HTML}{$header_textcol$} | 
 | \definecolor{bodytextcol}{HTML}{$body_textcol$} | 
 | \definecolor{footnotetextcol}{HTML}{$footnote_textcol$} | 
 | \definecolor{citecol}{HTML}{$cite_col$} | 
 | \definecolor{urlcol}{HTML}{$url_col$} | 
 | \definecolor{linkcol}{HTML}{$link_col$} | 
 |  | 
 | \RequirePackage{hyperref} | 
 | \hypersetup{ | 
 |     colorlinks=true, | 
 |     linkcolor=linkcol, | 
 |     citecolor=citecol, | 
 |     filecolor=magenta, | 
 |     urlcolor=urlcol, | 
 | } | 
 |  | 
 | %For figure and table placement | 
 | \RequirePackage{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{columnlinecol}} | 
 |  | 
 | \setsubsubsecheadstyle{\small\color{headertextcol}\textbf}% Set \section style | 
 | \setsecheadstyle{\small\color{headertextcol}} | 
 | \setsecnumformat{} | 
 | \def\sectionmark#1{\markboth{#1}{#1}} | 
 |  | 
 | %----------------------------------------------------- | 
 |  | 
 | \thispagestyle{empty} | 
 | \definecolor{light-gray}{gray}{0.9} | 
 |  | 
 | %biblatex options | 
 | \RequirePackage[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{\centering\Large\color{headertextcol}\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 | 
 |  | 
 | \mdfdefinestyle{brentsmdfstyle}{% | 
 |   backgroundcolor=titlebgcol, | 
 |   linecolor=columnlinecol, | 
 |   topline=false, | 
 |   leftline=false, | 
 |   rightline=false, | 
 |   linewidth=2mm} | 
 |  | 
 | %Footnote to white | 
 | \RequirePackage{footmisc} | 
 | \def\footnotelayout{\centering\color{footnotetextcol}} | 
 |  | 
 | % see https://stackoverflow.com/a/47122900 | 
 | $if(highlighting-macros)$ | 
 | $highlighting-macros$ | 
 | $endif$ | 
 |  | 
 | % choose font family | 
 | \RequirePackage{$font_family$} | 
 |  | 
 | \newpagecolor{posterbgcol} | 
 |  | 
 | %begin the document | 
 | \begin{document} | 
 |  | 
 | \begin{mdframed}[style=brentsmdfstyle] | 
 |  | 
 | %sets footnote to be white hopefully | 
 | \renewcommand\footnoterule{} | 
 | \renewcommand{\thempfootnote}{\footnotesize\color{footnotetextcol}{\arabic{mpfootnote}}} | 
 |  | 
 | % group which adds title author and other infor | 
 | % Used instead of \maketitle for better spacing options | 
 | \begingroup | 
 |   \centering | 
 |   \color{titletextcol} | 
 | \vspace{0.5in} | 
 |   \Huge{$title$}  \\[0.3in] | 
 |   \color{authortextcol} \Large{$author$} \\[0.2in] | 
 |   \color{affiliationtextcol} \large{$affiliation$} | 
 |   \vspace{0.2in} | 
 |  | 
 | % end title section ------------------- | 
 |   \endgroup | 
 | \end{mdframed} | 
 |  | 
 | % Brgin body of poster | 
 | \begin{adjmulticols*}{$column_numbers$}{10mm}{10mm} | 
 | \normalsize{ | 
 | \color{bodytextcol} | 
 | $body$ | 
 | } | 
 | \end{adjmulticols*} | 
 | %end the poster | 
 | \end{document} |