| %brent's poster layout :) | 
 |  | 
 | \documentclass[article,30pt,extrafontsizes]{memoir} | 
 |  | 
 | %utf-8 seems to be important | 
 | \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} | 
 | \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} | 
 | \usepackage{palatino} | 
 | \usepackage{multicol} | 
 | \usepackage{graphicx} | 
 | \usepackage{blindtext,xcolor} | 
 | \usepackage{framed} | 
 | \usepackage{color} | 
 |  | 
 | %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}{0.1in} | 
 | \captionnamefont{\small\sffamily\bfseries} | 
 | \captiontitlefont{\small\sffamily} | 
 |  | 
 | %define column options | 
 | \setlength{\columnseprule}{1pt} | 
 | \def\columnseprulecolor{\color{red}} | 
 | \setsubsubsecheadstyle{\small\color{red}\textbf}% Set \section style | 
 | \setsecheadstyle{\small\color{red}} | 
 | \setsecnumformat{} | 
 | \def\sectionmark#1{\markboth{#1}{#1}} | 
 |  | 
 | %----------------------------------------------------- | 
 |  | 
 | %define poster size | 
 | \usepackage[paperwidth=45in,paperheight=38in, text={7in,10in},centering]{geometry} | 
 |  | 
 | \geometry{ | 
 | left=1in, | 
 | right=0mm, | 
 | top=0mm, | 
 | bottom=1in, | 
 | headheight=0mm, | 
 | } | 
 |  | 
 | \thispagestyle{empty} | 
 |  | 
 | \usepackage[style=authoryear-comp,backend=biber]{biblatex} | 
 | \renewcommand*{\bibfont}{\tiny} | 
 |  | 
 | \bibliography{$bibliography$} | 
 |  | 
 | \counterwithout{section}{chapter} | 
 | \makechapterstyle{mydefault}{ | 
 | \addtocounter{secnumdepth}{2} | 
 | \setsecheadstyle{\Large\color{red}\textbf} | 
 | \setsubsecheadstyle{\itshape} | 
 | \setsubsubsecheadstyle{\itshape} | 
 | } | 
 |  | 
 | \setlength\parindent{10mm} | 
 |  | 
 | \chapterstyle{mydefault} | 
 |  | 
 | \defbibheading{bibliography}[\bibname]{% | 
 | \section*{#1}% | 
 | \markboth{#1}{#1}} | 
 |  | 
 |  | 
 | \AtBeginDocument{% | 
 |   \renewcommand{\bibname}{References} | 
 | } | 
 |  | 
 |  | 
 | %define column spacing | 
 | \setlength\columnsep{1.2in} | 
 |  | 
 | %spacing after section head title | 
 | \setaftersecskip{0.3in} | 
 | \setbeforesecskip{0.5in} | 
 | \setlength\textfloatsep{0.1in} | 
 | \setlength\floatsep{0.1in} | 
 | \setlength\intextsep{0.1in} | 
 | \setlength{\parskip}{0pt} | 
 |  | 
 | %for shading the top | 
 | \definecolor{shadecolor}{gray}{0.9} | 
 |  | 
 |  | 
 | %begin the document | 
 | \begin{document} | 
 |  | 
 |  | 
 | % group which adds title author and other infor | 
 | % Used instead of \maketitle for better spacing options | 
 | \begin{shaded} | 
 | \begingroup | 
 |   \centering | 
 |   \huge\textbf{$title$}\\[0.3in] | 
 |   \large $author$\par | 
 | \endgroup | 
 | \vspace{1.2in} | 
 | % end title section ------------------- | 
 |   \end{shaded} | 
 | % Brgin body of poster | 
 | \begin{multicols*}{3} | 
 | \small{\noindent | 
 | $body$ | 
 | \printbibliography | 
 | } | 
 | \end{multicols*} | 
 |  | 
 | %end the poster | 
 | \end{document} |