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+%brent's poster layout :)
+
+\documentclass[60pt,extrafontsizes]{memoir}
+
+%utf-8 seems to be important
+\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
+\usepackage{palatino}
+\usepackage{multicol}
+\usepackage{graphicx}
+\usepackage{blindtext,xcolor}
+
+%define column options
+\setlength{\columnseprule}{1pt}
+\def\columnseprulecolor{\color{red}}
+\setsubsubsecheadstyle{\small\color{red}\textbf}% Set \section style
+\setsecheadstyle{\small\bfseries\color{red}}
+\setsecnumformat{}
+\def\sectionmark#1{\markboth{#1}{#1}}
+
+%-----------------------------------------------------
+
+%define poster size
+\usepackage[paperwidth=45in,paperheight=38in, text={7in,10in},centering, margin=1in]{geometry}
+
+\usepackage[style=authoryear-comp,backend=biber]{biblatex}
+
+\bibliography{\jobname}
+
+\counterwithout{section}{chapter}
+\makechapterstyle{mydefault}{
+\addtocounter{secnumdepth}{2}
+\setsecheadstyle{\small\color{red}\textbf}
+\setsubsecheadstyle{\itshape}
+\setsubsubsecheadstyle{\itshape}
+}
+
+\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{1sp}
+\setbeforesecskip{0.5in}
+
+\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}
+
+%begin the document
+\begin{document}
+
+
+% group which adds title author and other infor
+% Used instead of \maketitle for better spacing options
+\begingroup
+  \centering
+  \textbf{$title$}\\[0.3in]
+  \footnotesize $author$\par
+\endgroup
+\vspace{1.2in}
+% end title section -------------------
+
+% Brgin body of poster
+\begin{multicols*}{3}
+\scriptsize{\noindent
+$body$
+\printbibliography
+}
+\end{multicols*}
+
+%end the poster
+\end{document}
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+#' Posterdown PDF format (using 'memoir' document class)
+#'
+#' @inheritParams rmarkdown::pdf_document
+#' @param ... Additional arguments to \code{rmarkdown::pdf_document}
+#'
+#' @return R Markdown output format to pass to
+#'   \code{\link[rmarkdown:render]{render}}
+#'
+#' @examples
+#'
+#' \dontrun{
+#' library(rmarkdown)
+#' draft("MyArticle.Rmd", template = "posterdown_generic", package = "posterdown")
+#' }
+#'
+#' @export
+posterdown_memoir <- function(..., keep_tex = TRUE) {
+  inherit_pdf_document(...,
+                       keep_tex = keep_tex,
+                       template = find_resource("posterdown_memoir", "template.tex"),
+                       citation_package = "biblatex")
+}
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