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%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{\footnotesize\sffamily\bfseries}
\captiontitlefont{\footnotesize\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=5mm,
right=5mm,
top=0mm,
bottom=5mm,
headheight=0mm,
}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\usepackage[style=numeric,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}
\setlength\hangindent{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}