| %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} |