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Brent Thorne5fd860a2018-12-04 14:54:34 -05001%brent's poster layout :)
2
3\documentclass[article,30pt,extrafontsizes]{memoir}
4
5%utf-8 seems to be important
6\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
7\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
8\usepackage{palatino}
9\usepackage{multicol}
10\usepackage{graphicx}
11\usepackage{blindtext,xcolor}
12\usepackage{framed}
13\usepackage{color}
14
15%For figure and table placement
16\usepackage{float}
17\floatplacement{figure}{H}
18\floatplacement{table}{H}
19
20%spacing between figure/ table and caption
21\setlength{\abovecaptionskip}{0.4in}
22\setlength{\belowcaptionskip}{0.1in}
23\captionnamefont{\small\sffamily\bfseries}
24\captiontitlefont{\small\sffamily}
25
26%define column options
27\setlength{\columnseprule}{1pt}
28\def\columnseprulecolor{\color{red}}
29\setsubsubsecheadstyle{\small\color{red}\textbf}% Set \section style
30\setsecheadstyle{\small\color{red}}
31\setsecnumformat{}
32\def\sectionmark#1{\markboth{#1}{#1}}
33
34%-----------------------------------------------------
35
36%define poster size
37\usepackage[paperwidth=45in,paperheight=38in, text={7in,10in},centering]{geometry}
38
39\geometry{
40left=1in,
41right=0mm,
42top=0mm,
43bottom=1in,
44headheight=0mm,
45}
46
47\thispagestyle{empty}
48
49\usepackage[style=authoryear-comp,backend=biber]{biblatex}
50\renewcommand*{\bibfont}{\tiny}
51
52\bibliography{$bibliography$}
53
54\counterwithout{section}{chapter}
55\makechapterstyle{mydefault}{
56\addtocounter{secnumdepth}{2}
57\setsecheadstyle{\Large\color{red}\textbf}
58\setsubsecheadstyle{\itshape}
59\setsubsubsecheadstyle{\itshape}
60}
61
62\setlength\parindent{10mm}
63
64\chapterstyle{mydefault}
65
66\defbibheading{bibliography}[\bibname]{%
67\section*{#1}%
68\markboth{#1}{#1}}
69
70
71\AtBeginDocument{%
72 \renewcommand{\bibname}{References}
73}
74
75
76%define column spacing
77\setlength\columnsep{1.2in}
78
79%spacing after section head title
80\setaftersecskip{0.3in}
81\setbeforesecskip{0.5in}
82\setlength\textfloatsep{0.1in}
83\setlength\floatsep{0.1in}
84\setlength\intextsep{0.1in}
85\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}
86
87%for shading the top
88\definecolor{shadecolor}{gray}{0.9}
89
90
91%begin the document
92\begin{document}
93
94
95% group which adds title author and other infor
96% Used instead of \maketitle for better spacing options
97\begin{shaded}
98\begingroup
99 \centering
100 \huge\textbf{$title$}\\[0.3in]
101 \large $author$\par
102\endgroup
103\vspace{1.2in}
104% end title section -------------------
105 \end{shaded}
106% Brgin body of poster
107\begin{multicols*}{3}
108\small{\noindent
109$body$
110\printbibliography
111}
112\end{multicols*}
113
114%end the poster
115\end{document}