Thanks, I have saved this latex template and will try it. Thanks all, best regards, lina
On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 1:03 AM Brian Flaherty <b...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On 11/2/21 07:33, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > >> On Tue, 2 Nov 2021 at 20:46, lina <lina.lastn...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> I have to prepare a poster, > > > Inkscape appears to be pretty powerful when one knows how to use it. > > It's always added to my setups even though I barely touch it. Just > > waiting for time to follow a good how-to step by step. > > > > I just tried an "apt-cache search poster" query. Received "poster" and > > "shanty" back. Mentioning in case someone knows of them or can help > > test drive them for informational purposes. They appear to be command > > line tools, and both have manpages for flags and such. > > If you are creating a poster for a scientific conference and you know > LaTeX or another TeX derivative, you can make a poster with it. I've > used LaTeX packages sciposter and a0poster in the past. Here's the top > of a latex file I have using sciposter: > > \documentclass[custom,landscape,36pt]{sciposter} > > \special{papersize=96in,48in} > > \usepackage[absolute]{textpos} > \usepackage{graphicx} > \usepackage{amsmath} > \usepackage{amssymb} > \usepackage{multicol} > \usepackage{hanging} > > \special{ps:gsave > Resolution dup scale -1 35 translate 1 -1 scale > 0.57 0.39 0.91 setrgbcolor > 26 28.5 44 6 rectfill > grestore} > > > \definecolor{mainCol}{rgb}{0.98,0.98,0.82} > \definecolor{BoxCol}{rgb}{1.,0.87,0.0} > \definecolor{TextCol}{rgb}{0,0,0} > \definecolor{SectionCol}{rgb}{0,0,0} > > \renewcommand{\columnseprule}{0pt} > \renewcommand{\sectionsize}{\Large} > \renewcommand{\subsectionsize}{\large} > > > \title{\textcolor{white}{Very, very interesting stuff}} > > \author{\textcolor{white}{me}} > > \institute{\textcolor{white}{affill}} > > \email{\textcolor{white}{me@me}} > > > \begin{document} > > \maketitle > > \begin{multicols}{5} > > %%% the poster text, etc. > text text text > > %%% this won't work without some \end{X} statements. > > I also have a paper96x48.cfg file in the same directory. > > :> more paper96x48.cfg > % file papercustom.cfg, M.H.F. Wilkinson > % custom paper support > % for sciposter.cls v1.10 and higher > % edit pointsize, width, height, and fontsize parameters as needed > % DO ensure that values in the \special commands match! > \renewcommand{\papertype}{custom} > \renewcommand{\fontpointsize}{36pt} > \setlength{\paperwidth}{121cm} > \setlength{\paperheight}{243cm} > \renewcommand{\setpspagesize}{ > \ifthenelse{\equal{\orientation}{portrait}}{ > \special{papersize=121cm,243m} > }{\special{papersize=243cm,121cm} > } > } > > > I've also used the poster package in Debian to take the full poster and > spit it out as a bunch of 9.5x11 sheets of paper for printing and then > taping together. It has worked in a pinch for me, but it is a little > disappointing to work hard to make a nice looking poster and then it > looks pretty terrible taped up. > > Good luck and enjoy. I have always enjoyed making posters. > >