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+# The LaTeX beamerposter package
+
+## LaTeX poster with beamerposter - beamer - a0poster
+Creating a scientific LaTeX poster with the beamerposter package
+
+The LaTeX beamerposter package was created by [Philippe Dreuw](http://www-i6.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~dreuw/) and [Thomas Deselaers](http://thomas.deselaers.de). It is an extension of the LaTeX beamer and the a0poster classes in order to create LaTeX posters, e.g. a DIN-A0 size LaTeX poster in landscape or portrait orientation. Furthermore it is possible to scale the poster fonts to your needs.
+
+The package allows you to benefit from the nice color box handling and alignment in the beamer class (e.g. with rounded corners and shadows) in order to create quite fast pretty conference posters.
+
+### Features:
+
+ * scalable fonts using the fp and type1cm packages
+ * posters in DIN-A0, DIN-A1, DIN-A2, DIN-A3, DIN-A4, and custom sizes like double DIN-A0 possible
+ * still applicable to custom beamer slides, e.g. 16:9 slides for a widescreen (i.e. 1.78 aspect ratio)
+ * orientation: landscape or portrait
+ * debug mode
+
+### LaTeX requirements:
+
+ * [beamer class](http://www.ctan.org/pkg/beamer) (all examples with beamer v.3.07 - Note: with beamer 3.10 do NOT use option hyperref={pdfpagelabels=false})
+ * [fp package](http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fp)
+ * [xkeyval package](http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xkeyval) (in a version supporting choice keys, e.g. v2.5f)
+ * [type1cm package](http://www.ctan.org/pkg/type1cm) for scalable and huge math fonts
+ * [paralist package](http://www.ctan.org/pkg/paralist)
+
+The beamerposter package is available from CTAN:
+
+ * CTAN release: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/beamerposter
+
+We received so many congratulations and also interesting questions about the beamerposter package that we created a [beamerposter googlegroup](http://groups.google.com/group/beamerposter). Feel free to post your questions, source files, templates, or new style files there.
+
+PLEASE: If you have any beamerposter related question, [post it there](http://groups.google.com/group/beamerposter) so that we don't need to answer the same questions multiple times and others may benefit from your questions.
+
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+% Copyright 2015 by
+% Philippe Dreuw <philippe.dreuw@gmail.com> and
+% Thomas Deselaers <deselaers@gmail.com>
+%
+% This file may be distributed and/or modified
+%
+% 1. under the LaTeX Project Public License and/or
+% 2. under the GNU Public License.
+%
+%
+% ChangeLog:
+% 1.13 - bugfixes (papersizes and textheight)
+% 1.12 - bugfixed fontscale/myfontscale indention calculation
+% - added beamerposterarticle icon format
+% 1.11 - removed incompatible paralist package, used beamer's leftmargin lengths instead for indention
+% 1.10 - improved PackageWarning and PackageInfo outputs
+% 1.09 - bugfixed the list indention problem, can be overwritten by user with the \setdefaultleftmargin command.
+% - added 'printer' option for external printer definition files
+% 1.08 - supports external printer definition files
+% - added grid mode option
+% - renamed beamer specific variables
+% - added font size normalization, so that scale=1.0 is the default font size for all DIN-A(n) sizes
+% 1.07 - bugfixed custom size handling, portrait or landscape settings are ignored now
+% 1.06 - added the type1cm package for scalable math fonts
+% 1.05 - added version check for xkeyval package
+% 1.04 - added custom size handling
+% 1.03 - improved predefined size handling
+% 1.02 - minor bugfixes
+% 1.01 - bugfixed size handling
+% 1.00 - first beamerposter release
+%
+\def\beamerposter@name{beamerposter}
+\def\beamerposter@version{1.13}
+\def\beamerposter@date{2018/04/23}
+\def\beamerposter@msg{latex-beamer poster extension}
+\def\beamerposter@releaseinfo{\beamerposter@date \space v.\beamerposter@version \space \beamerposter@msg}
+\def\beamerposter@Error#1#2{\PackageError{\beamerposter@name}{#1}{#2}}
+\def\beamerposter@Warning#1{\PackageWarning{\beamerposter@name}{#1}}
+\def\beamerposter@Info#1{\PackageInfo{\beamerposter@name}{#1}}
+
+\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
+\ProvidesPackage{\beamerposter@name}[\beamerposter@releaseinfo]
+\RequirePackage{xkeyval}[2006/11/18]
+\RequirePackage{type1cm} %% get it from http://www.ctan.org/pkg/type1cm
+\RequirePackage{fp}
+
+\newif\if@beamerposter@portrait
+\newif\if@beamerposter@customsize
+\newif\if@beamerposter@extern
+\newif\if@beamerposter@debug
+
+
+\DeclareOptionX{size}[a0]{
+ \beamerposter@Info{checking size input, please wait.}
+ \XKV@cc*+[\val\nr]{#1}{a0b,a0,a1,a2,a3,a4,custom}{%
+ \beamerposter@Info{the input \val\ \nr\ was correct, we proceed.}
+ \ifcase\nr\relax
+ %a0b
+ \edef\paperwidthValue{119}
+ \edef\paperheightValue{88}
+ \edef\textwidthValue{116}
+ \edef\textheightValue{88}
+ \edef\fontscale{1.0}
+ \or
+ %a0
+ \edef\paperwidthValue{118.9}
+ \edef\paperheightValue{84.1}
+ \edef\textwidthValue{117.9}
+ \edef\textheightValue{83.1}
+ \edef\fontscale{1.0}
+ \or
+ %a1
+ \edef\paperwidthValue{84.1}
+ \edef\paperheightValue{59.4}
+ \edef\textwidthValue{83.1}
+ \edef\textheightValue{58.4}
+ \edef\fontscale{0.70710678} % fontscale=(1/sqrt(2))^1
+ \or
+ %a2
+ \edef\paperwidthValue{59.4}
+ \edef\paperheightValue{42.0}
+ \edef\textwidthValue{58.4}
+ \edef\textheightValue{41.0}
+ \edef\fontscale{0.5} % fontscale=(1/sqrt(2))^2
+ \or
+ %a3
+ \edef\paperwidthValue{42.0}
+ \edef\paperheightValue{29.7}
+ \edef\textwidthValue{41.0}
+ \edef\textheightValue{28.7}
+ \edef\fontscale{0.35355339} % fontscale=(1/sqrt(2))^3
+ \or
+ %a4
+ \edef\paperwidthValue{29.7}
+ \edef\paperheightValue{21.0}
+ \edef\textwidthValue{28.7}
+ \edef\textheightValue{20.0}
+ \edef\fontscale{0.25} % fontscale=(1/sqrt(2))^4
+ \or
+ \@beamerposter@customsizetrue
+ \fi
+ }{%
+ \beamerposter@Warning{the input \val\ was incorrect and was ignored.}
+ }%
+ \beamerposter@Info{finished size input check.}
+}
+\DeclareOptionX{orientation}[portrait]{
+ \beamerposter@Info{checking orientation input, please wait.}
+ \XKV@cc*+[\val\nr]{#1}{portrait,landscape}{%
+ \beamerposter@Info{the input \val\ \nr\ was correct, we proceed.}
+ \ifcase\nr\relax
+ \@beamerposter@portraittrue
+ \or
+ \@beamerposter@portraitfalse
+ \fi
+ }{%
+ \beamerposter@Warning{the input \val\ was incorrect and was ignored.}
+ }%
+ \beamerposter@Info{finished orientation check.}
+}
+\DeclareOptionX{scale}[1.0]{\edef\myfontscale{#1}\beamerposter@Info{myfontscale=\myfontscale}}
+\DeclareOptionX{width}{\edef\customwidth{#1}\beamerposter@Info{custom poster width=\customwidth}}
+\DeclareOptionX{height}{\edef\customheight{#1}\beamerposter@Info{custom poster height=\customheight}}
+\DeclareOptionX{debug}{\beamerposter@Info{enabled debug mode}\@beamerposter@debugtrue}
+\DeclareOptionX{grid}{\beamerposter@Info{enabling grid}\beamertemplategridbackground[1cm]}% Display a grid to help align images
+\DeclareOptionX{printer}{\edef\printerToUse{#1}\@beamerposter@externtrue}
+\DeclareOptionX*{\beamerposter@Warning{Unknown option ignored: \CurrentOption}}
+%\DeclareOptionX*{\PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{beamer}}
+\ExecuteOptionsX{size=a0,scale=1.0}
+\ProcessOptionsX\relax
+
+%% enable debug mode for fp package (mainly for upn functions)
+\if@beamerposter@debug
+ \FPdebugtrue
+\fi
+
+%% normalize scale depending on poster size
+\FPupn{\myfontscale}{myfontscale fontscale * 2 round}
+
+%% swap sizes for portrait orientation
+\if@beamerposter@portrait
+ \newdimen\tmp
+ \setlength{\tmp}{\paperwidthValue cm}
+ \setlength{\paperwidth}{\paperheightValue cm}
+ \setlength{\paperheight}{\tmp}
+ \setlength{\tmp}{\textwidthValue cm}
+ \setlength{\textwidth}{\textheightValue cm}
+ \setlength{\textheight}{\tmp}
+\else
+ \setlength{\paperwidth}{\paperwidthValue cm}
+ \setlength{\paperheight}{\paperheightValue cm}
+ \setlength{\textwidth}{\textwidthValue cm}
+ \setlength{\textheight}{\textheightValue cm}
+\fi
+
+%% overwrite dimensions if custom size
+\if@beamerposter@customsize
+ \setlength{\paperwidth}{\customwidth cm}
+ \setlength{\paperheight}{\customheight cm}
+ \FPupn{\resulttextwidth}{1 customwidth -}
+ \FPupn{\resulttextheight}{1 customheight -}
+ \setlength{\textwidth}{\resulttextwidth cm}
+ \setlength{\textheight}{\resulttextheight cm}
+\fi
+
+%% Setting proper dimensions for a DIN A0 printer
+\setlength{\headheight}{0 cm}
+\setlength{\headsep}{0 cm}
+\setlength{\topmargin}{-12.7 mm} % -1in +1.47cm
+\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-25.4 mm} % -1in +0.4cm
+
+%% For the page layout
+\beamerposter@Info{paperwidth=\the\paperwidth, paperheight=\the\paperheight}
+\beamerposter@Info{textwidth=\the\textwidth, textheight=\the\textheight}
+\beamerposter@Info{fontscale=\fontscale, myfontscale=\myfontscale}
+\geometry{
+ paperwidth=\the\paperwidth,
+ paperheight=\the\paperheight,
+ hmargin=1cm,%
+ vmargin=0cm,%
+ head=0.5cm, %
+ headsep=0pt,%
+ foot=0.5cm %
+}
+
+%%
+%% printer definition file example 'rwth-glossy-uv.df':
+%% ----
+%% \typeout{beamerposter: RWTH RZ printer, glossy paper, UV resistant, maximum settings}
+%% \edef\printermaxwidthValue{108} %unit should be cm
+%% \newlength{\printermaxwidth}
+%% \setlength{\printermaxwidth}{\printermaxwidthValue cm}
+%% ----
+%%
+%% now load printer definitions from file (e.g. \usepackage[printer=rwth-glossy-uv.df]{beamerposter}")
+\if@beamerposter@extern
+ \InputIfFileExists{\printerToUse}{\typeout{load \printerToUse}}{\beamerposter@Error{\printerToUse\space not found!}{Please use another printer definition file}}
+ \ifx\printermaxwidthValue\@empty%
+ \relax%
+ \else%
+ %% @todo: calc poster ratios, scale to maximum printer size, and check if they still fit
+ %% this here is still very basic ...
+ \FPsub{\resultmaxwidth}{\printermaxwidthValue}{\paperwidthValue}
+ \FPifneg{\resultmaxwidth}
+ \beamerposter@Error{%
+ resultmaxwidth=\resultmaxwidth \MessageBreak
+ printermaxwidthValue=\printermaxwidthValue \MessageBreak
+ paperwidthValue=\paperwidthValue \MessageBreak
+ The specified poster dimensions might not be printable using
+ '\printerToUse'.
+ }{%
+ Try to reduce your poster dimension and have a look at the aspect ratio.
+ }
+ \else
+ \relax
+ \fi
+ \fi
+%\fi
+
+%% scalable vector fonts
+\edef\fontSizeX{12}\edef\fontSizeY{14}
+\FPupn{\resulttinyX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resulttinyY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\tiny}{\fontsize{\resulttinyX}{\resulttinyY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{14.4}\edef\fontSizeY{18}
+\FPupn{\resultscriptsizeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultscriptsizeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\scriptsize}{\fontsize{\resultscriptsizeX}{\resultscriptsizeY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{17.28}\edef\fontSizeY{22}
+\FPupn{\resultfootnotesizeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultfootnotesizeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\footnotesize}{\fontsize{\resultfootnotesizeX}{\resultfootnotesizeY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{20.74}\edef\fontSizeY{25}
+\FPupn{\resultsmallX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultsmallY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\small}{\fontsize{\resultsmallX}{\resultsmallY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{24.88}\edef\fontSizeY{30}
+\FPupn{\resultnormalsizeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultnormalsizeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\normalsize}{\fontsize{\resultnormalsizeX}{\resultnormalsizeY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{29.86}\edef\fontSizeY{37}
+\FPupn{\resultlargeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultlargeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\large}{\fontsize{\resultlargeX}{\resultlargeY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{35.83}\edef\fontSizeY{45}
+\FPupn{\resultLargeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultLargeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\Large}{\fontsize{\resultLargeX}{\resultLargeY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{43}\edef\fontSizeY{54}
+\FPupn{\resultLARGEX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultLARGEY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\LARGE}{\fontsize{\resultLARGEX}{\resultLARGEY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{51.6}\edef\fontSizeY{64}
+\FPupn{\resulthugeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resulthugeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\huge}{\fontsize{\resulthugeX}{\resulthugeY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{61.92}\edef\fontSizeY{77}
+\FPupn{\resultHugeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultHugeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\Huge}{\fontsize{\resultHugeX}{\resultHugeY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{74.3}\edef\fontSizeY{93}
+\FPupn{\resultveryHugeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultveryHugeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\newcommand*{\veryHuge}{\fontsize{\resultveryHugeX}{\resultveryHugeY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{89.16}\edef\fontSizeY{112}
+\FPupn{\resultVeryHugeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultVeryHugeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\newcommand*{\VeryHuge}{\fontsize{\resultVeryHugeX}{\resultVeryHugeY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{107}\edef\fontSizeY{134}
+\FPupn{\resultVERYHugeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultVERYHugeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\newcommand*{\VERYHuge}{\fontsize{\resultVERYHugeX}{\resultVERYHugeY}\selectfont}
+
+% set the normalfont (default)
+\renewcommand*{\normalfont}{\normalsize}
+
+% adapt list indention (e.g. itemize/enumeration/... see beamer docu)
+\edef\labelWidthValue{1} % 1em label width
+\edef\labelSepValue{1} % 1em label separator width
+\edef\indentionLevelValuei{4} % 4em indention for first level for an A0 poster
+\edef\indentionLevelValueii{2.2} % etc. ...
+\edef\indentionLevelValueiii{1.87}
+%\edef\indentionLevelValueiiii{1.7}
+%\edef\indentionLevelValueiiiii{1}
+%\edef\indentionLevelValueiiiiii{1}
+\FPupn{\labelWidthValue}{labelWidthValue myfontscale * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\labelSepValue}{labelSepValue myfontscale * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\indentionLevelValuei}{indentionLevelValuei myfontscale * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\indentionLevelValueii}{indentionLevelValueii myfontscale * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\indentionLevelValueiii}{indentionLevelValueiii myfontscale * 2 round}
+%\FPupn{\indentionLevelValueiiii}{indentionLevelValueiiii myfontscale * 2 round}
+%\FPupn{\indentionLevelValueiiiii}{indentionLevelValueiiiii myfontscale * 2 round}
+%\FPupn{\indentionLevelValueiiiiii}{indentionLevelValueiiiiii myfontscale * 2 round}
+\setlength{\leftmargini}{\indentionLevelValuei em}%
+\setlength{\leftmarginii}{\indentionLevelValueii em}%
+\setlength{\leftmarginiii}{\indentionLevelValueiii em}%
+\setlength{\labelwidth}{\labelWidthValue em}%
+\setlength{\labelsep}{\labelSepValue em}%
+
+% define bib item template with larger graphic
+\edef\bibIconScaleValue{2} % begin with 2
+\FPupn{\bibIconScaleValue}{bibIconScaleValue myfontscale * 2 round}
+\defbeamertemplate{bibliography item}{beamerposterarticle}
+{\lower5pt\hbox{\scalebox{\bibIconScaleValue}{\pgfuseimage{beamericonarticle}}}}
+
diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/beamerposter.tex b/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/beamerposter.tex
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+\documentclass[pagesize=auto]{scrartcl}
+
+\addtokomafont{title}{\rmfamily}
+
+\title{The \textsf{beamerposter} package}
+\author{Philippe Dreuw, Thomas Deselaers}
+\date{2008/03/11}
+
+
+\begin{document}
+
+\maketitle
+
+\noindent
+The \LaTeX\ \textsf{beamerposter} package is an extension of the \LaTeX\ \textsf{beamer} and the
+\textsf{a0poster} classes in order to create \LaTeX\ posters, e.\,g.\ a DIN--A0 size \LaTeX\ %
+poster in landscape or portrait orientation. Furthermore it is possible
+to scale the poster fonts to your needs.
+
+The package allows you to benefit from the nice color box handling and
+alignment in the \textsf{beamer} class (e.\,g.\ with rounded corners and shadows)
+in order to create quite fast pretty conference posters.
+
+
+\minisec{Features:}
+%
+\begin{itemize}
+\item scalable fonts using the \textsf{fp} and \textsf{type1cm} packages
+\item posters in DIN--A0, DIN--A1, DIN--A2, DIN--A3, DIN--A4, and custom sizes
+ like double DIN--A0 possible
+\item still applicable to custom beamer slides, e.\,g.\ 16:9 slides for a
+ widescreen (i.\,e.\ 1.78 aspect ratio)
+\item orientation: landscape or portrait
+\item debug mode
+\end{itemize}
+
+
+\minisec{ChangeLog:}
+%
+\begin{labeling}[\hspace{\labelsep}--]{1.07}
+\item[1.07] bugfixed custom size handling, portrait or landscape settings are ignored now
+\item[1.06] added the \textsf{type1cm} package for scalable math fonts
+\item[1.05] added version check for \textsf{xkeyval} package
+\item[1.04] added custom size handling
+\item[1.03] improved predefined size handling
+\item[1.02] minor bugfixes
+\item[1.01] bugfixed size handling
+\item[1.00] first \textsf{beamerposter} release
+\end{labeling}
+
+\end{document}
diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/beamerthemeAachen.sty b/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/beamerthemeAachen.sty
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+\ProvidesPackage{beamerthemeAachen} % this style was created by Philippe Dreuw and Thomas Deselaers
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\RequirePackage{tangocolors}
+\selectcolormodel{cmyk}
+\mode<presentation>
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+\setbeamercolor{headline}{fg=tabutter,bg=black}
+\setbeamercolor{footline}{fg=tabutter, bg=ta3gray}
+\setbeamerfont{footline}{size=\large,series=\tt}
+\setbeamercolor{separation line}{bg=white}
+\setbeamercolor{title in headline}{fg=tabutter}
+\setbeamercolor{author in headline}{fg=ta2orange}
+\setbeamercolor{institute in headline}{fg=ta3orange}
+
+\setbeamercolor{framesubtitle}{fg=ta3orange, bg=ta2gray}
+\setbeamercolor{author in head/foot}{fg=tabutter, bg=black}
+\setbeamercolor{title in head/foot}{bg=tabutter, fg=black}
+
+\setbeamercolor*{normal text}{fg=tachameleon, bg=ta3gray}
+\setbeamercolor*{block body}{bg=ta3aluminium,fg=black}
+\setbeamercolor*{block title}{fg=taorange,bg=ta2gray}
+\setbeamerfont{block title}{size=\large,series=\bf}
+\setbeamercolor{upper separation line head}{fg=white}
+
+\setbeamercolor*{example body}{fg=ta3aluminium,bg=black}
+\setbeamercolor*{example text}{fg=ta3aluminium,bg=black}
+\setbeamercolor*{example title}{bg=taorange,fg=ta2gray}
+
+\setbeamercolor{alerted text}{fg=ta3gray}
+
+%\setbeamercolor{example text}{fg=taorange}
+\setbeamercolor{structure}{fg=ta3skyblue}
+
+\setbeamertemplate{itemize items}[triangle]
+\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{} % no navigation on a poster
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\setbeamertemplate{block begin}{
+ \vskip.75ex
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[rounded=true,shadow=true,leftskip=1cm,colsep*=.75ex]{block title}%
+ \usebeamerfont*{block title}\insertblocktitle
+ \end{beamercolorbox}%
+ {\ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{block body}{}{\nointerlineskip\vskip-0.5pt}}%
+ \usebeamerfont{block body}%
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[rounded=true,shadow=true,colsep*=.75ex,sep=.75ex,vmode]{block body}%
+ \ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{block body}{\vskip-.25ex}{\vskip-.75ex}\vbox{}%
+ }
+ \setbeamertemplate{block end}{
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\setbeamertemplate{headline}{
+ \leavevmode
+
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{headline}
+ \begin{columns}[T]
+ \begin{column}{.02\paperwidth}
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.07\paperwidth}
+ \begin{center}
+ %\includegraphics[width=.6\linewidth]{logos/i6-hks44}
+ \end{center}
+ \vskip1ex
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.675\paperwidth}
+ \vskip4ex
+ \raggedleft
+ \usebeamercolor{title in headline}{\color{fg}\textbf{\LARGE{\inserttitle}}\\[1ex]}
+ \usebeamercolor{author in headline}{\color{fg}\large{\insertauthor}\\[1ex]}
+ \usebeamercolor{institute in headline}{\color{fg}\large{\insertinstitute}\\[1ex]}
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.25\paperwidth}
+ \vskip1cm
+ \begin{center}
+ \includegraphics[width=.7\linewidth]{deselaers/logos/rwthaachenuniversity-whitegray}
+ \end{center}
+ \vskip1.5cm
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.03\paperwidth}
+ \end{column}
+ \end{columns}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+}
+
+% \setbeamertemplate{headline}{
+% \leavevmode
+% \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=0.5cm,wd=.8\paperwidth]{headline}
+% \usebeamercolor{title in headline}{\raggedleft\color{fg}\textbf{\LARGE{\inserttitle}}\\[1ex]}
+% \usebeamercolor{author in headline}{\raggedleft\color{fg}\large{\insertauthor}\\[1ex]}
+% \usebeamercolor{institute in headline}{\raggedleft\color{fg}\large{\insertinstitute}\\[1ex]}
+% \end{beamercolorbox}%
+% \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.2\paperwidth]{logo in headline}
+% \centering
+% \LARGE{LOGO}
+% \end{beamercolorbox}
+
+% \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{lower separation line head}
+% \rule{0pt}{2pt}
+% \end{beamercolorbox}
+%}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\setbeamertemplate{footline}{
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{upper separation line foot}
+ \rule{0pt}{2pt}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+
+ \leavevmode%
+ \hbox{\begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.5\paperwidth,ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,leftskip=.3cm plus1fill,rightskip=.3cm]{author in head/foot}%
+ \texttt{http://www-i6.informatik.rwth-aachen.de}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}%
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.5\paperwidth,ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,leftskip=.3cm,rightskip=.3cm plus1fil]{title in head/foot}%
+ \texttt{<surname>@cs.rwth-aachen.de}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}}%
+ \vskip0pt%
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{lower separation line foot}
+ \rule{0pt}{2pt}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+}
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\mode<all>
+
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%%% Local Variables:
+%%% mode: latex
+%%% TeX-PDF-mode: t
+%%% TeX-master: "poster"
+%%% End:
diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/beamerthemeI6dv.sty b/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/beamerthemeI6dv.sty
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d82fdad9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/beamerthemeI6dv.sty
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+\ProvidesPackage{beamerthemeI6dv} % this style was created by David Vilar
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\selectcolormodel{cmyk}
+\mode<presentation>
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+% custom colors
+\definecolor{i6blue}{cmyk}{1,0.305,0,0.06}
+\definecolor{i6bluedark}{rgb}{0.0156,0.2578,0.5625}
+% http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colorwizard.asp#wizard, used start set: #0066cc
+\definecolor{i6colorscheme1}{HTML}{FF6518} % e.g. for block title
+\definecolor{i6colorblockbg}{HTML}{0033cc}
+\definecolor{i6colorblockfg}{HTML}{FCE94F}
+\definecolor{i6colorscheme2}{HTML}{000000} % e.g. title in headline
+\definecolor{i6colorscheme3}{HTML}{C3DFFF} % e.g. for poster background
+\definecolor{i6colorscheme4}{HTML}{000000}
+\definecolor{i6colorschemeHeadline}{HTML}{0033cc} % for headline bg
+%\definecolor{i6colorschemeFootline}{HTML}{000000} % for headline bg
+\definecolor{i6colorschemeFootline}{HTML}{100D09} % for headline bg
+
+% headline colors and fonts
+\setbeamercolor{headline}{fg=white,bg=i6colorschemeHeadline}
+\setbeamercolor{title in headline}{fg=white}
+\setbeamercolor{author in headline}{fg=lightgray}
+\setbeamercolor{institute in headline}{fg=lightgray}
+\setbeamercolor{logo in headline}{fg=black,bg=lightgray}
+\setbeamercolor{separation line}{bg=i6colorscheme1}
+
+% footline colors and fonts
+\setbeamercolor{footline}{fg=white,bg=i6colorschemeHeadline}
+\setbeamerfont{footline}{fg=white, size=\normalsize}
+
+% body colors and fonts
+\setbeamercolor*{normal text}{fg=black,bg=i6colorscheme3}
+
+% block environment
+\setbeamercolor*{block body}{bg=white,fg=black}
+\setbeamercolor*{block title}{fg=i6colorblockfg,bg=i6colorblockbg}
+\setbeamerfont{block title}{size=\large,series=\bf}
+
+% example environment
+\setbeamercolor*{example title}{fg=white,bg=i6colorscheme1}
+\setbeamerfont{example title}{size=\large,series=\bf,bg=i6colorscheme1,fg=white}
+
+
+%\setbeamercolor*{example body}{fg=white,bg=i6colorscheme4}
+%\setbeamercolor*{example title}{fg=white,bg=i6colorscheme1}
+
+
+% \setbeamercolor{framesubtitle}{fg=ta3orange, bg=ta2gray}
+% \setbeamercolor{author in head/foot}{fg=tabutter, bg=black}
+% \setbeamercolor{title in head/foot}{bg=tabutter, fg=black}
+
+
+\setbeamercolor{alerted text}{fg=i6colorscheme1}
+%\setbeamercolor{structure}{fg=i6blue}
+
+% \setbeamertemplate{itemize/enumerate body begin}{
+% }
+% \setbeamertemplate{itemize/enumerate body end}{
+% }
+
+\setbeamertemplate{itemize items}[triangle]
+\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{} % no navigation on a poster
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\setbeamertemplate{block begin}{
+ \vskip.75ex
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[leftskip=1cm,colsep*=.75ex]{block title}%
+ \usebeamerfont*{block title}\insertblocktitle
+ \end{beamercolorbox}%
+ {\ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{block body}{}{\nointerlineskip\vskip-0.5pt}}%
+ \usebeamerfont{block body}%
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[colsep*=.75ex,sep=.75ex,vmode]{block body}%
+ \ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{block body}{\vskip-.25ex}{\vskip-.75ex}\vbox{}%
+ }
+ \setbeamertemplate{block end}{
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\setbeamertemplate{headline}{
+ \leavevmode
+
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{headline}
+ \begin{columns}[T]
+ \begin{column}{.02\paperwidth}
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.07\paperwidth}
+ \begin{center}
+ %\includegraphics[width=.6\linewidth]{logos/i6-hks44}
+ \end{center}
+ \vskip1ex
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.675\paperwidth}
+ \vskip4ex
+ \raggedleft
+ \usebeamercolor{title in headline}{\color{fg}\textbf{\LARGE{\inserttitle}}\\[1ex]}
+ \usebeamercolor{author in headline}{\color{fg}\large{\insertauthor}\\[1ex]}
+ \usebeamercolor{institute in headline}{\color{fg}\large{\insertinstitute}\\[1ex]}
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.25\paperwidth}
+ \vskip1cm
+ \begin{center}
+ \includegraphics[width=.7\linewidth]{/u/figures/deselaers/logos/rwthaachenuniversity-whitegray}
+ \end{center}
+ \vskip1.5cm
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.03\paperwidth}
+ \end{column}
+ \end{columns}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+
+%% \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=0.1cm,wd=.1\paperwidth,center]{logo in headline}
+%% \vskip2ex
+%% \end{beamercolorbox}
+%% \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=1cm,wd=.7\paperwidth]{headline}
+%% \usebeamercolor{title in headline}{\raggedright\color{fg}\textbf{\LARGE{\inserttitle}}\\[1ex]}
+%% \usebeamercolor{author in headline}{\raggedright\color{fg}\large{\insertauthor}\\[1ex]}
+%% \usebeamercolor{institute in headline}{\raggedright\color{fg}\large{\insertinstitute}\\[1ex]}
+%% \end{beamercolorbox}%
+%% \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=0.1cm,wd=.18\paperwidth,center]{logo in headline}
+%% \includegraphics[height=5cm]{logos/rwth-hks44}
+%% \vskip2ex
+%% \end{beamercolorbox}
+%% \end{beamercolorbox}
+
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{lower separation line head}
+ \rule{0pt}{2pt}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\setbeamertemplate{footline}{
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{upper separation line foot}
+ \rule{0pt}{2pt}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[ht=4ex,leftskip=1cm,rightskip=1cm]{footline}%
+ Lehrstuhl f\"ur Informatik 6 - Computer Science Department - RWTH Aachen University - Aachen, Germany \hfill Mail: \texttt{<surname>@cs.rwth-aachen.de} \hfill WWW: \texttt{http://www-i6.informatik.rwth-aachen.de}
+ \vskip1ex
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{lower separation line foot}
+ \rule{0pt}{2pt}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\mode<all>
+
+
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%%% Local Variables:
+%%% mode: latex
+%%% TeX-master: "poster"
+%%% TeX-PDF-mode: t
+%%% End:
diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/beamerthemeI6pd.sty b/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/beamerthemeI6pd.sty
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ceb14e70b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/beamerthemeI6pd.sty
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+\ProvidesPackage{beamerthemeI6pd} % this style was created by Philippe Dreuw
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\selectcolormodel{cmyk}
+\mode<presentation>
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+% custom colors
+\definecolor{i6blue}{cmyk}{1,0.305,0,0.06}
+\definecolor{i6bluedark}{rgb}{0.0156,0.2578,0.5625}
+% http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colorwizard.asp#wizard, used start set: #0066cc
+\definecolor{i6colorscheme1}{HTML}{FF6518} % e.g. for block title
+\definecolor{i6colorscheme2}{HTML}{000000} % e.g. title in headline
+\definecolor{i6colorscheme3}{HTML}{0033cc} % e.g. for poster background
+\definecolor{i6colorscheme4}{HTML}{000000}
+\definecolor{i6colorschemeHeadline}{HTML}{000000} % for headline bg
+\definecolor{i6colorschemeFootline}{HTML}{000000} % for headline bg
+
+% headline colors and fonts
+\setbeamercolor{headline}{fg=white,bg=i6colorschemeHeadline}
+\setbeamercolor{title in headline}{fg=white}
+\setbeamercolor{author in headline}{fg=lightgray}
+\setbeamercolor{institute in headline}{fg=lightgray}
+\setbeamercolor{logo in headline}{fg=black,bg=lightgray}
+\setbeamercolor{separation line}{bg=i6colorscheme1}
+
+% footline colors and fonts
+\setbeamercolor{footline}{fg=white,bg=i6colorschemeFootline}
+\setbeamerfont{footline}{fg=white, size=\normalsize}
+
+% body colors and fonts
+\setbeamercolor*{normal text}{fg=black,bg=i6colorscheme3}
+
+% block environment
+\setbeamercolor*{block body}{bg=white,fg=black}
+\setbeamercolor*{block title}{fg=i6colorscheme1,bg=black}
+\setbeamerfont{block title}{size=\large,series=\bf}
+
+% example environment
+\setbeamercolor*{example title}{fg=white,bg=i6colorscheme1}
+\setbeamerfont{example title}{size=\large,series=\bf,bg=i6colorscheme1,fg=white}
+
+
+%\setbeamercolor*{example body}{fg=white,bg=i6colorscheme4}
+%\setbeamercolor*{example title}{fg=white,bg=i6colorscheme1}
+
+
+% \setbeamercolor{framesubtitle}{fg=ta3orange, bg=ta2gray}
+% \setbeamercolor{author in head/foot}{fg=tabutter, bg=black}
+% \setbeamercolor{title in head/foot}{bg=tabutter, fg=black}
+
+
+\setbeamercolor{alerted text}{fg=i6colorscheme1}
+%\setbeamercolor{structure}{fg=i6blue}
+
+% \setbeamertemplate{itemize/enumerate body begin}{
+% }
+% \setbeamertemplate{itemize/enumerate body end}{
+% }
+
+\setbeamertemplate{itemize items}[triangle]
+\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{} % no navigation on a poster
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\setbeamertemplate{block begin}{
+ \vskip.75ex
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[rounded=true,leftskip=1cm,colsep*=.75ex]{block title}%
+ \usebeamerfont*{block title}\insertblocktitle
+ \end{beamercolorbox}%
+ {\ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{block body}{}{\nointerlineskip\vskip-0.5pt}}%
+ \usebeamerfont{block body}%
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[rounded=true,colsep*=.75ex,sep=.75ex,vmode]{block body}%
+ \ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{block body}{\vskip-.25ex}{\vskip-.75ex}\vbox{}%
+ }
+ \setbeamertemplate{block end}{
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\setbeamertemplate{headline}{
+ \leavevmode
+
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{headline}
+ \begin{columns}[T]
+ \begin{column}{.02\paperwidth}
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.07\paperwidth}
+ \begin{center}
+ %\includegraphics[width=.6\linewidth]{logos/i6-hks44}
+ \end{center}
+ \vskip1ex
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.675\paperwidth}
+ \vskip4ex
+ \raggedleft
+ \usebeamercolor{title in headline}{\color{fg}\textbf{\LARGE{\inserttitle}}\\[1ex]}
+ \usebeamercolor{author in headline}{\color{fg}\large{\insertauthor}\\[1ex]}
+ \usebeamercolor{institute in headline}{\color{fg}\large{\insertinstitute}\\[1ex]}
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.25\paperwidth}
+ \vskip1cm
+ \begin{center}
+ \includegraphics[width=.7\linewidth]{deselaers/logos/rwthaachenuniversity-whitegray}
+ \end{center}
+ \vskip1.5cm
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.03\paperwidth}
+ \end{column}
+ \end{columns}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+
+%% \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=0.1cm,wd=.1\paperwidth,center]{logo in headline}
+%% \vskip2ex
+%% \end{beamercolorbox}
+%% \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=1cm,wd=.7\paperwidth]{headline}
+%% \usebeamercolor{title in headline}{\raggedright\color{fg}\textbf{\LARGE{\inserttitle}}\\[1ex]}
+%% \usebeamercolor{author in headline}{\raggedright\color{fg}\large{\insertauthor}\\[1ex]}
+%% \usebeamercolor{institute in headline}{\raggedright\color{fg}\large{\insertinstitute}\\[1ex]}
+%% \end{beamercolorbox}%
+%% \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=0.1cm,wd=.18\paperwidth,center]{logo in headline}
+%% \includegraphics[height=5cm]{logos/rwth-hks44}
+%% \vskip2ex
+%% \end{beamercolorbox}
+%% \end{beamercolorbox}
+
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{lower separation line head}
+ \rule{0pt}{2pt}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\setbeamertemplate{footline}{
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{upper separation line foot}
+ \rule{0pt}{2pt}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[ht=4ex,leftskip=1cm,rightskip=1cm]{footline}%
+ Lehrstuhl f\"ur Informatik 6 - Computer Science Department - RWTH Aachen University - Aachen, Germany \hfill Mail: \texttt{<surname>@cs.rwth-aachen.de} \hfill WWW: \texttt{http://www-i6.informatik.rwth-aachen.de}
+ \vskip1ex
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{lower separation line foot}
+ \rule{0pt}{2pt}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\mode<all>
+
+
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%%% Local Variables:
+%%% mode: latex
+%%% TeX-master: "poster"
+%%% TeX-PDF-mode: t
+%%% End:
diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/beamerthemeI6pd2.sty b/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/beamerthemeI6pd2.sty
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6bec45df25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/beamerthemeI6pd2.sty
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+\ProvidesPackage{beamerthemeI6pd2} % this style was created by Thomas Deselaers an Philippe Dreuw
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\RequirePackage{tangocolors}
+\selectcolormodel{cmyk}
+\mode<presentation>
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+\setbeamercolor{headline}{fg=tabutter,bg=black}
+\setbeamercolor{footline}{fg=tabutter, bg=ta3gray}
+\setbeamerfont{footline}{size=\large,series=\tt}
+\setbeamercolor{separation line}{bg=ta2orange}
+\setbeamercolor{title in headline}{fg=tabutter}
+\setbeamercolor{author in headline}{fg=ta2orange}
+\setbeamercolor{institute in headline}{fg=ta3orange}
+
+\setbeamercolor{framesubtitle}{fg=ta3orange, bg=ta2gray}
+\setbeamercolor{author in head/foot}{fg=ta2orange, bg=black}
+\setbeamercolor{title in head/foot}{fg=ta2orange, bg=black}
+
+\setbeamercolor*{normal text}{fg=tachameleon, bg=ta3gray}
+\setbeamercolor*{block body}{bg=ta3aluminium,fg=black}
+\setbeamercolor*{block title}{fg=taorange,bg=ta2gray}
+\setbeamerfont{block title}{size=\large,series=\bf}
+\setbeamercolor{upper separation line head}{fg=ta2orange}
+
+\setbeamercolor*{example body}{fg=ta3aluminium,bg=black}
+\setbeamercolor*{example text}{fg=ta3aluminium,bg=black}
+\setbeamercolor*{example title}{bg=taorange,fg=ta2gray}
+
+\setbeamercolor{alerted text}{fg=ta3gray}
+
+%\setbeamercolor{example text}{fg=taorange}
+\setbeamercolor{structure}{fg=ta3skyblue}
+
+\setbeamertemplate{itemize items}[triangle]
+\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{} % no navigation on a poster
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\setbeamertemplate{block begin}{
+ \vskip.75ex
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[ht=3ex,dp=1ex,center,rounded=true,shadow=true,leftskip=1cm,colsep*=.75ex]{block title}%
+ \usebeamerfont*{block title}\insertblocktitle
+ \end{beamercolorbox}%
+ {\ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{block body}{}{\nointerlineskip\vskip-0.5pt}}%
+ \usebeamerfont{block body}%
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[rounded=true,shadow=true,leftskip=1cm,colsep*=.75ex,sep=2ex,vmode]{block body}%
+ \ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{block body}{\vskip-.25ex}{\vskip-.75ex}\vbox{}%
+ }
+ \setbeamertemplate{block end}{
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\setbeamertemplate{headline}{
+ \leavevmode
+
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{headline}
+ \begin{columns}[T]
+ \begin{column}{.02\paperwidth}
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.07\paperwidth}
+ \begin{center}
+ %\includegraphics[width=.6\linewidth]{logos/i6-hks44}
+ \end{center}
+ \vskip1ex
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.675\paperwidth}
+ \vskip4ex
+ \raggedleft
+ \usebeamercolor{title in headline}{\color{fg}\textbf{\LARGE{\inserttitle}}\\[1ex]}
+ \usebeamercolor{author in headline}{\color{fg}\large{\insertauthor}\\[1ex]}
+ \usebeamercolor{institute in headline}{\color{fg}\large{\insertinstitute}\\[1ex]}
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.25\paperwidth}
+ \vskip1cm
+ \begin{center}
+ \includegraphics[width=.7\linewidth]{deselaers/logos/rwthaachenuniversity-whitegray}
+ \end{center}
+ \vskip1.5cm
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.03\paperwidth}
+ \end{column}
+ \end{columns}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{lower separation line head}
+ \rule{0pt}{2pt}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+}
+
+% \setbeamertemplate{headline}{
+% \leavevmode
+% \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=0.5cm,wd=.8\paperwidth]{headline}
+% \usebeamercolor{title in headline}{\raggedleft\color{fg}\textbf{\LARGE{\inserttitle}}\\[1ex]}
+% \usebeamercolor{author in headline}{\raggedleft\color{fg}\large{\insertauthor}\\[1ex]}
+% \usebeamercolor{institute in headline}{\raggedleft\color{fg}\large{\insertinstitute}\\[1ex]}
+% \end{beamercolorbox}%
+% \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.2\paperwidth]{logo in headline}
+% \centering
+% \LARGE{LOGO}
+% \end{beamercolorbox}
+
+
+%}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\setbeamertemplate{footline}{
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{upper separation line foot}
+ \rule{0pt}{2pt}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+
+ \leavevmode%
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[ht=4ex,leftskip=1cm,rightskip=1cm]{author in head/foot}%
+ \texttt{http://www-i6.informatik.rwth-aachen.de}
+ \hfill
+ \texttt{<surname>@cs.rwth-aachen.de}
+ \vskip1ex
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+ \vskip0pt%
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{lower separation line foot}
+ \rule{0pt}{2pt}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+% Display a grid to help align images ... and it looks nice with this color scheme
+\beamertemplategridbackground[1cm]
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\mode<all>
+
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%%% Local Variables:
+%%% mode: latex
+%%% TeX-PDF-mode: t
+%%% TeX-master: "poster"
+%%% End:
diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/beamerthemeI6td.sty b/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/beamerthemeI6td.sty
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d60a00e346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/beamerthemeI6td.sty
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+\ProvidesPackage{beamerthemeI6td} % this style was created by Thomas Deselaers
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\selectcolormodel{cmyk}
+\mode<presentation>
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%\useinnertheme[shadow=true]{rounded}
+%\useoutertheme{shadow}
+%\usecolortheme{orchid}
+%\usecolortheme{whale}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+% custom colors
+\definecolor{i6blue}{cmyk}{1,0.305,0,0.06}
+\definecolor{i6bluedark}{rgb}{0.0156,0.2578,0.5625}
+% http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colorwizard.asp#wizard, used start set: #0066cc
+\definecolor{i6bluescheme1}{HTML}{0066cc}
+\definecolor{i6bluescheme2}{HTML}{001933}
+\definecolor{i6bluescheme3}{HTML}{65B2FF}
+\definecolor{i6bluescheme4}{HTML}{666666}
+
+\definecolor{tddarkblue}{HTML}{0011BB}
+\definecolor{tdlightgray}{HTML}{CCCCCC}
+\definecolor{tdlightblue}{HTML}{0060FF}
+
+
+% headline colors and fonts
+\setbeamercolor{headline}{fg=white,bg=tddarkblue}
+\setbeamercolor{title in headline}{fg=white}
+\setbeamercolor{author in headline}{fg=tdlightgray}
+\setbeamercolor{institute in headline}{fg=tdlightgray}
+\setbeamercolor{logo in headline}{fg=black,bg=white}
+\setbeamercolor{separation line}{bg=white}
+
+% footline colors and fonts
+\setbeamercolor{footline}{fg=white,bg=tddarkblue}
+\setbeamerfont{footline}{fg=white, size=\normalsize}
+
+% body colors and fonts
+\setbeamercolor*{normal text}{fg=white,bg=tddarkblue}
+
+% block environment
+\setbeamercolor*{block body}{bg=white,fg=black}
+\setbeamercolor*{block title}{fg=blue,bg=tdlightgray}
+\setbeamerfont{block title}{size=\large,series=\bf}
+
+% example environment
+\setbeamercolor*{example title}{fg=white,bg=i6bluescheme1}
+\setbeamerfont{example title}{size=\large,series=\bf,bg=i6bluescheme1,fg=white}
+
+
+%\setbeamercolor*{example body}{fg=white,bg=i6bluescheme4}
+%\setbeamercolor*{example title}{fg=white,bg=i6bluescheme1}
+
+
+% \setbeamercolor{framesubtitle}{fg=ta3orange, bg=ta2gray}
+% \setbeamercolor{author in head/foot}{fg=tabutter, bg=black}
+% \setbeamercolor{title in head/foot}{bg=tabutter, fg=black}
+
+
+%\setbeamercolor{alerted text}{fg=i6blue}
+%\setbeamercolor{structure}{fg=i6blue}
+
+% \setbeamertemplate{itemize/enumerate body begin}{
+% }
+% \setbeamertemplate{itemize/enumerate body end}{
+% }
+
+\setbeamertemplate{itemize items}[triangle]
+\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{} % no navigation on a poster
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\setbeamertemplate{block begin}{
+ \vskip.75ex
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[leftskip=1cm,colsep*=.75ex]{block title}%
+ \usebeamerfont*{block title}\insertblocktitle
+ \end{beamercolorbox}%
+ {\ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{block body}{}{\nointerlineskip\vskip-0.5pt}}%
+ \usebeamerfont{block body}%
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[colsep*=.75ex,sep=.75ex,vmode]{block body}%
+ \ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{block body}{\vskip-.25ex}{\vskip-.75ex}\vbox{}%
+ }
+ \setbeamertemplate{block end}{
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\setbeamertemplate{headline}{
+ \leavevmode
+
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{headline}
+ \begin{columns}[T]
+
+ \begin{column}{.74\paperwidth}
+ \vskip2cm
+ \begin{center}
+ \raggedleft
+ \usebeamercolor{title in headline}{\color{fg}\textbf{\VERYHuge{\inserttitle}}\\[1ex]}
+ \usebeamercolor{author in headline}{\color{fg}\large{\insertauthor}\\[1ex]}
+ \usebeamercolor{institute in headline}{\color{fg}\large{\insertinstitute}\\[1ex]}
+ \end{center}
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.25\paperwidth}
+ \vskip1.5cm
+ \begin{center}
+ \includegraphics[width=.85\linewidth]{deselaers/logos/rwth-white}
+ \end{center}
+ \vskip1.5cm
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.03\paperwidth}
+ \end{column}
+ \end{columns}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+
+%% \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=0.1cm,wd=.1\paperwidth,center]{logo in headline}
+%% \vskip2ex
+%% \end{beamercolorbox}
+%% \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=1cm,wd=.7\paperwidth]{headline}
+%% \usebeamercolor{title in headline}{\raggedright\color{fg}\textbf{\LARGE{\inserttitle}}\\[1ex]}
+%% \usebeamercolor{author in headline}{\raggedright\color{fg}\large{\insertauthor}\\[1ex]}
+%% \usebeamercolor{institute in headline}{\raggedright\color{fg}\large{\insertinstitute}\\[1ex]}
+%% \end{beamercolorbox}%
+%% \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=0.1cm,wd=.18\paperwidth,center]{logo in headline}
+%% \includegraphics[height=5cm]{logos/rwth-hks44}
+%% \vskip2ex
+%% \end{beamercolorbox}
+%% \end{beamercolorbox}
+
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{lower separation line head}
+ \rule{0pt}{2pt}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\setbeamertemplate{footline}{
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{upper separation line foot}
+ \rule{0pt}{6pt}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[ht=1\baselineskip,leftskip=1cm]{footline}%
+ Lehrstuhl f\"ur Informatik 6 - Computer Science Department - RWTH Aachen University - Aachen, Germany \hfill -- \hfill
+ \texttt{deselaers@cs.rwth-aachen.de} \hfill --\hfill
+ \texttt{http://www-i6.informatik.rwth-aachen.de}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{lower separation line foot}
+ \rule{0pt}{2pt}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\mode<all>
+
+
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%%% Local Variables:
+%%% mode: latex
+%%% TeX-master: "poster"
+%%% TeX-PDF-mode: t
+%%% End:
diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/beamerthemeZH.sty b/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/beamerthemeZH.sty
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e6bbdf83f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/beamerthemeZH.sty
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+% this style was created by Horea Christian and is basted on the ETH Zürich corporate design color palette https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/service/communication/corporate-design/colour.html
+\ProvidesPackage{beamerthemeZH}
+
+\mode<presentation>
+
+\definecolor{ETH1}{RGB}{31,64,122}
+\definecolor{ETH3}{RGB}{0,105,180}
+\definecolor{ETH6}{RGB}{111,111,110}
+\definecolor{ETH8}{RGB}{0,122,146}
+\definecolor{ETH10}{RGB}{130,190,30}
+\definecolor{tlg}{RGB}{230,230,230}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%It seems many of the following entries do not control any visible Behaviour. All such entries are
+%set to red, so that they are easy to spot if they ever become visible
+
+\setbeamercolor{headline}{fg=red,bg=ETH3} % This is the recommended color for Specialist community usage: change to ETH1 for general communication
+\setbeamercolor{footline}{fg=red, bg=red}
+\setbeamerfont{footline}{size=\large,series=\bf}
+\setbeamercolor{separation line}{bg=ETH3}
+\setbeamercolor{title in headline}{fg=white}
+\setbeamercolor{author in headline}{fg=white}
+\setbeamercolor{institute in headline}{fg=white}
+
+\setbeamercolor{framesubtitle}{fg=red, bg=ta2gray}
+\setbeamercolor{author in head/foot}{fg=white, bg=ETH3}
+\setbeamercolor{title in head/foot}{fg=red, bg=red}
+
+\setbeamercolor*{normal text}{fg=ETH6, bg=tlg}
+\setbeamercolor*{block body}{fg=black, bg=white}
+\setbeamercolor*{block title}{fg=black,bg=ETH10}
+\setbeamerfont{block title}{size=\large,series=\bf}
+\setbeamercolor{upper separation line head}{fg=red}
+
+\setbeamercolor*{example body}{fg=red,bg=red}
+\setbeamercolor*{example text}{fg=red,bg=red}
+\setbeamercolor*{example title}{bg=red,fg=red}
+
+\setbeamercolor{alerted text}{fg=red}
+\setbeamercolor{structure}{fg=ETH1}
+
+\setbeamertemplate{itemize items}{\color{ETH10}$\blacktriangleright$}
+\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{} % no navigation on a poster
+
+\newenvironment<>{myblock}[1]{%
+ \begin{actionenv}#2%
+ \def\insertblocktitle{\centering#1}%
+ \par%
+ \usebeamertemplate{block begin}\leftskip=14pt\rightskip=14pt\vspace{10pt}}
+ {\par\vspace{10pt}\usebeamertemplate{block end}
+ \end{actionenv}}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+% !!! This environment can't both have nice margins AND display the contained text as justified:
+% We preferentially use the above but keep this one just-in-case
+\setbeamertemplate{block begin}{
+\setlength{\mylength}{\textwidth+2ex}%
+ \vskip2ex
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[ht=2.8ex,dp=2ex, wd=\mylength, center,rounded=false,shadow=false,leftskip=1cm,colsep*=0ex]{block title}%
+ \usebeamerfont*{block title}\centering \insertblocktitle
+ \end{beamercolorbox}\vskip-9pt%
+ {\ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{block body}{}{\nointerlineskip\vskip-0.5ex}}%
+ \usebeamerfont{block body}%
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[rounded=false,shadow=false,center,wd=\textwidth,]{block body}%
+ \ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{block body}\vbox{}%
+ \begin{minipage}{0.96\textwidth}\vbox{}%
+ \justify}
+ \setbeamertemplate{block end}{
+ \end{minipage}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\setbeamertemplate{headline}{
+ \leavevmode
+
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{headline}
+ \begin{columns}[T]
+ \begin{column}{.09\paperwidth}
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.675\paperwidth}
+ \vskip4ex
+ \raggedleft
+ \usebeamercolor{title in headline}{\color{fg}\textbf{\LARGE{\inserttitle}}\\[1ex]}
+ \usebeamercolor{author in headline}{\color{fg}\large{\insertauthor}\\[1ex]}
+ \usebeamercolor{institute in headline}{\color{fg}\large{\insertinstitute}\\[1ex]}
+ \vskip1ex
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.25\paperwidth}
+ \vskip1cm
+ \begin{center}
+ \includegraphics[width=.6\textwidth]{img/zh_logo}
+ \end{center}
+ \vskip-1.5cm
+ \end{column}
+ \begin{column}{.03\paperwidth}
+ \end{column}
+ \end{columns}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{lower separation line head}
+ \rule{0pt}{2pt}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+ \vskip-2cm
+}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\setbeamertemplate{footline}{
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{upper separation line foot}
+ \rule{0pt}{2pt}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+
+ \leavevmode%
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[ht=4ex,leftskip=1cm,rightskip=1cm]{author in head/foot}%
+ \href{http://www.aic-fmi.ethz.ch}{www.aic-fmi.ethz.ch}
+ \hfill
+ \today
+ \hfill
+ \href{mailto:my_address@wikibooks.org}{ioanas@biomed.ee.ethz.ch}
+ \vskip1ex
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+ \vskip0pt%
+ \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{lower separation line foot}
+ \rule{0pt}{2pt}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+% Display a grid to help align images ... and it looks nice with this color scheme
+% \beamertemplategridbackground[1cm]
+
+%Some beamer customizations:
+\setbeamertemplate{bibliography item}[text]
+\setbeamertemplate{caption}[numbered]{}% Number float-like environments
+
+\mode<all>
diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/example.tex b/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/example.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f070ef204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macros/latex/contrib/beamerposter/example.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+ \documentclass[final]{beamer} % beamer 3.10: do NOT use option hyperref={pdfpagelabels=false} !
+ %\documentclass[final,hyperref={pdfpagelabels=false}]{beamer} % beamer 3.07: get rid of beamer warnings
+ \mode<presentation> { %% check http://www-i6.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~dreuw/latexbeamerposter.php for examples
+ \usetheme{Berlin} %% you should define your own theme e.g. for big headlines using your own logos
+ }
+ \usepackage[english]{babel}
+ \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
+ \usepackage{amsmath,amsthm, amssymb, latexsym}
+ %\usepackage{times}\usefonttheme{professionalfonts} % times is obsolete
+ \usefonttheme[onlymath]{serif}
+ \boldmath
+ \usepackage[orientation=portrait,size=a0,scale=1.4,debug]{beamerposter} % e.g. for DIN-A0 poster
+ %\usepackage[orientation=portrait,size=a1,scale=1.4,grid,debug]{beamerposter} % e.g. for DIN-A1 poster, with optional grid and debug output
+ %\usepackage[size=custom,width=200,height=120,scale=2,debug]{beamerposter} % e.g. for custom size poster
+ %\usepackage[orientation=portrait,size=a0,scale=1.0,printer=rwth-glossy-uv.df]{beamerposter} % e.g. for DIN-A0 poster with rwth-glossy-uv printer check
+ % ...
+ %
+ \title[Fancy Posters]{Making Really Fancy Posters with \LaTeX}
+ \author[Dreuw \& Deselaers]{Philippe Dreuw and Thomas Deselaers}
+ \institute[RWTH Aachen University]{Human Language Technology and Pattern Recognition,RWTH Aachen University}
+ \date{Jul. 31th, 2007}
+ \begin{document}
+ \begin{frame}{}
+ \vfill
+ \begin{block}{\large Fontsizes}
+ \centering
+ {\tiny tiny}\par
+ {\scriptsize scriptsize}\par
+ {\footnotesize footnotesize}\par
+ {\normalsize normalsize}\par
+ {\large large}\par
+ {\Large Large}\par
+ {\LARGE LARGE}\par
+ {\veryHuge veryHuge}\par
+ {\VeryHuge VeryHuge}\par
+ {\VERYHuge VERYHuge}\par
+ \end{block}
+ \vfill
+ \end{frame}
+\end{document}
+