This repository contains a minimalist template to write academic papers with LaTeX.
The template's documentation is available at https://pascalmichaillat.org/d2/.
- The font for text, roman math, and numbers is Source Serif Pro.
- The font for Greek and calligraphic math is Euler.
- No colors are used in the text to reduce distraction and to guarantee quality printing.
- Margins, spacing, and font size are set for comfortable reading.
- Headings are designed for easy scanning.
- Formatting is also specified for figures, tables, appendix, and a separate online appendix.
paper.tex
– LaTeX file containing the skeleton of the paper.paper.pdf
– PDF file produced by compilingpaper.tex
with pdfTeX.paper.sty
– LaTeX style file collecting all the formatting commands.figures.pdf
– PDF file with all the figures included in the paper.bibliography.bib
– BibTeX file with all the references included in the paper.bibliography.bst
– BibTeX style file to format the references. This style file is based onecon.bst
, which was created by Shiro Takeda and is available on GitHub.appendix.tex
– LaTeX file containing the skeleton of an online appendix.appendix.pdf
– PDF file produced by compilingappendix.tex
with pdfTeX.appendix.sty
– LaTeX style file collecting additional formatting commands for an online appendix.
- Fill out
paper.tex
with the content of your paper. Compile the file with pdfTeX. paper.sty
must be included in the same folder aspaper.tex
. It can be modified to alter the paper's format.bibliography.bst
must be included in the same folder aspaper.tex
. It can be modified to alter the bibliography's format.- Replace the figures in
figures.pdf
with your own figures—one per page. - Replace the references in
bibliography.bib
with your own references. paper.pdf
is not required to use the template. It only illustrate the output of the template, and will be overridden oncepaper.tex
is compiled.- The template was developed with the MacTeX-2021 distribution but should hopefully also work with more recent distributions.
The repository also includes files to produce an online appendix—in case the paper's appendix must be carved out into a separate, online appendix upon publication. An online appendix can be produced as follows:
- Fill out
appendix.tex
with the content of your online appendix. Compile it with pdfTeX. The equation and section labels frompaper.tex
can be used inappendix.tex
. This requires the following:appendix.tex
is in the same folder aspaper.tex
.paper.tex
is compiled first.- The auxiliary file
paper.aux
is available whenappendix.tex
is compiled.
appendix.sty
must be included in the same folder asappendix.tex
. It can be modified to alter the format of the online appendix. It works in conjunction withpaper.sty
, which must also be included in the folder.appendix.pdf
is not required to use the template. It only illustrate the output of the template, and will be overridden onceappendix.tex
is compiled.
- This LaTeX template produces academic presentations following the same principles, and with a similar appearance, as this paper template.
- These LaTeX commands make it easy to write mathematical expressions. They can be used in combination with this paper template.
The content of this repository is licensed under the terms of the MIT License.