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Better Poster

Mike Morrison's Better Poster layout via Rafael Bailo's betterposter class, an A0 landscape poster with one huge plain-English finding in the center.

GPL-3.0 (betterposter class)

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This workspace is set up as a Better Poster, the layout with one huge plain-English finding in the center and details in the side columns. Tell me your main finding and what the work is, or paste your paper, and I will draft the poster.

What’s inside

  • Starter files
  • main.tex2.0 KB
    % Better Poster layout, https://github.com/rafaelbailo/betterposter-latex-template
\documentclass[a0paper,fleqn]{betterposter}

\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.18}

\begin{document}
\betterposter{
%%%%%%%% MAIN COLUMN

\maincolumn{
%%%% Main space: the finding, in plain English

\textbf{Main finding} goes here,
\\translated into \textbf{plain English}.
\\\textbf{Emphasize} the important words.
}{
%%%% Bottom space

\textbf{Your Name}, Your Institution
\\Paper and code: \texttt{example.com/paper}
}

}{
%%%%%%%% LEFT COLUMN

\title{The Full Paper Title}
\author{Your Name}
\author{A Coauthor}
\institution{Your Institution}

\section{Introduction}
State the problem and why it matters:
\begin{itemize}
\item The gap this work fills.
\item The one-sentence contribution.
\end{itemize}

\section{Method}
We minimize a regularized objective over parameters $\theta$:
\begin{equation}
\hat{\theta} = \arg\min_{\theta}\;
  \frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^{n} \ell\bigl(f_\theta(x_i), y_i\bigr)
  + \lambda \|\theta\|_2^2 .
\end{equation}

\section{Conclusion}
Restate the contribution in one line and name the obvious next step. Ask the
agent in the chat to draft the poster from your paper.

\vfill

}{
%%%%%%%% RIGHT COLUMN

\section{Results}
\begin{center}
\begin{tikzpicture}
  \begin{axis}[width=0.9\textwidth, height=0.65\textwidth,
      xlabel={Training set size}, ylabel={Accuracy (\%)},
      legend pos=south east, grid=major]
    \addplot coordinates {(1,62) (2,68) (4,72) (8,74) (16,75)};
    \addplot coordinates {(1,66) (2,72) (4,76) (8,78) (16,79)};
    \legend{Baseline, Ours}
  \end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{center}

\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{lcc}
  \toprule
  Method & Accuracy & Time (s) \\
  \midrule
  Baseline   & 71.2 & 12.4 \\
  \textbf{Ours} & \textbf{78.3} & 14.0 \\
  \bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

\section{References}
{\small
[1] A. Author and B. Author. A representative reference.
\emph{Journal of Examples}, 2025.}
}
\end{document}
  • Libraries and docs
  • betterposter.cls5.4 KB
    %%%% Better Poster latex template v1.0 (2019/04/04)
%%%% GNU General Public License v3.0
%%%% Rafael Bailo
%%%% https://github.com/rafaelbailo/betterposter-latex-template
%%%% 
%%%% Original design from Mike Morrison
%%%% https://twitter.com/mikemorrison

\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesClass{betterposter}[2019/04/04 Better Poster latex template v1.0]

%% "article" as the base class
\LoadClass{article}
\pagestyle{empty}

%%%% REQUIRED PACKAGES

%% Paper size
\RequirePackage{geometry} 
\geometry{a0paper}

%% Paper orientation
\geometry{landscape}

%% Remove default margins
\geometry{margin=0in}

%% Font
\RequirePackage{cmbright}
\RequirePackage[default]{lato}
\RequirePackage[T1]{fontenc}

%% Small separation on enumerate and itemize
\RequirePackage{enumitem}
\setlist{nolistsep}
\setenumerate{noitemsep}
\setitemize{noitemsep}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}

%% Colours
\RequirePackage{xcolor}
\definecolor{imperialblue}{RGB}{0,62,116}
\definecolor{empirical}{RGB}{0,77,64}
\definecolor{theory}{RGB}{26,35,126}
\definecolor{methods}{RGB}{140,22,22}
\definecolor{intervention}{RGB}{255,213,79}

\newcommand{\columnbackgroundcolor}{white}
\newcommand{\columnfontcolor}{black}
\newcommand{\maincolumnbackgroundcolor}{imperialblue}
\newcommand{\maincolumnfontcolor}{white}

%% Graphics
\RequirePackage{graphicx}

%% AMS packages
\RequirePackage{amsmath}
\RequirePackage{amsfonts}
\RequirePackage{amssymb}



%%%% SIZE COMMANDS

%% Poster lengths
\newlength{\leftbarwidth}
\newlength{\rightbarwidth}
\newlength{\columnmarginvertical}
\newlength{\columnmarginhorizontal}
\newlength{\maincolumnmarginvertical}
\newlength{\maincolumnmarginhorizontal}

%%%% SIZING OPTIONS

\newcommand{\fontsizestandard}{\fontsize{32.00}{50.50} \selectfont}
\newcommand{\fontsizemain}{\fontsize{116.00}{220.00} \selectfont}
\newcommand{\fontsizetitle}{\fontsize{80.00}{120.00} \selectfont}
\newcommand{\fontsizeauthor}{\fontsize{48.00}{68.00} \selectfont}
\newcommand{\fontsizesection}{\fontsize{48.00}{68.00} \selectfont}

\DeclareOption{a2paper}{
\geometry{a2paper}
\renewcommand{\fontsizestandard}{\fontsize{16.00}{25.00} \selectfont}
\renewcommand{\fontsizemain}{\fontsize{58.00}{110.00} \selectfont}
\renewcommand{\fontsizetitle}{\fontsize{40.00}{50.00} \selectfont}
\renewcommand{\fontsizeauthor}{\fontsize{24.00}{34.00} \selectfont}
\renewcommand{\fontsizesection}{\fontsize{24.00}{34.00} \selectfont}
}

\DeclareOption{a1paper}{
\geometry{a1paper}
\renewcommand{\fontsizestandard}{\fontsize{22.63}{35.36} \selectfont}
\renewcommand{\fontsizemain}{\fontsize{82.02}{155.56} \selectfont}
\renewcommand{\fontsizetitle}{\fontsize{56.57}{70.71} \selectfont}
\renewcommand{\fontsizeauthor}{\fontsize{33.94}{48.08} \selectfont}
\renewcommand{\fontsizesection}{\fontsize{33.94}{48.08} \selectfont}
}

\DeclareOption{a0paper}{
\geometry{a0paper}
}

\DeclareOption*{\PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{article}}
\ProcessOptions\relax

%% Default values for lengths
\setlength{\leftbarwidth}{0.2\paperwidth}
\setlength{\rightbarwidth}{0.2\paperwidth}
\setlength{\columnmarginvertical}{0.025\paperheight}
\setlength{\columnmarginhorizontal}{0.025\paperheight}
\setlength{\maincolumnmarginvertical}{0.07\paperheight}
\setlength{\maincolumnmarginhorizontal}{0.07\paperheight}



%%%% TEMPLATE COMMANDS

%% Main beterposter command
\newcommand{\betterposter}[3]{%
\noindent
% Left column
\column{\dimexpr 1.0\textheight\relax}{\leftbarwidth}%
{\columnbackgroundcolor}{\columnfontcolor}{\columnmarginvertical}{\columnmarginhorizontal}{#2}%
% Central column
\column{\dimexpr 1.0\textheight\relax}{
\dimexpr 1.0\textwidth-\leftbarwidth-\rightbarwidth\relax
}{\maincolumnbackgroundcolor}{\maincolumnfontcolor}{\maincolumnmarginvertical}{\maincolumnmarginhorizontal}{#1}%
% Right column
\column{\dimexpr 1.0\textheight\relax}{\rightbarwidth}%
{\columnbackgroundcolor}{\columnfontcolor}{\columnmarginvertical}{\columnmarginhorizontal}{#3}%
}

%% Coloured column command
\newcommand{\column}[7]{%
\begin{minipage}[t][#1][t]{#2}%
\noindent\colorbox{#3}{%
\begin{minipage}[t][
\dimexpr 1.0\textheight\relax
][t]{\dimexpr 1.0\textwidth-0\fboxrule-2\fboxsep\relax}
{\leavevmode\color{#4}\centeredpage{#5}{#6}{#7}}
\end{minipage}}%
\end{minipage}%
}

%% Page with margins command
\newcommand{\centeredpage}[3]{%
\begin{minipage}[c][\textheight][c]{\textwidth}
\begin{center}
\begin{minipage}[t][
\dimexpr 1.0\textheight-2.0#1\relax
][t]{
\dimexpr 1.0\textwidth-2.0#2\relax		
}
{\fontsizestandard #3}
\end{minipage}
\end{center}
\end{minipage}
}

%% Main column command
\newcommand{\maincolumn}[2]{
\vfill{
\fontsizemain

#1

\vspace{1em}
}
\vfill	
\begin{minipage}[t][0.25\textheight][b]{\textwidth}
#2
\end{minipage}
}

%% QR code
\newcommand{\qrcode}[3]{
\begin{minipage}[c]{0.30\textwidth}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{#1}
\end{minipage}%
\begin{minipage}[c]{0.12\textwidth}
\hfill
\includegraphics[height=0.85\textwidth]{#2}
\end{minipage}%
\begin{minipage}[c]{0.50\textwidth}
#3
\end{minipage}%
}

%% Compact QR code
\newcommand{\compactqrcode}[2]{
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.3\textwidth}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{#1}

#2
\end{minipage}%
}

%% Section command
\renewcommand{\section}[1]{

\vspace{2em}{\fontsizesection\selectfont
\textbf{\leavevmode
#1
}}\\[0.5em]
}

%% Title command
\renewcommand{\title}[1]{
{\fontsizetitle\textbf{\leavevmode
#1
}}\\

}

%% Author command
\renewcommand{\author}[1]{
{\color{gray}\fontsizeauthor
#1
}\\[-1.0em]

}

%% Institution command
\newcommand{\institution}[1]{
\vspace{-1em}
{\color{gray}
#1
}\\[-1.0em]

}
  • main.pdfprebuilt · 131 KBReplaced by the first recompile.

    Binary file, seeded as-is.

  • main.synctex.gzprebuilt · 8.7 KBReplaced by the first recompile.

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