The book is mostly meets by the Title Page. Default TeX \maketitle
are simple and minimalistic.
I'm looking for examples of Title Pages:
I think such examples would be a great inspiration and motivation stuff!
In answer to the question Creating a titlepage [1], Harish Kumar and azetina provided the following nice title page:
\documentclass[12pt,demo]{report} %% Remove demo in your file.
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{lipsum}% Used for dummy text.
\definecolor{titlepagecolor}{cmyk}{1,.60,0,.40}
\definecolor{namecolor}{cmyk}{1,.50,0,.10}
%-----------------------------------------------------------------
\begin{document}
% ----------------------------------------------------------------
\begin{titlepage}
\newgeometry{left=7.5cm} %defines the geometry for the titlepage
\pagecolor{titlepagecolor}
\noindent
\includegraphics[width=2cm]{logo.jpg}\\[-1em]
\color{white}
\makebox[0pt][l]{\rule{1.3\textwidth}{1pt}}
\par
\noindent
\textbf{\textsf{UniversitätsKlinikum}} \textcolor{namecolor}{\textsf{Heidelberg}}
\vfill
\noindent
{\huge \textsf{Handbuch 1.3}}
\vskip\baselineskip
\noindent
\textsf{August 2008}
\end{titlepage}
\restoregeometry % restores the geometry
\nopagecolor% Use this to restore the color pages to white
% ----------------------------------------------------------------
\lipsum[1-9]
\end{document}
Here is another example:
\documentclass[letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[some]{background}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\definecolor{titlepagecolor}{cmyk}{1,.60,0,.40}
\backgroundsetup{
scale=1,
angle=0,
opacity=1,
contents={\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
\path [fill=titlepagecolor] (current page.west)rectangle (current page.north east);
\draw [color=white, very thick] (5,0)--(5,0.5\paperheight);
\end{tikzpicture}}
}
\makeatletter
\def\printauthor{%
{\large \@author}}
\makeatother
\author{%
Author 1 name \\
Department name \\
\texttt{email1@example.com}\vspace{40pt} \\
Author 2 name \\
Department name \\
\texttt{email2@example.com}
}
\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
\BgThispage
\newgeometry{left=1cm,right=6cm,bottom=2cm}
\vspace*{0.4\textheight}
\noindent
\textcolor{white}{\Huge\textbf{\textsf{Hardy's Theorem}}}
\vspace*{2cm}\par
\noindent
\begin{minipage}{0.35\linewidth}
\begin{flushright}
\printauthor
\end{flushright}
\end{minipage} \hspace{15pt}
%
\begin{minipage}{0.02\linewidth}
\rule{1pt}{175pt}
\end{minipage} \hspace{-10pt}
%
\begin{minipage}{0.63\linewidth}
\vspace{5pt}
\begin{abstract}
An abstract is a brief summary of a research article, thesis, review, conference proceeding or any in-depth analysis of a particular subject or discipline, and is often used to help the reader quickly ascertain the paper's purpose. When used, an abstract always appears at the beginning of a manuscript, acting as the point-of-entry for any given scientific paper or patent application. Abstracting and indexing services for various academic disciplines are aimed at compiling a body of literature for that particular subject.
\end{abstract}
\end{minipage}
\end{titlepage}
\restoregeometry
\lipsum[1-2]
\end{document}
Yet another flavor:
\documentclass[letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[some]{background}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\definecolor{titlepagecolor}{cmyk}{1,.60,0,.40}
\DeclareFixedFont{\bigsf}{T1}{phv}{b}{n}{1.5cm}
\backgroundsetup{
scale=1,
angle=0,
opacity=1,
contents={\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
\path [fill=titlepagecolor] (-0.5\paperwidth,5) rectangle (0.5\paperwidth,10);
\end{tikzpicture}}
}
\makeatletter
\def\printauthor{%
{\large \@author}}
\makeatother
\author{%
Author 1 name \\
Department name \\
\texttt{email1@example.com}\vspace{40pt} \\
Author 2 name \\
Department name \\
\texttt{email2@example.com}
}
\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
\BgThispage
\newgeometry{left=1cm,right=4cm}
\vspace*{2cm}
\noindent
\textcolor{white}{\bigsf Hardy's Theorem}
\vspace*{2.5cm}\par
\noindent
\begin{minipage}{0.35\linewidth}
\begin{flushright}
\printauthor
\end{flushright}
\end{minipage} \hspace{15pt}
%
\begin{minipage}{0.02\linewidth}
\rule{1pt}{175pt}
\end{minipage} \hspace{-10pt}
%
\begin{minipage}{0.6\linewidth}
\vspace{5pt}
\begin{abstract}
An abstract is a brief summary of a research article, thesis, review, conference proceeding or any in-depth analysis of a particular subject or discipline, and is often used to help the reader quickly ascertain the paper's purpose. When used, an abstract always appears at the beginning of a manuscript, acting as the point-of-entry for any given scientific paper or patent application. Abstracting and indexing services for various academic disciplines are aimed at compiling a body of literature for that particular subject.
\end{abstract}
\end{minipage}
\end{titlepage}
\restoregeometry
\lipsum[1-2]
\end{document}
Yet another example (using code from Trying to do graphical decorations in "ClassicThesis style" [2]):
\documentclass[letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{epigraph}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\renewcommand\epigraphflush{flushright}
\renewcommand\epigraphsize{\normalsize}
\setlength\epigraphwidth{0.7\textwidth}
\definecolor{titlepagecolor}{cmyk}{1,.60,0,.40}
\DeclareFixedFont{\titlefont}{T1}{ppl}{b}{it}{0.5in}
\makeatletter
\def\printauthor{%
{\large \@author}}
\makeatother
\author{%
Author 1 name \\
Department name \\
\texttt{email1@example.com}\vspace{20pt} \\
Author 2 name \\
Department name \\
\texttt{email2@example.com}
}
% The following code is borrowed from: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/86310/10898
\newcommand\titlepagedecoration{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay,shorten >= -10pt]
\coordinate (aux1) at ([yshift=-15pt]current page.north east);
\coordinate (aux2) at ([yshift=-410pt]current page.north east);
\coordinate (aux3) at ([xshift=-4.5cm]current page.north east);
\coordinate (aux4) at ([yshift=-150pt]current page.north east);
\begin{scope}[titlepagecolor!40,line width=12pt,rounded corners=12pt]
\draw
(aux1) -- coordinate (a)
++(225:5) --
++(-45:5.1) coordinate (b);
\draw[shorten <= -10pt]
(aux3) --
(a) --
(aux1);
\draw[opacity=0.6,titlepagecolor,shorten <= -10pt]
(b) --
++(225:2.2) --
++(-45:2.2);
\end{scope}
\draw[titlepagecolor,line width=8pt,rounded corners=8pt,shorten <= -10pt]
(aux4) --
++(225:0.8) --
++(-45:0.8);
\begin{scope}[titlepagecolor!70,line width=6pt,rounded corners=8pt]
\draw[shorten <= -10pt]
(aux2) --
++(225:3) coordinate[pos=0.45] (c) --
++(-45:3.1);
\draw
(aux2) --
(c) --
++(135:2.5) --
++(45:2.5) --
++(-45:2.5) coordinate[pos=0.3] (d);
\draw
(d) -- +(45:1);
\end{scope}
\end{tikzpicture}%
}
\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
\noindent
\titlefont Hardy's Theorem\par
\epigraph{Pure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied. For what is useful above all is technique, and mathematical technique is taught mainly through pure mathematics.}%
{\textit{London 1941}\\ \textsc{G. H. Hardy}}
\null\vfill
\vspace*{1cm}
\noindent
\hfill
\begin{minipage}{0.35\linewidth}
\begin{flushright}
\printauthor
\end{flushright}
\end{minipage}
%
\begin{minipage}{0.02\linewidth}
\rule{1pt}{125pt}
\end{minipage}
\titlepagedecoration
\end{titlepage}
\lipsum[1-2]
\end{document}
You can find other examples at: http://www.latextemplates.com/cat/title-pages
[1] https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/85870/10898abstract
is not defined for books, but you can change it for quotation
environment. - DrBeco
The question LaTeX3 and pauper's coffins [1] discusses various ways to implement a famous title page by Tschichold in LaTeX:
The picture above shows the various relationships that this design implements (the arrows are overlayed on a picture of the original).
The implementation (using expl3's coffin concepts) is given in Is there no easier way to float objects and set margins? [2]. The LaTeX3 reimplementation then gives this (without trying to use exactly the same fonts):
[1] https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/44241/latex3-and-paupers-coffinsI find the titlepages of the ConTeXt manuals to be visually very pleasing. A few of them involve randomized elements. The source for some of the manuals is available at this svn mirror [1].
(Click on the images to see a bigger version)
[1] http://context.aanhet.net/svn/My humble contribution- I made this for the, 'Program Review' that we have at our college. The background image it uses can be found here [1], but of course you'll probably want to insert your own :)
The code uses the
tcolorbox
[2] and
eso-pic
[3] packages.
% arara: pdflatex
% !arara: indent: {overwrite: yes}
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=0.5cm,bottom=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{kpfonts}
\usepackage{eso-pic}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\tcbuselibrary{skins}
\tcbset{
pccstyle/.style={
enhanced,flushright upper,
boxrule=1.4pt,
colback=white,colframe=black!50!yellow,
drop fuzzy midday shadow=black!50!yellow
}
}
\AddToShipoutPicture{% from package eso-pic: put something to the background
\AtPageCenter{% start the bar at the bottom right of the page
\put(-\LenToUnit{.465\paperwidth},-\LenToUnit{.4\paperheight}){% move it to the middle
%{\transparent{.5}{\includegraphics[width=20cm]{50th_mathematicsproof}}}
\begin{tcolorbox}[pccstyle,left=0mm,top=0mm,bottom=0mm]
\includegraphics[width=20cm]{50th_mathematicsproof}
\end{tcolorbox}
}%
}%
\AtPageLowerLeft{% start the bar at the bottom right of the page
\put(\LenToUnit{\dimexpr\paperwidth-3cm},0){% move it to the top right
\color{blue}\rule{3cm}{\LenToUnit\paperheight}%
}%
\put(\LenToUnit{\dimexpr\paperwidth-2.7cm},\LenToUnit{17cm}){% move it to the top right
\color{gray}\scalebox{8}{$\sum$}
}%
\put(\LenToUnit{\dimexpr\paperwidth-2.5cm},\LenToUnit{12.5cm}){% move it to the top right
\color{gray}\scalebox{8}{$\int$}
}%
\put(\LenToUnit{\dimexpr\paperwidth-2.3cm},\LenToUnit{8.5cm}){% move it to the top right
\color{gray}\scalebox{8}{$e$}
}%
\put(\LenToUnit{\dimexpr\paperwidth-2.7cm},\LenToUnit{5.0cm}){% move it to the top right
\color{gray}\scalebox{8}{$\pi$}
}%
\put(\LenToUnit{\dimexpr\paperwidth-2.2cm},\LenToUnit{1.5cm}){% move it to the top right
\color{gray}\scalebox{8}{$i$}
}%
}%
}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}
\vspace*{1cm}
\mbox{}\hfill\scalebox{2}{
\begin{tcolorbox}[pccstyle,width=6.8cm]
{\bfseries\LARGE {Program Review} \par}
{\large \itshape Mathematics \par}
{\large Portland Community College }
\end{tcolorbox}
}
\vfill
\centering
\scalebox{2}{%
\begin{tcolorbox}[pccstyle,width=4.8cm]
{\scshape Fall 2008--Spring 2013}
\end{tcolorbox}
}
\end{document}
[1] http://opportunity.pcc.edu/departmentbanners/This is an example derived from the document » Some Examples of Title Pages [1]«. It is not the most spectacular one but should be a good starting point.
\documentclass[11pt]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\newlength{\drop}
\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
\drop=0.1\textheight
\centering
\vspace*{\baselineskip}
\rule{\textwidth}{1.6pt}\vspace*{-\baselineskip}\vspace*{2pt}
\rule{\textwidth}{0.4pt}\\[\baselineskip]
{\LARGE CONUNDRUMS\\ AND \\[0.3\baselineskip] PUZZLES}\\[0.2\baselineskip]
\rule{\textwidth}{0.4pt}\vspace*{-\baselineskip}\vspace{3.2pt}
\rule{\textwidth}{1.6pt}\\[\baselineskip]
\scshape
Selected and Expanded Papers from the Organisation Working Conference on \\
Enigmas \\
Location, date from--to\par
\vspace*{2\baselineskip}
Edited by \\[\baselineskip]
{\Large FIRST EDITOR \\ SECOND EDITOR \\ THIRD EDITOR\par}
{\itshape Organisation \\ Address\par}
\vfill
{\scshape year} \\
{\large THE PUBLISHER}\par
\end{titlepage}
\end{document}
In opposite to the document I did not define a command but simply put the necessary code into a
titlepage
[2] environment.
The appendix Section A of the document has important information about all necessary stuff for creating the title pages.
texdoc titlepages
. - GTK
This is just my little collaboration. It's not as professional as some examples and the code is far from elegant. So feel free to edit/adapt and improve.
First a more traditional style. Many old books have a title page that look similar to this. I'v used tcolorbox and tikz with
calligra
[1] font just for fancy.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%
% This template has been done collecting multiple entries from:
% http://tex.stackexchange.com
%
% Author:
% Graciano Bay
%
% License:
% CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\documentclass[b4paper]{memoir}
\usepackage[margin=1.5cm,top=2cm,bottom=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames,svgnames,table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{calligra}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{matrix,fit,chains,calc,scopes}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\tcbuselibrary{skins}
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf} %To compile psvectorian directly
\usepackage{psvectorian}
\renewcommand*{\psvectorianDefaultColor}{Green}%
\tcbset{
Baystyle/.style={
sharp corners,
enhanced,
boxrule=6pt,
colframe=OliveGreen,
height=\textheight,
width=\textwidth,
borderline={8pt}{-11pt}{},
}
}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}
\centering
\begin{tcolorbox}[Baystyle,]
{\begin{center}
\vspace*{0.14\textheight}
\fontsize{45}{45}\scshape Book Title\\
\vspace*{0.018\textheight}
\vspace*{0.2\textheight}
% Big Logo\\
\vspace*{0.2\textheight}
{\fontsize{12}{12}\calligra A original story of\\}
\fontsize{28}{28}\scshape Author Name\\
\vspace*{0.1\textheight}
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}[
start chain=main going right,
]
\node[on chain,align=center,draw=none] (a1){{\fontsize{12}{12}\calligra Illustrations by} \\
{\Large Designer}
};
{ [start branch=A going below]
\node[on chain,align=center,draw=none,scale=0.01](d1){};
\node[on chain,align=center,draw=none,](d2){\Huge Press logo};
%\node[on chain,align=center,draw=none,scale=0.01](d3){};
}
\node[on chain,align=center,draw=none] (a2){\psvectorian[]{148}};
{ [start branch=B going below]
\node[on chain,align=center,draw=none,scale=0.01](s1){};
\node[on chain,align=center,draw=none,](s2){};
%\node[on chain,align=center,draw=none,scale=0.01](s3){};
}
\node[on chain,align=center,draw=none] (a3){{\fontsize{12}{12}\calligra Final review by} \\
{\Large Revisor}
};
{ [start branch=C going below]
\node[on chain,align=center,draw=none,scale=0.01](e1){};
\node[on chain,align=center,draw=none,](e2){\Huge Other Logo};
%\node[on chain,align=center,draw=none,scale=0.01](e3){};
}
\draw[black] (s2.north) -- (s2.south);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{center}}
\end{tcolorbox}
\end{document}
My second is certainly not classic looking. Here i've used only tikz.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%
% This template has been done collecting multiple entries from:
% http://tex.stackexchange.com
%
% Author:
% Graciano Bay
%
% License:
% CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\documentclass[b4paper]{memoir}
\usepackage[margin=1cm,]{geometry}
\usepackage[scaled]{helvet}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames,svgnames,table]{xcolor}
%\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,scopes,positioning,backgrounds}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{microtype}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[local bounding box=picture, baseline=(picture.south)]
\node [draw=none] (A) at (0,0) {};
\node [draw=none] (B) at (15,5) {};
\node [draw=none] (C) at (5,-5) {};
\foreach \s/\col in {1.5/ProcessBlue, 1/SkyBlue, 0/ProcessBlue}{
\path [draw,\col, line width=40] ($(A.west)-(0,\s cm)$) to ($(C.west)-(0,\s cm)$) to ($(B.west)-(0,\s cm)$);
}
%
\node [draw=none] (A2) at (0,-20) {};
\node [draw=none] (B2) at (22,-8) {};
\node [draw=none] (C2) at (5,-25) {};
\foreach \s/\col in {1.5/ProcessBlue!20!white, 1/SkyBlue!20!white, 0/ProcessBlue!20!white}{
\path [draw,\col, line width=40] ($(A2.west)-(0,\s cm)$) to ($(C2.west)-(0,\s cm)$) to ($(B2.west)-(0,\s cm)$);
}
%
\node [draw=none,text width=\textwidth/1.7] (T1) at (10,0) {\fontsize{50}{50}\MakeUppercase{\textsf{\textbf{A Book Title}}}};
%
\node [draw=none,text width=\textwidth/1.7] (T2) at (10,-14) {
\fontsize{20}{20}\textsf{\textbf{\textcolor{ProcessBlue}{Subtitle}}}\\
\vspace*{0.02\textheight}
\LARGE{\lipsum[1]}
};
%
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
[1] https://www.ctan.org/pkg/calligra?lang=enLatexmk: Failure in processing file './test.tex': 'pdflatex' needed too many passes
while compiling your first example - JKHA
From my master's thesis. In the background one can see some (dirty) nanoparticles
Code:
\titlehead{%
\tikzexternaldisable
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
\node[inner sep=0,opacity=1] at (current page.center) {\includegraphics[height=\paperheight]{bgtitle.jpg}};
\begin{scope}
%\path[clip,decoration={random steps, segment length=6pt, amplitude=2pt},
%decorate] ($(current page.south west)+(5.1,6)$) -- ++(9,0) -- ++ (0,2) -- ++ (-1.5,4) -- ++ (0.5,2) -- ++ (-0.35,2) -- ++ (1,1) -- ++ (3.5,0.5) -- ++ (0,5) -- ++ (-4.75,0) -- ++ (-0.5,0.75) -- ++ (-4.25,0) -- ++ (-0.25,0.25) -- ++ (0,2) -- ++(-5.25,0) -- ++ (0,-8.25) -- ++ (0.25,-0.25) -- ++ (4,0) -- ++ (0.5,-0.75) -- ++ (-0.35,-2) -- ++ (0.5,-2) -- ++ (-2,-4) -- cycle;
\path[clip,decoration={random steps, segment length=6pt, amplitude=2pt},
decorate] ($(current page.south west)+(5.1,5)$) -- ++(12.15,0) -- ++ (0,12.5) -- ++ (0,5) -- ++ (-4.75,0) -- ++ (-0.5,0.75) -- ++ (-4.25,0) -- ++ (-0.25,0.25) -- ++ (0,2) -- ++(-5.25,0) -- ++ (0,-8.25) -- ++ (0,-12.15) -- cycle;
\draw[fill=white,inner sep=0,opacity=0.5] (current page.south west) rectangle (current page.north east);
\end{scope}
\end{tikzpicture}%
\tikzexternalenable
\addfontfeatures{Numbers=Lining}%
{University of YourTown\\
Physics Department\\
Physics Institute
}}
\subject{\textit{\textbf{aster's esis}}\vspace*{-1cm}}
\publishers{\vspace{0.7cm}\addfontfeatures{Numbers=Lining}\large \begin{minipage}{0.6\textwidth}
\indent\newlength{\titlepagenewlengthup}\setlength{\titlepagenewlengthup}{\widthof{1 }}\hphantom{2ⁿ }\hspace*{-\titlepagenewlengthup}1 supervisor: Professor Doctor Doe\\
2ⁿ supervisor: Professor Doctor Doe\\
\newlength{\titlepagenewlength}\setlength{\titlepagenewlength}{\widthof{ad}}\hphantom{2ⁿ super}\hspace*{-\titlepagenewlength}advisor: Doctor Doe\end{minipage}\vspace*{-0.7cm}}
\author{Max Mustermann}
\title{%
\vspace{0.3cm}%
\hrule height 2pt%
\vspace{0.3cm} Title of thesis%
\vspace{0.3cm}%
\hrule height 2pt%
\vspace{0.3cm}}
\subtitle{\vspace*{1.0cm}\includegraphics{Logo1}}
\date{\today}
I have few examples to show. You can download these from Here [1], Here [2], Here [3], and Here [4]. These are originally Peter Wilson's titlepage examples that I have changed the examples little to work with xepersian [5] package to typeset Persian documents.
Several examples from the 4th archive:
1
3
5
[1] http://www.parsilatex.com/joomla/attachments/article/188/book-titlepage-examples1.zipHope it's OK to share my own example – the title page I created, inspired by this very thread, for notes I took in an algebraic geometry class [1] a few years back.
TeX source:
\documentclass{amsart}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{afterpage}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{fadings}
\begin{document}
\DeclareFixedFont{\titlefont}{T1}{ppl}{b}{}{0.7in}
\DeclareFixedFont{\subtitlefont}{T1}{ppl}{b}{}{0.4in}
\afterpage{\restoregeometry}
\newgeometry{left=1in, right=1in,top=1in, bottom=0in}
\definecolor{mytan}{HTML}{F6D5A8}
\pagecolor{mytan}\afterpage{\nopagecolor}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{flushright}
\titlefont Algebraic Geometry\\
\subtitlefont UT Austin, Spring 2016
\end{flushright}
\vfill
\begin{center}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[scope fading=north, inner sep=0pt, outer sep=0pt]{
\makebox[\textwidth]{\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth]{../the-great-wave-off-kanagawa}}
};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{center}
% for additional pages after the title, uncomment the following line first:
% \clearpage
\end{document}
[1] https://web.ma.utexas.edu/users/a.debray/lecture_notes/m390c_AGnotes.pdfFor my school (something decent):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz,fouriernc}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\definecolor{lime}{RGB}{0,0,128}
\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
\fill[lime!10] (current page.south east) rectangle (current page.north west);
\fill[lime,even odd rule] (current page.south west) rectangle ([xshift=1.5cm]current page.north west) ($(current page.north west)!.5!(current page.south west)$) arc(180:270:3) ($(current page.north west)!.5!(current page.south west)$) arc(270:450:3.5) ([yshift=7cm]$(current page.north west)!.5!(current page.south west)$) arc(180:90:3);
% \draw[lime!10,double=lime!10,double distance=2mm] (current page.south west) --+ (2,2) --+ (-2,6) --+ (2,8) --+ (-2,9) --+ (2,13) --+ (-2,18) --+ (2,30);
\draw[lime,thin] (13,-1) node[lime,above left] {\Huge\it Teacher} --+ (0,3) node[lime,below right] {\Huge Q11};
\node[yshift=-5cm,xslant=1,yscale=1.6,lime!40,opacity=.2] at (9.5,-6.5) {\scalebox{6}{Mathematik}};
\node[yshift=-5cm,lime] at (8,-7) {\scalebox{6}{Mathematik}};
\draw[lime,fill=lime!20] ([xshift=-1cm]current page.north east) -- ([yshift=-1cm]current page.north east) -- ([yshift=-2cm]current page.north east) -- ([xshift=-2cm]current page.north east);
\path ([xshift=-1cm]current page.north east) -- ([yshift=-1cm]current page.north east) node[midway,sloped,below=.1cm,lime] {My Name};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{titlepage}
\end{document}
Here is the output:
I used Harish Kumar and azetina code and add this falling dominos picture from tikz example (http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/dominoes/):
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% PREAMBLE
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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{report}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{epigraph}
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% Cover Page Details
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\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\tikzset{3D/.cd,
x/.store in=\xx, x=0,
y/.store in=\yy, y=0,
z/.store in=\zz, z=0
}
\tikzdeclarecoordinatesystem{3D}{%
\tikzset{3D/.cd,#1}%
\pgfpoint{sin(\yy)*(\xx)}{-((\xx)/75)^2+(\zz)/100*(\xx)}%
}
\renewcommand\epigraphflush{flushright}
\renewcommand\epigraphsize{\normalsize}
\setlength\epigraphwidth{0.7\textwidth}
\definecolor{titlepagecolor}{cmyk}{1,.60,0,.40}
\DeclareFixedFont{\titlefont}{T1}{ppl}{b}{it}{0.5in}
\makeatletter
\def\printauthor{%
{\large \@author}}
\makeatother
\author{%
Author Names \\ %%%% Your Name
Department \\ %%%% Department Name
\texttt{Email Address}\vspace{5pt} \\ %%% Your Email Address
}
\newcommand\titlepagedecoration{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[line join=round, very thin]
\def\e{1260}
\foreach \x [evaluate={\i=mod(\x+90,360); \j=int((\i<180)*2-1); \t=3;
\sc=\x/\e; \n=int((\e-\x)/15+5); \X=\x/\e;}] in {10,25,...,\e} {
\path [shift={(3D cs:x=\x-\t,y={3*sin(\x-\t)})}, yslant=cos(\x)/5]
(-\X/2, 0) coordinate (A') ( \X/2, 0) coordinate (B')
( \X/2,2*\X) coordinate (C') (-\X/2,2*\X) coordinate (D');
\path [shift={(3D cs:x=\x,y=3*sin \x)}, yslant=cos(\x)/5]
(-\X/2, 0) coordinate (A) ( \X/2, 0) coordinate (B)
( \X/2,2*\X) coordinate (C) (-\X/2,2*\X) coordinate (D);
\filldraw [black!90] (B) -- (B') -- (C') -- (C) -- cycle;
\filldraw [black!80] (A) -- (A') -- (D') -- (D) -- cycle;
\filldraw [black!70] (C) -- (D) -- (D') -- (C') -- cycle;
\filldraw [black] (A) -- (B) -- (C) -- (D) -- cycle;
\node [text=white, shift={($(C)!0.5!(D)$)}, anchor=north,
yslant=cos(\x)/5, font=\sf, scale=\sc*1.5] at (0,-.33*\X) {\n};
}
%
\foreach \i [evaluate={\x=\i*30-10; \X=1; \n=int(5-\i); \xsl=\x/180}]
in {1,...,4} {
\path [shift={(3D cs:x=\x+\e,y=-3*\x/90)}, yslant=cos \e/5, xslant=\xsl]
(-\X/2, 0) coordinate (A) ( \X/2, 0) coordinate (B)
( \X/2, \X*2-\x/360) coordinate (C) (-\X/2, \X*2-\x/360) coordinate (D);
\path [shift={(3D cs:x=\x+\e,y=-3*\x/90)}, shift={(5/50,5/50-\i*2/50)},
yslant=cos \e/5, xslant=\xsl]
(-\X/2, 0) coordinate (A') ( \X/2, 0) coordinate (B')
( \X/2, \X*2-\x/330) coordinate (C') (-\X/2, \X*2-\x/330) coordinate (D');
\filldraw [black!70] (C) -- (D) -- (D') -- (C') -- cycle;
\filldraw [black!70] (A) -- (B) -- (B') -- (A') -- cycle;
\filldraw [black!90] (B) -- (B') -- (C') -- (C) -- cycle;
\filldraw [black] (A) -- (B) -- (C) -- (D) -- cycle;
\node [text=white, shift={($(C)!0.5!(D)$)}, anchor=north, xslant=\xsl,
yslant=cos \e/5, font=\sf, scale=1.5] at (0,-.33*\X) {\n};
}
\end{tikzpicture}
}
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% COVER
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\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
\noindent
\titlefont Chapter 1\par
\epigraph{Pure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied. For what is useful above all is technique, and mathematical technique is taught mainly through pure mathematics.}%
{\textit{London 1941}\\ \textsc{G. H. Hardy}}
\null\vfill
\vspace*{1cm}
\noindent
\hfill
\begin{minipage}{0.35\linewidth}
\begin{flushright}
\printauthor
\end{flushright}
\end{minipage}
%
\begin{minipage}{0.02\linewidth}
\rule{1pt}{60pt}
\end{minipage}
\titlepagedecoration
\end{titlepage}
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% START HERE
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\section{Test}
This is a test.
\[
\pi \approx 3.14159 26535 89793 23846 \]
\[
e=2+\cfrac{1}
{1+\cfrac{1}
{2+\cfrac{1}
{1+\cfrac{1}
{1+\cfrac{1}
{4+\cfrac{1}
{1+\cfrac{1}
{1+\cfrac{1}
{6+\cdots}}}}}}}}
\]
\end{document}
Not a really funcy one but it is nice. I used this [1] post. Of course all the colours, the language and the font size can change.
\documentclass[14pt]{extbook}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{parcolumns}
\usepackage[english, greek]{babel}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{pagecolor}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{titlesec,}
\usepackage[series={},nocritical,noend,noeledsec,nofamiliar,noledgroup]{reledmac}
\usepackage{reledpar}
\titleformat{\chapter}
{\flushright\normalfont\LARGE\bfseries\color{burntorange}}{\thechapter}{1em}{}
\titlespacing{\chapter}{-18pt}{-102pt}{10pt}
\titleformat{\section}
{\center\normalfont\large\bfseries\color{amaranth} }{\thesection}{1em}{}
\title{\textit{ \textbf{\textcolor{azure}{\textlatin{TITLE}}}}}
\author{\Large{\bfseries {\textcolor{burntorange}{\textlatin{AUTHOR}}}
\definecolor{burlywood}{rgb}{0.87, 0.72, 0.53}
\usepackage[%
margin=4cm
%,showframe% to show the page layout
]{geometry}
\usepackage[object=vectorian]{pgfornament}
\newcommand\om{5mm}% ornament margin
\newcommand\ow{5cm}% ornament width
\newcommand\ols{5.5mm}% ornament line shift
\newcommand\on{63}% ornament number
\colorlet{bordercolor}{burlywood}
\tikzset{
ol/.style={line width=1mm,dotted}% style for the lines
}
% define the border and save it in a box
\newsavebox\border
\sbox\border{%
\tikz[color=bordercolor]{
\useasboundingbox(0,0)rectangle(\paperwidth,-\paperheight);
\foreach[count=\i]\a/\p/\s in {%
north west/{\om,-\om}/none,
north east/{{\paperwidth-\om},-\om}/v,
south east/{{\paperwidth-\om},{-\paperheight+\om}}/c,%
south west/{\om,{-\paperheight+\om}}/h%
}\node[anchor=\a](n\i) at (\p){\pgfornament[width=\ow,symmetry=\s]{\on}};
\begin{scope}[ol]
\draw([yshift=-\ols]n1.north east)--([yshift=-\ols]n2.north west);
\draw([xshift=-\ols]n2.south east)--([xshift=-\ols]n3.north east);
\draw([yshift=\ols]n3.south west)--([yshift=\ols]n4.south east);
\draw([xshift=\ols]n4.north west)--([xshift=\ols]n1.south west);
\end{scope}
}%
}
\usepackage[manualmark]{scrlayer-scrpage}
\clearpairofpagestyles
\cfoot*{\pagemark}
% define a switch to enable and disable the border
\newif\ifBorder
% define a new layer
\DeclareNewLayer[{%
background,
page,
contents={\ifBorder\usebox\border\fi}
}]{border.bg}
% add the border layer to all layer page styles (scrheadings, plain, empty, ...) ...
\AddLayersAtBeginOfPageStyle{@everystyle@}{border.bg}
\usepackage{graphics}
\definecolor{burntorange}{rgb}{0.8, 0.33, 0.0}
\definecolor{azure}{rgb}{0.0, 0.5, 1.0}
\definecolor{amaranth}{rgb}{0.9, 0.17, 0.31}
\definecolor{dg}{rgb}{0.0, 0.0, 1.0}
\definecolor{dr}{rgb}{1.0, 0.13, 0.32}
\definecolor{cerulean}{rgb}{0.0, 0.48, 0.65}
\definecolor{bv}{rgb}{0.8,0.0,0.0}
\definecolor{buff}{rgb}{0.94, 0.86, 0.51}
\usepackage[colorlinks, unicode]{hyperref}
\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
\pagecolor{buff}
\Bordertrue% enable the border
{\raggedright
\begin{minipage}{0.48\textwidth}\raggedright
{\itshape\bfseries\color{burntorange} \textlatin{INSTITUTION} }
\end{minipage}}
\begin{minipage}{0.48\textwidth}\raggedleft
{\itshape\bfseries\color{burntorange} \textlatin{SCHOOL}
}\end{minipage}
\centering
%
\Large
\vspace{3cm}
\vspace{2cm}
\rule{\textwidth}{1.6pt}\vspace*{-\baselineskip}\vspace*{2pt}
\rule{\textwidth}{0.4pt}\\[\baselineskip]
\vspace{14pt}
{\bfseries
\Huge\color{azure} \itshape
\textlatin{TITLE}%
}
\\
\par
\rule{\textwidth}{0.4pt}\vspace*{-\baselineskip}\vspace{3.2pt}
\rule{\textwidth}{1.6pt}\\[\baselineskip]
\vspace{2cm}
%ΗΜΕΡΟΜΗΝΙΑ
{\normalsize \today}
\end{titlepage}
\clearpage
\Borderfalse% disable the border
\pagecolor{white}
\end{document}
[1] https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/245904/248968My cover book (picture and code changed for a typo - thanks CarLaTex!) :
Code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{ shapes.geometric }
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\usepackage{anyfontsize}
\setlength{\parskip}{4cm}
\setlength{\parindent}{-1.5cm}
\begin{document}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Background %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\fill[blue!50] (current page.south west) rectangle (current page.north east);
\foreach \i in {2,...,22}
{
\node[rounded corners,blue!2,draw,regular polygon,regular polygon sides=5, minimum size=\i cm,ultra thick] at ($(current page.south)+(0,1)$) {} ;
}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Background Polygon %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\foreach \i in {0,...,15}
{
\node[rounded corners,blue!2,draw,regular polygon,regular polygon sides=12, minimum size=\i cm,ultra thick] at ($(current page.west)+(1.5,0)$) {} ;
}
\foreach \i in {0,...,15}
{
\node[rounded corners,blue!2,draw,regular polygon,regular polygon sides=12, minimum size=\i cm,ultra thick] at ($(current page.east)+(-1.5,0)$) {} ;
}
% \foreach \i in {2,...,22}
% {
% \node[rounded corners,blue!2,draw,regular polygon,regular polygon sides=18, minimum size=\i cm,ultra thick] at ($(current page.north)+(0,-4.5)$) {} ;
% }
% \foreach \i in {21,...,6}
% {
% \node[cyan!20,rounded corners,draw,regular polygon,regular polygon sides=12, minimum size=\i cm,ultra thick] at ($(current page.south east)+(-0.5,0.45)$) {} ;
% }
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Title of the Report %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\node[left,white,minimum width=0.625*\paperwidth,minimum height=3cm, rounded corners] at ($(current page.north)+(6.7,-5)$)
{
{\fontsize{40}{45} \selectfont \bfseries TRIGONOMETRIA}
};
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Subtitle %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\node[left,white,minimum width=0.625*\paperwidth,minimum height=2cm, rounded corners] at ($(current page.north)+(7,-6.2)$)
{
{\LARGE \textbf{Per neo docenti di matematica, studenti, cultori}}
};
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Author Name %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\node[left,white,minimum width=0.625*\paperwidth,minimum height=2cm, rounded corners] at ($(current page.north)+(6.7,-3)$)
{
{\huge \textbf{Raffaele Santoro}}
};
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Year %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\node[rounded corners,fill=blue!10,text =blue,regular polygon,regular polygon sides=5, minimum size=3.5 cm,inner sep=0,ultra thick] at ($(current page.south)+(0,1)$) {
\includegraphics[scale=.8]{RSEdizioni.png}
};
\end{tikzpicture}\\
\includegraphics[scale=1]{fg_b.png}
\end{document}
I hope you find this at least interesting. The background image is from a website for free images:
It's for my in-progress book. Code:
% !TeX spellcheck = es_ES
% !TeX program = xelatex
\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper,twoside]{book}
\usepackage{titletoc}
\usepackage{ucs}
\usepackage[spanish,es-nodecimaldot]{babel}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\setsansfont{URWClassico}[
Path=./URWClassico/,
Extension = .otf,
UprightFont=*-Regular,
BoldFont=*-Bold,
ItalicFont=*-Italic,
BoldItalicFont=*-BoldItalic
]
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{xcolor,colortbl}
\definecolor{orangy}{RGB}{255,122,4}
\definecolor{blueish}{RGB}{4,122,255}
\definecolor{aqua}{RGB}{0,100,150}
\definecolor{deepblue}{RGB}{0,102,205}
\definecolor{yellowish}{RGB}{255,255,0}
\definecolor{chapopcolor}{RGB}{0,100,150}
\usepackage{wallpaper}
\usepackage[skip=0.4em,indent=1em]{parskip}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.1}
\raggedbottom
\usepackage{graphicx}
\graphicspath{ {images/} }
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{babel}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,calc,positioning,shapes,arrows,decorations.pathmorphing}
\usetikzlibrary{cd}
\usepackage[left=4cm,right=4cm,top=2.7cm,bottom=2.5cm,outer=3cm,inner=3cm,heightrounded]{geometry}
\usepackage[breaklinks=true,
colorlinks=true,linkcolor=blue!22!black,urlcolor=blue,citecolor=black,anchorcolor=blue!70!black,
bookmarks=true,pdfpagelayout=TwoPageRight]{hyperref}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{varwidth}
\tcbuselibrary{breakable,skins,theorems}
\begin{document}
\frontmatter
\begin{titlepage}
\newgeometry{left=7.5cm,top=1.2cm,right=1cm}
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
\node[opacity=1,inner sep=0pt] at (current page.center)
{\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight]{wall/wall45b}};
\end{tikzpicture}
\vphantom{A}
\vfill
\noindent{\fontsize{70}{48} \selectfont \bfseries\sffamily lógica básica.}
\\{\fontsize{20}{48} \selectfont \bfseries\sffamily una introducción al arte del razonamiento}
\par
\noindent
\makebox[0pt][l]{\rule{1.3\textwidth}{1pt}}
\par
\noindent
{\large\sffamily \href{mailto:}{\bfseries carlos romero}}
\par
\vskip\baselineskip
\noindent \textsf{(versión parcial de \today.)}
\end{titlepage}
\restoregeometry
\pagecolor{white}
\pagestyle{plain}
\end{document}