Octavo Pocket Antiqua Book
About this template
A pocket-size book on the octavo class in Palatino with drop caps, an editor's preface, and essay chapters with sub-sections on attention, patience and slow work.
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- Document class
octavo[11pt, twoside, post]- Compiles with
- pdfLaTeX
- Pages in the compiled PDF
- 33
- Bibliography
- None
- Files
- 2 files: 1 .tex, 1 image
- Packages
fontencinputencmathpazomicrotypeamssymbxcolortikztcolorboxlettrineenumitem
\documentclass[11pt,twoside,post]{octavo}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{mathpazo}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning,calc,shapes.geometric,backgrounds}
\usepackage[skins]{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{lettrine}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\definecolor{inkblue}{HTML}{1B2A4A}
\definecolor{claret}{HTML}{7A2E2E}
\definecolor{parchment}{HTML}{F3ECDD}
\definecolor{gilt}{HTML}{8B6B29}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{1}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{1}
\renewcommand{\chaptername}{Essay}
\renewcommand{\thechapter}{\Roman{chapter}}
\color{inkblue}
\newcommand{\ornament}[1][1]{%
\par\vspace{0.6em}
\begin{center}
\begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=0pt,scale=#1]
\draw[claret,line width=0.5pt] (-1.6,0) -- (-0.32,0);
\node[diamond,fill=gilt,draw=gilt,minimum size=5pt,inner sep=0pt] at (0,0) {};
\draw[claret,line width=0.5pt] (0.32,0) -- (1.6,0);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{center}
\vspace{0.4em}\par
}
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What does the Octavo Pocket Antiqua Book template load?
It uses the octavo class (options: 11pt, twoside, post), builds with pdfLaTeX, and loads 10 packages, including fontenc, inputenc, mathpazo, microtype, amssymb, xcolor, tikz and tcolorbox.
How long is the Octavo Pocket Antiqua Book sample?
The compiled sample is 33 pages, from 2 files: 1 .tex, 1 image. Replace the sample text with yours and the layout stays.
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