Poetry Book Layout

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A poetry book layout on A4 in TeX Gyre Pagella with a title page for a selection of poems, an epigraph with attribution, and a press imprint.

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poetrybook
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Document class
article [12pt, a4paper]
Compiles with
pdfLaTeX
Pages in the compiled PDF
4
Bibliography
None
Files
2 files: 1 .tex, 1 image
Packages
  • inputenc
  • fontenc
  • tgpagella
  • microtype
  • xcolor
  • geometry
  • tikz
  • tcolorbox
  • booktabs
  • enumitem
  • titlesec
  • fancyhdr
  • setspace
  • amsmath
  • amssymb
The start of the preamble of main.tex, from its \documentclass line.
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{tgpagella}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning,calc,decorations.pathmorphing,backgrounds,shapes.geometric}
\usepackage[skins,breakable]{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}

\definecolor{poetrynavy}{RGB}{25,35,55}
\definecolor{poetrygold}{RGB}{180,140,70}
\definecolor{poetrycream}{RGB}{252,248,240}
\definecolor{poetryrose}{RGB}{160,70,80}

\geometry{a4paper,left=3.2cm,right=3.2cm,top=3cm,bottom=3.5cm}
\pagecolor{poetrycream}

\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyfoot[C]{\small\color{poetrygold!80}\thepage}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}

% ── Title-page flourish: thin gold rules with central dot ──
\newcommand{\titleflourish}{%
  \begin{center}
  \begin{tikzpicture}
    \draw[poetrygold,line width=0.5pt] (-2.5,0) -- (-0.4,0);
    \draw[poetrygold,line width=0.5pt] (0.4,0) -- (2.5,0);
    \fill[poetrygold] (0,0) circle (1.2pt);

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It uses the article class (options: 12pt, a4paper), builds with pdfLaTeX, and loads 15 packages, including inputenc, fontenc, tgpagella, microtype, xcolor, geometry, tikz and tcolorbox.

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