A quick look on Github told me you are not using the memoir package for this. Could the author please elaborate why it is not using memoir?
Clean Thesis – A clean, simple, and elegant LaTeX style for thesis documents
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Re: Clean Thesis – A clean, simple, and elegant LaTeX style for thesis documents
#12Isn't the LaTeX stylesheet for your thesis usually dictated by your university? It was for me at least..
My university had a set of stylesheets (.doc, LaTeX and I think InDesign) and set of rules you had to follow if you wanted to make your own stylesheet.
Re: Clean Thesis – A clean, simple, and elegant LaTeX style for thesis documents
#13I thought the default style(s) were the results of years of micro tweaking and deep studies of the impact of character positioning and flows by Knuth and that only the default \LaTeX{} style could give that 2% head start or that A instead of a B++ for any essay. Now we add blue titles ? And sans serif font ? Sarcasm apart, it looks good. Some links are 404 on the page though (classic thesis, etc.).
Indeed, blue titles evoke MS Word. As pointed out, a PDF rendered with this style would be great help in understanding it. Perhaps it's a good choice for on-screen reading, but shouldn't you go with serif typefaces when laying out for print?
A long time ago I did some googling (aka `research') on the subject and indeed I found out that using serif for printed documents is non negotiable ; it's supposed (and I agree with that) to let the eyes decrypt words faster and smoother than when reading sans serif. Oddly enough sans serif is easier to decipher on screens. I don't know yet which kind of fonts I should use on my e-reader though.
The web seems to think it's a matter of taste and adequacy nowadays:
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/03/serif-vs-sans-the-fi...
http://designshack.net/articles/typography/serif-vs-sans-ser...
http://www.fonts.com/content/learning/fontology/level-1/type...
Re: Clean Thesis – A clean, simple, and elegant LaTeX style for thesis documents
#14I thought the default style(s) were the results of years of micro tweaking and deep studies of the impact of character positioning and flows by Knuth and that only the default \LaTeX{} style could give that 2% head start or that A instead of a B++ for any essay. Now we add blue titles ? And sans serif font ? Sarcasm apart, it looks good. Some links are 404 on the page though (classic thesis, etc.).
You seem to confuse TeX and LaTeX. Knuth himself doesn't do LaTeX so the default styles aren't from him.
It's been a while since I read the documentation to KOMAscript and Memoir but I think both contain some criticism on Lamport's default styles.
There is nothing wrong per se with a sans serif font for titles as long as it fits to the serif font for the main text. I'm not quite convinced though that this is the case here.
BTW, the README states that this layout has been "inspired by user guide documents from Apple Inc." So don't bash on the ground it might look like a Word document. ;-)
Re: Clean Thesis – A clean, simple, and elegant LaTeX style for thesis documents
#15If the creator is reading this: Your web pages would be immediately improved 100% by adding a link to a PDF file generated using this style, showing most of what goes into a typical thesis. (You could use your own thesis for which it was developed, or just a pile of lorem ipsum.) I see that you have links to JPEGs of sample pages, but this would be much better. [EDITED to add: I am not suggesting that you remove the…
Re: Clean Thesis – A clean, simple, and elegant LaTeX style for thesis documents
#16Isn't the LaTeX stylesheet for your thesis usually dictated by your university? It was for me at least..
You're right, most universities dictate what style you should use. However, if you wanted to publish your thesis for your own personal use it might be nice to port it to this clean thesis format.
Re: Clean Thesis – A clean, simple, and elegant LaTeX style for thesis documents
#17A quick look on Github told me you are not using the memoir package for this. Could the author please elaborate why it is not using memoir?
Because he's using scrreprt from KOMAscript as base class.
Re: Clean Thesis – A clean, simple, and elegant LaTeX style for thesis documents
#18Stop wasting time coming up with elegant thesis formats and finish your thesis!
Re: Clean Thesis – A clean, simple, and elegant LaTeX style for thesis documents
#19Stop wasting time coming up with elegant thesis formats and finish your thesis!
What on this site told you he did not already? And why your tone of voice, emanating from your comment?
Re: Clean Thesis – A clean, simple, and elegant LaTeX style for thesis documents
#20If the creator is reading this: Your web pages would be immediately improved 100% by adding a link to a PDF file generated using this style, showing most of what goes into a typical thesis. (You could use your own thesis for which it was developed, or just a pile of lorem ipsum.) I see that you have links to JPEGs of sample pages, but this would be much better. [EDITED to add: I am not suggesting that you remove the…
https://github.com/derric/cleanthesis/blob/master/thesis-exa...
Excellent!