This is a letterhead for Augusta University. This template respects the brand strategy of the University (as detailed in its "Brand Guidelines 7.25 2024.pdf" document, pp. 122--124) and was approved by Augusta University's graphic designers.
The official docx template can be found on the DCM website, hidden in a box folder. The template adapted to the School of Cyber and Computer Sciences is also on box. Note that those templates actually do not respect the brand strategy, since they do not include foldmarks (the small lines on the left side).
Simply run
make
Requires:
- pandoc (tested with pandoc 3.1.9 -- 3.3)
- XeLaTeX (tested with XeTeX 3.141592653-2.6-0.999995 (TeX Live 2023) -- XeTeX 3.141592653-2.6-0.999996 (TeX Live 2024))
If the CrimsonPro font is installed in your system, then you can comment out
Path = CrimsonPro/,
in template.tex and delete the CrimsonPro/ folder. This way, you will not duplicate the font files every time you write a new letter.
This template uses Pandoc variables to personalize some parameters of the letter. Refer to letter.md for an example of how to set them up. Note that they can also be set directly from the Makefile, as documented in the Makefile.
| Variable | Meaning | Default Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
author |
Your name (First Last) | Janette Doe | Will be integrated in the meta-data. |
title |
Your title | None | If you want to indicate "Ph.D." or some other title. |
position |
Your position | None | |
recipient |
The name and address of the person you are writing to. | None | Can span over multiple lines. |
subject |
The subject of your letter | None | Will be integrated in the meta-data. |
recipient |
The name and address of the person you are writing to. | None | This takes a rather large amount of vertical space. |
opening |
The opening of your letter | To whom it may concern, | |
email |
Your email address | None | A mailto: link will be created and added to your signature. |
website |
Your website | None | A link will be created and added to your signature. |
phone |
Your phone number | None | I recommend using the appropriate standard |
closing |
How you want your letter to end. | Sincerely, | |
ps |
The content of a post-scriptum | None | |
pstext |
The annotation before the post-scriptum | PS: | |
mention |
Watermark barring your letter | None | Useful to indicate "Draft" |
signature |
The path to a pdf file containing your signature | None | I recommend simply replacing the "signature/sign.pdf" file. |
cc |
A list of persons in copy of your letter | None | |
attachment |
A list of files to include in the pdf | None | See below |
compact |
Enter a value (any value) to adopt a more compact signature | Not activated | This impacts only the signature. |
Arguments in bold are mandatory.
WARNING, attachments are quite experimental, as they embed the documents in the pdf itself. The attachfile2 package beyond this feature is not maintained, as far as I know, in part because embedding documents in pdf is under-specified. The embedfile package could be a good alternative, but it is not available for XeLaTeX.
In the file template.tex, change the content of the "firstfoot" koma variable if you belong to a different school.
- 2024/08/16: Added the possibility to change "PS:" to a different text.
- 2023/11/10: Brief comment on the option of installing CrimsonPro on the system to avoid duplicating the font files.
- 2023/10/13: Introduced a "compact" mode for the signature, and fixed a couple of bugs.
- 2023/10/12: Cleaned some files, clarified the license and the documentation.
- 2023/10/11: Switched to
scrlttr2. This is a major release and breaks retro-compatibility to some extend. - 2023/09/14: Adopted the improved CrimsonPro font.
- 2023/02/19: Improved image handling.
- 2022/11/24: Made the template more generic.
- 2022/11/22: Added possibility of attaching documents, fixing various inconsistencies.
- 2020/12/26: Updated / corrected addresses for the school of Computer and Cyber sciences.
- 2020/12/20: Migrated to pandoc.
- Somewhere around 2018: Initial version.
Comments, improvements: caubert@augusta.edu or open an issue at https://github.com/the-au-forml-lab/au_ccs_letterhead_template.
Released under GPLv3, but contains parts of the CrimsonPro font, released under OFL.