André Miede’s Classic Thesis LaTeX style is a thing of beauty.
Things to like about it:
- It’s damn elegant.
- It’s inspired by Bringhurst’s The Elements of Typographic Style, which remains the most eloquent and convincing argument for attention to typography I’ve ever read.
- Namecheck of the booktabs documentation (on why the tables don’t have vertical lines), which I’ve also tried to promote.
- “And no: the lines are not too short.”
- Sidenotes. (And footnotes. But sidenotes. Lovely.)
- The author wants postcards. And asks that you send complaints/suggestions/questions on the postcards, not by email. Nice filter.
There’s also the Ars Classica package, which patches ClassicThesis for a slightly different look. That’s all in Italian, but the code is almost readable anyway (much more LaTeX than TeX) which is encouraging for the prospect of coming up with a patch myself.
Reckon I’ll be sending a postcard.
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Oh man. I think I nearly bought that typography book at the book sale in Deventer. Then didn’t because of thoughts like ‘but, I’ll have to carry it all over Europe’.
BTW, I sent my CV in today for a job in the Netherlands.
Bugger. It’s usually pretty expensive, and really a recommended read.
Good luck with the job. Not sure I’d necessarily advise moving here (especially if you’re prone to seasonal affective disorder) but hell, why not?
(Hmph. I mis-accented Miede’s forename, corrected now. Apologies. To him, I mean.)