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From: "Lloyd R. prentice" <lloyd-l7gIAb2iU4jcM+WK4BI3xw@public.gmane.org>
To: "'Karl Weber' via pandoc-discuss"
	<pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: PDF - How center image on title page
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2020 12:12:57 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9de2e423-f1d1-436c-b50d-2bdfe75ab343@www.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1f006dad-8595-4f94-b8c0-ac99c0c5ce49n-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>

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Thanks, gnpan,

This worked. But yes. I need more control over placement on page -- mainly positioning from top of page and additional line spacing to title.. I'm experimenting now with other methods suggested in this thread.

I'll report findings.

All the best,

LRP

On Sat, Dec 26, 2020, at 5:37 AM, gnpan wrote:
> Another way, simpler but maybe less flexible is to add this to the YAML:
> title: |
>   ![ ](WGLogo.png){width=1in}  
>   Your title here
> 
> 
> On Thursday, 24 December 2020 at 21:35:19 UTC+2 the.so...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org wrote:
>> I'm not a LaTeX expert, but I recently used this excerpted bit in a metadata file, and it worked for me.  Your mileage may vary.
>> 
>> ```
>> header-includes: |
>>   \usepackage{graphicx}
>>   \usepackage{titling}
>>   \pretitle{\begin{center}
>>     \includegraphics[height=1.25in]{source/full-logo.png}\Huge\vskip 5em}
>>   \posttitle{\vfill \color{NavyBlue} \LARGE Long Title of Project
>>              \par \large PROJECT \par \normalsize Project Agreement No: XXXX \par \end{center}}
>> ```
>> 
>> 
>> On Friday, 25 December, 2020 at 12:05:33 am UTC+5:30 gnpan wrote:
>>> Hmm, I don't use Makefile so can't be sure what goes wrong - I put all the fontsize, mainfont, geometry, papersize, etc. in the YAML. Try something simple first:
>>> Create a test.md file with the following content (or use the attachment):
>>> ---
>>> date: 24 December 2020
>>> header-includes: 
>>>   - \usepackage{wallpaper}
>>>   - \addtolength{\wpYoffset}{12cm} 
>>>   - \ThisCenterWallPaper{1}{WGLogo.png}
>>> ---
>>> 
>>> # Your title
>>> 
>>> Your text. 
>>> 
>>> Then run this command:
>>> pandoc --pdf-engine xelatex -o test.pdf test.md
>>> 
>>> That should work and you can take it on from there. 
>>> On Thursday, 24 December 2020 at 19:54:28 UTC+2 LRP wrote:
>>>> __
>>>> Oops. I forgot to delete two lines in my YAML  file.
>>>> 
>>>> error message now reads:
>>>> 
>>>> Error producing PDF.
>>>> ! LaTeX Error: Can be used only in preamble.
>>>> 
>>>> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
>>>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>>>> ...                                             
>>>>                                                  
>>>> l.65 \usepackage
>>>> 
>>>> Here's YAML file:
>>>> 
>>>> ---
>>>> ...
>>>> date: December 23, 2020
>>>> header-includes:
>>>>    - \usepackage{wallpaper}
>>>>    - \ThisCenterWallPaper{1}{WGLogo.png}
>>>> --
>>>> 
>>>> Here's -how I call pandoc in Makefile:
>>>>        pandoc \
>>>>                 --top-level-division=chapter  \
>>>>                 --variable mainfont="DejaVu Sans" \
>>>>                 --variable monofont="DejaVu Sans Mono" \
>>>>                 --variable fontsize=11pt \
>>>>                 --variable geometry:"top=1in, bottom=2in, left=1in, right=1in" \
>>>>                 --variable geometry:a4paper \
>>>>                 --table-of-contents \
>>>>                 --number-sections \
>>>>                 -f markdown  $< \
>>>>                 --pdf-engine=pdflatex \
>>>>                 -o $@
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks again,
>>>> 
>>>> LRP
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Dec 24, 2020, at 12:33 PM, Lloyd R. prentice wrote:
>>>>> Thanks. But I get this feedback:
>>>>> 
>>>>> [WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'WritersglenLogo_Color.png': replacing image with description
>>>>> [WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'WritersglenLogo_Color.png': replacing image with description
>>>>> Error producing PDF.
>>>>> ! Package pdftex.def Error: File `WritersglenLogo\T1\textunderscoreColor.png' n
>>>>> ot found: using draft setting.
>>>>> 
>>>>> See the pdftex.def package documentation for explanation.
>>>>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here's m YAML declaration:
>>>>> ---
>>>>> ...
>>>>> date: December 23, 2020
>>>>> header-includes:
>>>>>    - \usepackage{wallpaper}
>>>>>    - \ThisCenterWallPaper{1}{WGLogo.png}
>>>>> ---
>>>>> 
>>>>> And here's my source directory:
>>>>> 
>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 lloyd lloyd 25516 Aug  1 00:31 WGLogo.png
>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 lloyd lloyd   871 Dec 24 12:23 Writersglen.md
>>>>> 
>>>>> LRP
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, Dec 24, 2020, at 9:43 AM, gnpan wrote:
>>>>>> You could use the wallpaper package (https://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/wallpaper/wallpapermanual.pdf).
>>>>>> Put the following in your YAML block:
>>>>>> header-includes: 
>>>>>>   - \usepackage{wallpaper}
>>>>>>   - \addtolength{\wpYoffset}{12cm} 
>>>>>>   - \ThisCenterWallPaper{1}{logo.png}
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Change logo.png to whatever you logo is called (make sure it's in the same folder as your txt file) and adjust the Y offset to a value that gets the logo in the required position. You can also change the scale factor {1}. 
>>>>>> On Wednesday, 23 December 2020 at 23:38:58 UTC+2 LRP wrote:
>>>>>>> I'd like to center a logo before the title on my PDF title page.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I found a recipe on the web using \usepackage{titling} in the metadata, but it failed. Can some kind soul show me how?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> LRP
>>>>>> 

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-12-27 17:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-23 21:38 LRP
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2020-12-24 14:43   ` gnpan
     [not found]     ` <775d0e0f-927c-4dc4-aed0-dfc930f47b50n-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>
2020-12-24 17:33       ` Lloyd R. prentice
     [not found]         ` <5d9f1292-2e7c-4555-8ddc-cfb2d114fc78-jFIJ+Wc5/Vo7lZ9V/NTDHw@public.gmane.org>
2020-12-24 17:54           ` Lloyd R. prentice
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2020-12-24 18:35               ` gnpan
     [not found]                 ` <fd6f740f-0316-4199-a407-0b088a225629n-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>
2020-12-24 19:35                   ` Pranesh Prakash
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2020-12-26 10:37                       ` gnpan
     [not found]                         ` <1f006dad-8595-4f94-b8c0-ac99c0c5ce49n-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>
2020-12-27 17:12                           ` Lloyd R. prentice [this message]
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2020-12-27 17:59                               ` gnpan
     [not found]                                 ` <3ffcc187-39e6-4d23-98f8-59bac27ad095n-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>
2020-12-28 19:06                                   ` Lloyd R. prentice
2020-12-27 17:23                       ` Lloyd R. prentice
2020-12-27 17:17       ` Lloyd R. prentice

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