Title

Optional subtitle
J. Random Author
Cover Text
possibly
spanning multiple lines

ISBN 000­00­0000­000­0
 Title
Optional subtitle
by

J. Random Author
to obtain the degree of Master of Science
at the Delft University of Technology,
to be defended publicly on Tuesday January 1, 2013 at 10:00 AM.

Student number: 1234567

Project duration: March 1, 2012 – January 1, 2013
Thesis committee: Prof. dr. ir. J. Doe, TU Delft, supervisor
Dr. E. L. Brown, TU Delft
Ir. A. Aaronson, Acme Corporation

This thesis is confidential and cannot be made public until December 31, 2013.

An electronic version of this thesis is available at [Link]

 Preface
Preface…

J. Random Author
Delft, January 2013

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 Contents
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Document Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1.1 Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 Cover and Title Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.3 Chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.4 \section{…} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.4.1 \subsection{…} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.5 Fonts and Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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Introduction
This document is intended to be both an example of the TU Delft LATEX template for reports and theses,
as well as a short introduction to its use. It is not intended to be a general introduction to LATEX itself,1
and we will assume the reader to be familiar with the basics of creating and compiling documents.
Instructions on how to use this template under Windows and Linux, and which LATEX packages are
required, can be found in [Link].

1.1. Document Structure

Since a report, and especially a thesis, might be a substantial document, it is convenient to break it
up into smaller pieces. In this template we therefore give every chapter its own file. The chapters
(and appendices) are gathered together in [Link], which is the master file describing the overall
structure of the document. [Link] starts with the line

\documentclass{tudelft­report}

which loads the TU Delft report template. The template is based on the LATEX book document class
and stored in tudelft­[Link]. The document class accepts several comma­separated op­
tions. The default language is English, but this can be changed to Dutch (e.g., for bachelor theses) by
specifying the dutch option:

\documentclass[dutch]{tudelft­report}

Furthermore, hyperlinks are shown in blue, which is convenient when reader the report on a computer,
but can be expensive when printing. They can be turned black with the print option. This will also
turn the headers black instead of cyan.
If the document becomes large, it is easy to miss warnings about the layout in the LATEX output. In
order to locate problem areas, add the draft option to the \documentclass line. This will display
a vertical bar in the margins next to the paragraphs that require attention. Finally, the nativefonts
option can be used to override the automatic font selection (see below).
This template has the option to automatically generate a cover page with the \makecover com­
mand. See the next section for a detailed description.
The contents of the report are included between the \begin{document} and \end{document}
commands, and split into three parts by

1. \frontmatter, which uses Roman numerals for the page numbers and is used for the title page
and the table of contents;

2. \mainmatter, which uses Arabic numerals for the page numbers and is the style for the chap­
ters;

3. \appendix, which uses letters for the chapter numbers, starting with ‘A’.
1 We recommend [Link] as a reference and a starting point for new users.

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The title page is defined in a separate file, e.g., [Link], and included verbatim with \input{title}.2
Additionally, it is possible to include a preface, containing, for example, the acknowledgements. An
example can be found in [Link]. The table of contents is generated automatically with the
\tableofcontents command. Chapters are included after \mainmatter and appendices after
\appendix. For example, input{chapter­1} includes chapter­[Link], which contains this in­
troduction.

1.1.1. Bibliography
Lists of references are handled by biblatex. The present document has the following preamble

\usepackage[style=apa]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{[Link]}

The first line tells us that the references will be formatted according to the APA­standards. On Over­
leaf this should adhere to the 7th version of these standards. On your own computer the version of
biblatex may be older and use the 6th version.
The second line points to a file that contains the references in a database like format. Use one such
line for every database that you want to use.
The general way this works is as follows Using the present document as an example):

xelatex report
biber report
xelatex report

The first line typesets the document and gathers information for the lists of references; the second line
will generate lists of references for all chapters, these will be read in during execution of the third and
fourth lines. Depending on the editor that you use much of this can be done by clicking on a suitable
icon or by hitting suitably defined hot keys.
The biblatex package has many options and can be tailored to almost every need; you can
explore its documentation at [Link]
To get numbered references just use

\usepackage{biblatex}
\addbibresource{[Link]}

To give some examples we cite an article: Einstein, 1906, a book: Engelking, 1989, another article:
Hart, 2018, and a book with more than one editor: Hart et al., 2014.

1.2. Cover and Title Page

This template will automatically generate a cover page if you issue the \makecover command. There
are two formats for the cover page: one with a page­filling (‘bleeding’) illustration, with the title(s)
and author(s) in large ultrathin typeface, and the other where the illustration fills the lower half of the
A4, whereas title(s), author(s) and additional text are set in the standard sans­serif font on a plain
background with a color chosen by the user. The last option is selected by the optional key split:
\makecover[split] yields a page with the illustration on the lower half. All illustrations are bleeding,
in accordance with the TU Delft style.
Before generating the cover, you need to provide the information to put on it. This can be done with
the following commands:

• \title[Optional Color]{Title}
This command is used to provide the title of the document. The title title is also printed on the
spine. If you use a title page (see below), this information will be used there as well. As the title,
subtitle and author name are printed directly over the cover photo, it will often be necessary to
adjust the print color in order to have sufficient contrast between the text and the background.
The optional color argument is used for this.
2 Note that it is not necessary to specify the file extension.
1.2. Cover and Title Page 3

• \title[Optional Color]{Subtitle}
This command is used to provide a subtitle for the document. If you use a title page (see below),
this information will be used there as well. It possible to adjust the print color in order to have
sufficient contrast between the text and the background – the optional color argument is used for
this.

• \author{J.\ Random Author}

This command specifies the author. The default color is tudelft­white, but this may be ad­
justed in the same way as the titles.

• \affiliation{Technische Universiteit Delft}

The affiliation is the text printed vertically on the front cover. It can be the affiliation, such as the
university or department name, or be used for the document type (e.g., Master’s thesis). The
default color is again tudelft­white, adjustable through the color option.

• \coverimage{[Link]}
With this command you can specify the filename of the cover image. The image is stretched to
fill the full width of the front cover (including the spine if a back cover is present).

• \covertext{Cover Text}
If a back cover is present, the cover text is printed on the back. Internally, this text box is created
using the LATEX minipage environment, so it supports line breaks.

• \titleoffsetx{OffsetX},\titleoffsety{OffsetY} If the cover page contains a page­

filling picture (i.e., split is not specified with the makecover command, the best position of the
title depends a lot on the picture chosen for it. The lower left corner of the minipage containing
title, subtitle and author is specified by these two commands. The offsets are measured from the
top left corner of the page.

• \afiloffsetx{AfilX\}, \afiloffsety{AfilY} specifies the lower left corner of the text

containing the affiliation, measured from the top left corner of the page.

In addition to [split], the \makecover command accepts several additional options for customiz­
ing the layout of the cover. The most important of these is back. Supplying this option will generate a
back cover as well as a front, including the spine. Since this requires a page size slightly larger than
twice A4 (to make room for the spine), and LATEX does not support different page sizes within the same
document, it is wise to create a separate file for the cover. [Link] contains an example. The
recommended page size for the full cover can be set with

\geometry{papersize={1226bp,851bp}}

after the document class and before \begin{document}.

The other options \makecover accepts are

• nospine
If a back cover is generated, the title will also be printed in a black box on the spine. However, for
smaller documents the spine might not be wide enough. Specifying this option disables printing
the title on the spine.

• frontbottom
By default the black box on the front is situated above the blue box. Specifying this option will
place the black box below the blue one.

• spinewidth
If a back cover is present, this option can be used to set the width of the spine. The default is
spinewidth=1cm.

• frontboxwidth, frontboxheight, backboxwidth, backboxheight

As their names suggest, these options are used to set the width and height of the front (black) and
back (blue) boxes. The default widths and heights are 4.375in and 2.1875in, respectively.
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• x, y
The blue and black boxes touch each other in a corner. The location of this corner can be set
with these options. It is defined with respect to the top left corner of the front cover. The default
values are x=0.8125in and y=3in.
• margin
This option sets the margin between the borders of the boxes and their text. The default value is
12pt.
For a thesis it is desirable to have a title page within the document, containing information like
the thesis committee members. To give you greater flexibility over the layout of this page, it is not
generated by a command like \makecover, but instead described in the file [Link]. Modify this
file according to your needs. The example text is in English, but Dutch translations are provided in the
comments. Note that for a thesis, the title page is subject to requirements which differ by faculty. Make
sure to check these requirements before printing.

1.3. Chapters
Each chapter has its own file. For example, the LATEX source of this chapter can be found in chapter­
[Link]. A chapter starts with the command
\chapter{Chapter title}
This starts a new page, prints the chapter number and title and adds a link in the table of contents. If
the title is very long, it may be desirable to use a shorter version in the page headers and the table of
contents. This can be achieved by specifying the short title in brackets:
\chapter[Short title]{Very long title with many words
which could not possibly fit on one line}
Unnumbered chapters, such as the preface, can be created with \chapter*{Chapter title}.
Such a chapter will not show up in the table of contents or in the page header. To create a table of
contents entry anyway, add
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Chapter title}
after the \chapter command. To print the chapter title in the page header, add
\setheader{Chapter title}
Chapters are subdivided into sections, subsections, subsubsections, and, optionally, paragraphs
and subparagraphs. All can have a title, but only sections and subsections are numbered. As with chap­
ters, the numbering can be turned off by using \section*{\ldots} instead of \section{\ldots},
and similarly for the subsection.

1.4. \section{…}
1.4.1. \subsection{…}
\subsubsection{…}
\paragraph{…} Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor
incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco
laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit
esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa
qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

1.5. Fonts and Colors

The fonts used by this template depend on which version of LATEX you use. Regular LATEX, i.e., if you
compile your document with with latex, pslatex or pdflatex, will use Utopia for text, Fourier for
math and Latin Modern for sans­serif and monospaced text. However, if you want to adhere to the TU
Delft house style, you will need to use XELATEX, as it supports TrueType and OpenType fonts. Compiling
1.5. Fonts and Colors 5

with xelatex will use Arial for most titles and text, Courier New for monospace and Cambria for math.
If you want to haf a sans­serif font for the main text, while using latex, pslatex or pdflatex, you
can use the option noroman in the report style:
\documentclass[...,noroman]{tudelft­report}

For document and part titles, TU Delft Ultra Light is used. For quotes, columns and text in boxes, you
use Georgia. If you want to use XELATEX, but do not want to use the TU Delft house style fonts, you can
add the nativefonts option to the document class. This will still use TU Delft Utra Light and Arial
on the cover, but not for the body of the document. If you need to use these fonts for certain sections
in the main text, they are available via \tudrmfamily (Georgia) and \tudtitlefamily (TU Delft
Utra Light).

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
Albert Einstein

The corporate colors of the TU Delft are cyan, black and white, available via \color{tudelft­
cyan}, \color{tudelft­black} (which differs slightly from the default \color{black}) and
\color{tudelft­white}, respectively. Apart from these three, the house style defines the basic
colors tudelft­sea­green, tudelft­green, tudelft­dark­blue, tudelft­purple, tudelft­
turquoise and tudelft­sky­blue, as well as the accent colors tudelft­lavendel, tudelft­
orange, tudelft­warm­purple, tudelft­fuchsia, tudelft­bright­green and tudelft­
yellow.
 Bibliography
Einstein, A. (1906). Eine neue Bestimmung der Moleküldimensionen. Annalen der Physik, 324(2), 289–
306. [Link]
Engelking, R. (1989). General topology (Second, Vol. 6) [Translated from the Polish by the author].
Berlin, Heldermann Verlag.
Hart, K. P., van Mill, J., & Simon, P. (Eds.). (2014). Recent progress in general topology. III. Atlantis
Press, Paris. [Link]
Hart, K. P. (2018). Brouwer and cardinalities. Indag. Math. (N.S.), 29(6), 1555–1564. [Link]
10.1016/[Link].2017.12.008