Using \protect disables the MakeLowercase command which looks weird with titles set in small caps. For all those who want to use \cite, \ref and co. can now use the `protectframetitles` package option.
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Beamer mtheme
The mtheme is a Beamer theme with minimal visual. The core design principles of the theme were described in a blog post. Not convinced? Have a look at the demo slides.
Installation
To install the theme either run make install
or copy the style files ending
with .sty
to the source files of your presentation. As of now, fonts, colors
and the section indicator are hardcoded into the theme. For the demo you need
- XeLaTeX,
- the Fira Sans font,
- TikZ and
- the Python package Pygments that you can get with
pip install pygments
.
Depending on the Linux distribution, the packaged name of Fira Sans might be
Fira Sans OT
instead of Fira Sans
. In that case, you may have to edit
beamerfontthememetropolis.sty
.
Usage
To build the demo slides just run make
in the top-level directory. To use this
theme with Pandoc-based presentations, you
can run the following command
$ pandoc -t beamer --latex-engine=xelatex -V theme:m -o output.pdf input.md
Customization
Package options
The titleprogressbar
option adds a thin progress bar similar to the section
progress bar underneath each frame title
In order to use \cite
, \ref
and similar commands in a frame title you have
to protect the title. This can be done automatically with the
protectframetitle
option.
Commands
The \plain{title=[]}{body}
command sets a slide in plain dark colors which can
be useful to focus attentation on a single image.
pgfplot styles
The beamer theme also contains pre-defined pgfplot styles. Use the mlineplot
key to plot line data and mbarplot
or horizontal mbarplot
to plot bar
charts.
License
The theme itself is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This means that if you change the theme and re-distribute it, you must retain the copyright notice header and license it under the same CC-BY-SA license. This does not affect the presentation that you create with the theme.