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nrennie / PrettyPDF

Quarto extension to generate a PDF with (pretty) LaTeX styling.
https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/making-pretty-pdf-quarto/
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PrettyPDF

Quarto extension for a template to generate a PDF with (pretty) styling using LaTeX. Use PrettyPDF-pdf as the format if using LaTeX.

Installation and use

To install the Quarto extension, create a directory, and use the template file:

quarto use template nrennie/PrettyPDF

To use the extension in an existing project without installing the template file:

quarto install extension nrennie/PrettyPDF

Note that you will need to update the output format to format: PrettyPDF-pdf to enable use of the extension. For book projects, add:

project:
  type: PrettyPDF

to the _quarto.yml file.

Adjusting LaTeX Styling

If you want to update the LaTeX version of this template to use a different colour or logo, open up the _extensions/nrennie/PrettyPDF/PrettyPDF.tex file after you have installed the extension.

Logo

Either replace the logo.png file with a new file of your choosing, or change the file path on line 28 to point to a different logo file. Note that the file path is relative to your .qmd file.

Colours

Lines 14-16 define three colours used in the template: light, dark, and highlight. Change the hex colours in these lines to update the colours. The light colour changes the sidebar and code block background colours. The dark colour changes the text. The highlight colour changes the link colours.

Blog

Read more about this extension, how it was built, and how to make your own in my blog post at nrennie.rbind.io/blog/making-pretty-pdf-quarto.