/beamertheme-manc

A minimal beamer theme designed with legibility in mind

Primary LanguageTeXMIT LicenseMIT

Manc - A theme for LaTeX-Beamer

A Manchester-styled beamer theme.

This is an unofficial theme, the University of Manchester logo is copyright of the University of Manchester.

Lots of ideas have been taken from

Using the theme

You can use this theme by including

\usebeamertheme{manc}

in the header of your presentation.

The theme also accepts various boolean and keyword options in the form

\usebeamertheme[booleanOption,keywordOption=value]{manc}

Here is a table of all currently supported options:

Option Type Description
fullfootline Bool Activates footline information (short title, short author).
background Keyword Sets a picture as the title background. If this option is not given, the primary color is used to create a solid background.
brightbackground Bool Whether the background is bright. By default, the text on the title page will use a bright foreground color. If it is given, then a dark color is used.
primaryColor Keyword The primary color to use for the theme. Defaults to a Manchester purple.
primaryLightColor Keyword This is intended to be a lighter version of the primary color.

Demos

See default_demo.pdf for the default look of the theme:

default

See forest_demo.pdf for a version of the same presentation, but with customized options. The title background image is by Frances Gunn.

custom