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=== UW LaTeX Letterhead ========
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Copyright (c) 2018-2026 Benjamin Mako Hill <mako@atdot.cc> / <makohill@uw.edu>
Copyright (c) 2017 Sayamindu Dasgupta <sdg1@uw.edu>

This is a LaTeX version of the University of Washington "matrix"
stationery or letterhead.

It uses the fonts provided by the UW website (Matrix II and OpenSans)
and attempts to be pica-for-pica identical to the stationery template
distributed as a Microsoft Word "DOCX" file by UW Brand and Creative
Services.


Requirements
=============

Because this document uses OpenType and TrueType fonts, it requires
XeTeX rather than standard LaTeX. It is supported by Overleaf
(https://overleaf.com/) although it is not the default. More details
on XeTeX are available here: https://tug.org/xetex/

On Debian or Ubuntu, install the following packages:

* latexmk
* texlive-xetex
* texlive-latex-recommended
* texlive-latex-extra

  apt install latexmk texlive-xetex texlive-latex-recommended \
  texlive-latex-extra

On other systems, installing a full TeX Live distribution should
provide everything needed.

The two required fonts Matrix-II and OpenSans are both included in
this repository, so no additional font packages are needed.


Encrypted signature files
===========================

If you'd like, you can encrypt the signature file. There are several
lines in the Makefile you can uncomment to do this. We've included an
optional encrypted copy of the fake signature file. To use it, the
passphrase is "weakpassword" (without quotes). You will want to
customize this. To use this, you will also need GNU Privacy Guard
(GPG) installed on your system.


Scripts
========

new_tex_uwletter
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Creates a new letter directory from the template. Takes a destination
directory as its argument:

  new_tex_uwletter <directory>

Example:

  new_tex_uwletter my-letter

This creates my-letter/ populated with the template files, with the
main source file renamed to my-letter.tex. Fonts are symlinked from
the source repository rather than copied, so the repository must
remain in place.

Symlink the script into your PATH with:

  ln -s ~/tex/uw_tex_letterhead/new_tex_uwletter ~/bin/


Contributing changes
=======================

If you notice issues with this template, please fix them and
contribute back a patch so others can benefit!

The latest version can be found at:
https://gitea.communitydata.science/mako/uw_tex_letterhead

You can clone the repository with:

  git clone https://gitea.communitydata.science/mako/uw_tex_letterhead.git

Patches can be submitted by email to Benjamin Mako Hill:

  Benjamin Mako Hill <makohill@uw.edu> [work]
  Benjamin Mako Hill <mako@atdot.cc> [personal]


  git format-patch origin/master
  git send-email *.patch


Copyright and Usage
=====================

This template was modeled after the Microsoft Word "Matrix" stationery
template published by UW Brand and Creative Services here:

https://www.washington.edu/brand/templates/stationery/

It is hopefully obvious that there are many ethical and legal
restrictions on when one can and cannot (and should or shouldn't) use
official university letterhead (e.g., it should only be used for
official communication). If you have any questions, contact UW Brand
and Creative Services at the link above.

This TeX template itself was created by Benjamin Mako Hill and
Sayamindu Dasgupta. We dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of our
rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all
related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can
copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial
purposes, all without asking permission.

See details here: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

As a result, if you completely remove the UW branding, there are no
restrictions on how you can use the work in this repository.
