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28760d5622 new_tex_uwletter: also remove README and COPYING from generated directories
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-12 16:55:37 -07:00
3ba1610503 new_tex_uwletter: remove itself from generated directories
The install script was being copied into every new letter directory
it created. Delete it after unpacking so new letter directories only
contain the template itself.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-12 16:54:02 -07:00
3d10917a40 title should be name not email 2026-04-12 16:47:44 -07:00
2d28230c53 Switch to lualatex and generate accessible PDF/UA-2 output
Add \DocumentMetadata for PDF 2.0 / PDF/UA-2, load tagpdf with
activate-all, extend hypersetup with pdftitle/pdfauthor/pdflang/
pdfdisplaydoctitle, and add alt text to the letterhead and signature
images. Drop xetex-only xltxtra and switch the Makefile from xelatex
to lualatex. Verified compliant with verapdf's PDF/UA-2 profile.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-12 16:43:47 -07:00
c89a06cb19 Fix new_tex_uwletter to use master branch on master
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-29 10:56:30 -07:00
ce94879122 Add new_tex_uwletter script and update README
Add new_tex_uwletter script (moved from ~/bin) with bug fixes: set -e,
quoted variables, WORK_DIR instead of TMPDIR, existence check for
destination, and mktemp inside the conditional. Update README to fix
stale URLs, ShareLaTeX -> Overleaf, MacOSX -> macOS, typo in
Dasgupta's email, and add script usage section.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-29 10:56:16 -07:00
5 changed files with 252 additions and 47 deletions

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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ figures/signature.pdf:
gpg --yes --output $(DEC_SIGIMAGE) --decrypt $(ENC_SIGIMAGE)
%.pdf: %.tex
latexmk -f -xelatex $<
latexmk -f -lualatex $<
clean:
latexmk -C *.tex

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================================
=== UW LaTeX Letterhead ========
================================
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.
@@ -10,53 +17,84 @@ Services.
Requirements
=============
Because this document requires an OpenType and a TrueType fonts, you
will need use to XeTeX—a modern TeX compiler. It is supported by
https://sharelatex.com/ although it not the default. It should be
installable on GNU/Linux, Windows, and MacOSX. More details are
available here: https://tug.org/xetex/
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/
A number of the normal LaTeX font packages will not work with
XeLaTeX. For more information, see http://xetex.sourceforge.net/
On Debian or Ubuntu, install the following packages:
The two required fonts Matrix-II And OpenSans are both included in
this repository.
* latexmk
* texlive-xetex
* texlive-latex-recommended
* texlive-latex-extra
There is a makefile included which allows you to run `make pdf` to
build the PDF and `make clean` to clean up from a build. Running this
will required:
apt install latexmk texlive-xetex texlive-latex-recommended \
texlive-latex-extra
* GNU Make: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/
* latexmk: https://ctan.org/pkg/latexmk?lang=en
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 signatures files
Encrypted signature files
===========================
If you'd like, you can encrypt the signature file. There are several
lines you 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
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 the GNU Privacy Guard
customize this. To use this, you will also need GNU Privacy Guard
(GPG) installed on your system.
Scripts
========
new_tex_uwletter
-----------------
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 contribute
back a patch so others can use them!
If you notice issues with this template, please fix them and
contribute back a patch so others can benefit!
You can always find the latest version at the following URL:
The latest version can be found at:
https://gitea.communitydata.science/mako/uw_tex_letterhead
https://code.communitydata.cc/uw_tex_letterhead.git
You can clone the repository with:
Information on contributing back can be found here:
git clone https://gitea.communitydata.science/mako/uw_tex_letterhead.git
https://code.communitydata.cc/
Patches can be submitted by email to Benjamin Mako Hill:
Please email any changes, or questions, to Benjamin Mako Hill at
makohill@uw.edu.
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
@@ -70,26 +108,17 @@ 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).
official communication). If you have any questions, contact UW Brand
and Creative Services at the link above.
If you have any questions, you should contact UW Brand and Creative
Services at the contact information available at the link above.
This TeX template itself was created, and is copyright, by:
(c) 2018 Benjamin Mako Hill <makohill@uw.edu>
(c) 2017 Sayamindu Dasgupta <sdg1@uw.ed>
We dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of our
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
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/
See details here: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
As a result, if you completely remove the UW branding, there are no
restrictions in how you can or cannot use the work in this repository.
restrictions on how you can use the work in this repository.

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#!/bin/bash
# Helper script to export LaTeX templates for new UW letters
# Copyright (c) 2009-2016 Benjamin Mako Hill <mako@atdot.cc>
# Released under the GPLv3 or later.
set -e
SOURCEDIR="$HOME/tex/uw_tex_letterhead"
CURDIR=$(pwd)
if [ -n "$1" ]
then
if [ -e "$1" ]; then
echo "error: '$1' already exists"
exit 1
fi
WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
cd "$SOURCEDIR"
git archive --format=tar master | tar x -C "$WORK_DIR"
cd "$CURDIR"
mv "$WORK_DIR" "$1"
cd "$1"
mv "washington_letterhead_letter-matrix-deptartment.tex" "$(basename "$1").tex"
rm -f "new_tex_uwletter" "README" "COPYING"
# create a symlink farm for the fonts
rm -rf ./fonts/*
# first create the directories
for fontdir in "${SOURCEDIR}/fonts/"*; do
mkdir "./fonts/$(basename "${fontdir}")"
# then the files
for fontfile in "${fontdir}/"*; do
ln -s "${fontfile}" "./fonts/$(basename "${fontdir}")/$(basename "${fontfile}")"
done
done
else
echo "specify a directory where the template should go"
fi

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\DocumentMetadata{
pdfversion=2.0,
pdfstandard=ua-2,
lang=en-US,
}
\documentclass[11pt,letterpaper]{article}
% MODIFY THE DETAILS IN THIS SECTION TO MATCH WHAT YOU WANT ON /YOUR/ LETTERHEAD
@@ -6,12 +11,16 @@
\def\phone{mobile 206-409-7191}
\def\email{makohill@uw.edu}
\def\web{https://mako.cc/academic/}
\def\letterauthor{John Hancock}
\def\lettertitle{Letter from \letterauthor}
\usepackage[top=1.25in,left=1.25in,bottom=1.20in,right=1.25in]{geometry}
\usepackage{xltxtra}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{tagpdf}
\tagpdfsetup{activate-all}
\newopentypefeature{Contextuals}{NoAlternate}{-calt}
\defaultfontfeatures{Kerning=Uppercase,Ligatures=TeX}
\setsansfont{OpenSans}[
Path = ./fonts/OpenSans/,
@@ -31,6 +40,11 @@ BoldItalicFont = *-BoldItalic
\usepackage[colorlinks=false,
pdfborder={0 0 0},
]{hyperref}
\hypersetup{unicode=true,
pdftitle={\lettertitle},
pdfauthor={\letterauthor},
pdflang={en-US},
pdfdisplaydoctitle=true}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{lastpage}
@@ -43,7 +57,7 @@ BoldItalicFont = *-BoldItalic
\ifnum\thepage=1
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay,every node/.style={inner sep=0,outer sep=0}]
\node at (current page.north west) [anchor=north west]
{\includegraphics{figures/matrix_header.pdf}};
{\includegraphics[alt={University of Washington letterhead}]{figures/matrix_header.pdf}};
% add the department name
\node at (current page.north west) [anchor=north west, xshift=1.19in, yshift=-0.56in]
{{\fontsize{14pt}{16pt} \fontspec{MatrixIIOT-Book.otf}[
@@ -127,7 +141,7 @@ Sed ullamcorper morbi tincidunt ornare massa eget egestas purus. Feugiat pretium
Sincerely,
\includegraphics[width=1.7in]{figures/signature.pdf}\\
\includegraphics[width=1.7in,alt={Signature of \letterauthor}]{figures/signature.pdf}\\
John Hancock\\
Assistant Professor of Communication\\
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Human-Centered Design and Engineering