A package for placing blocks of text at absolute positions on a page.
Questions tagged [textpos]
112 questions
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grid for textpos layout
This could be a too obvious question.
I'm trying to lay things out on a page and I'm having to recompile a lot. I'd like to layout a grid using \TPHorizmodule and \TPVertmodule (from the textpos package) as the reference which will help me lay out…
Tahnoon Pasha
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Get the documentclass widths, lengths and spaces
I am trying to use the textpos package to absolute-position a textblock in the upper left corner of the text area on my page (i.e. inside the page margins). I know I can get the width of the text by using \textwidth. But what are the corresponding…
stack-delay
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Aligning a textblock
For a titlepage, I want to add a text at a specific place. Now, the textpos package provides such an option, but when I specfiy something like
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[absolute]{textpos}
\usepackage[a4paper, left=1.75cm, right=1.75cm,…
Joel Gerlach
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Unexpected box sizes with `textpos`
UPDATE i've since published a LaTeX style file based on the below finds, CXLTX Position Absolute, part of the (incipient) CXLTX Style Collection, which makes it easier to precisely position one-liners on the page. pull requests: awesome!
i'm…
flow
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Clash between textpos and pmboxdraw
I'd like to include icons from the package pmboxdraw into a beamer slide.
However, this package defines a square icon \textpos which is re-defined by textpos.
I can't use another square because I'm using it to have an increasing gradation like this…
3isenHeim
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Text boxes are superimposed over each other, and shouldn't be
I'm making a planning book for teachers' lesson plans. So I want a series of two-page spreads. So far I have the…
crmdgn
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Centering text between two textblocks (texpos package)
I'm working on a cover to work as a template for my assignments (they have to follow a standard). So I have three elements that have absolute positioning: one (the institution + course) is attached to the top of the page (after margin), the other…
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Package textpos defining textblock in width of \textwidth and relative commands
I have some questions, that won't be solved by the documentation.
1.) [This is solved, solution in 1]I would like to do
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{textpos}
\begin{document}
\begin{textblock}{\textwidth}(0,0)
Text of full paperwidth,…
Shalec
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Textpos on just one page
I'm using the Friggeri CV style, and it's not well-equipped for multiple pages. It has an aside environment, using textpos, which only appears on the first page — but the space for it exists on subsequent pages as…
Translunar
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\TPShowGrid Doesn't Work with Overleaf
Is anyone else having this issue?
According to the documentation and the examples, the following MWE should show a grid, but it…
JHess
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Unwanted vertical shift of the textblock environment (textpos)
Here is MWE showing my problem:
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[absolute,overlay]{textpos}
\TPGrid{1}{1}
\begin{document}
Line 1
\begin{textblock}{1}(0,0)
My overlay
\end{textblock}
Line 2
\end{document}
After building this…
Boris Brodski
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Creating environment and commands in \textpos
I have been experimenting with textpos to understand some of the nitty gritty
So for each new page the text has to be nested within a \newpage command, am I correct?
If I am right this would become quite cumbersome after some time
Is there a…
js bibra
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