[Tex/LaTex] Blocks overflow the poster using tikzposter

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How can i change the paper size in tikzposter?

told me how to set the paper size to the one I need. There is a problem though, the blocks overflow the set size:

blocks overflow here

My minimal LaTeX file is

\documentclass{tikzposter}

\geometry{paperwidth=74cm,paperheight=121cm}

\title{Super-scientific poster}
\author{Smart Author}
\institute{Famous University}
\usetheme{Default}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\begin{columns}

\column{0.5}
\block{Dummy}{text}

\column{0.5}
\block{Dummy2}{text2}

\end{columns}

\end{document}

What do I need to let tikzposter blocks know the poster width?

Best Answer

You have to adjust the textwidth and textheight suitable for the paper dimensions. To do that add the following lines to your preamble.

\makeatletter
\setlength{\TP@visibletextwidth}{73cm}
\setlength{ \TP@visibletextheight}{120cm}
\makeatother

Code:

\documentclass{tikzposter}

%\geometry{paperwidth=841mm,paperheight=1189mm}   %% aopaper sizes
\geometry{paperwidth=74cm,paperheight=121cm}

\makeatletter
\setlength{\TP@visibletextwidth}{73cm}
\setlength{ \TP@visibletextheight}{120cm}
\makeatother

\title{Super-scientific poster}
\author{Smart Author}
\institute{Famous University}
\usetheme{Default}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\begin{columns}

\column{0.5}
\block{Dummy}{text}

\column{0.5}
\block{Dummy2}{text2}

\end{columns}

\end{document}

enter image description here

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basically you don't like line 426 which says

        {\large\color{blockbodyfgcolor}#3}

If it said

        {\large\rightskip\z@skip\spaceskip\z@\xspaceskip\z@ 
                               \color{blockbodyfgcolor}#3\par}

then you would get justified text (and fix the \par issue of your other question. It's a bit inconvenient to patch that you could just edit a local, renamed, copy and use that instead, or simpler just put

       \rightskip0pt
       \spaceskip0pt
       \xspaceskip0pt

at the start of your block entry, and

     \par

at the end. (The need for \par is a bug in the class file really, so you could report that)

If you do want to patch it, egreg suggests:

\documentclass{tikzposter}
\usepackage{xpatch}
\makeatletter
\xpatchcmd{\block}
  {\large\color{blockbodyfgcolor}#3}
  {\large\rightskip\z@skip
   \spaceskip\z@\xspaceskip\z@
   \color{blockbodyfgcolor}#3\par}
  {}{}
\makeatother

which would save editing a local copy of the class.

[Tex/LaTex] Columns environment doesn’t scale to full paper size tikzposter (using custom paper size)

After issuing

\geometry{paperwidth=42in, paperheight=60in}

you have to recalculate \TP@visibletextwidth and \TP@visibletextheight. So, after that line, add

\makeatletter
\setlength{\TP@visibletextwidth}{\textwidth-2\TP@innermargin}
\setlength{\TP@visibletextheight}{\textheight-2\TP@innermargin}
\makeatother

MWE:

\RequirePackage[demo]{graphicx} % remove this line in your document
\documentclass[17pt, a0paper, landscape]{tikzposter}
\geometry{paperwidth=42in, paperheight=60in}
\makeatletter
\setlength{\TP@visibletextwidth}{\textwidth-2\TP@innermargin}
\setlength{\TP@visibletextheight}{\textheight-2\TP@innermargin}
\makeatother

\usepackage{xpatch}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[space]{grffile}

\title{\parbox{0.95\linewidth}{\centering \textbf{My Poster Title}}}

{\setlength{\tabcolsep}{2em}
\author
{%
    \begin{tabular}{ c | c | c }
        \textbf{Author 1*} \emph{Author position 1} \hfill & \hfill \textbf{Author 2} \emph{Author position 2} \hfill & \hfill \textbf{Author 3} \emph{Author Position 3} \\
        \texttt{Auth1@univ.edu; Auth1Phone} \hfill & \texttt{Auth2@univ.edu; Auth2Phone} \hfill & \texttt{Auth3@univ.edu; Auth3Phone} \\
    \end{tabular}%
}

\institute
{
    \textbf{Affiliated University and Department}\\
    \vspace*{0.2em}
    Address
}

\titlegraphic
{
    \raisebox{2.25cm}{\includegraphics[width=11cm,height=3cm]{/Poster/Logo1.png}}
    \hfill
    \includegraphics[width=7.5cm,height=7.5cm]{/Poster/Logo2.png}
}

\makeatletter
\def\TP@titlegraphictotitledistance{-7.5cm}
\settitle
{
    \centering
    \vbox
    {
        \@titlegraphic \\ [\TP@titlegraphictotitledistance]
        \centering
        \color{titlefgcolor}
        {\bfseries \huge \sc \@title \par}
        \vspace*{1em}
        {\LARGE \@author \par}
        \vspace*{1.2em}
        {\LARGE \@institute}
    }
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}
    \maketitle[width=0.98\textwidth]
    \block{First}{Check Span}
    \begin{columns}
        \column{0.2}
            \block{ABSTRACT}
            {
                asdf
            }
            \block{INTRODUCTION}
            {}
            \block{DATA DESCRIPTIONS}
            {
                \innerblock{Data 1}{qaz}
                \innerblock{Data 2}{wsx}
                \innerblock{Data 3}{edc}
            }
        \column{0.2}
            \block{ISSUES}
            {
                lkjh
            }
            \block{SOLUTIONS}
            {
                123456789
            }
        \column{0.6}
            \begin{subcolumns}
                \subcolumn{0.5}
                    \block{Case Study I}
                    {
                        qwerty
                    }
                \subcolumn{0.5}
                    \block{Case Study II}
                    {
                        uiop
                    }
            \end{subcolumns}
            \block{COMPARISON RESULTS}
            {
                zxcvbnm
            }
    \end{columns}
\end{document}

And this is the result:

enter image description here

and the paper size is the correct one:

enter image description here

Best Answer

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