[Tex/LaTex] Cover page with latex

coverstikz-pgf

How can I design the following cover with latex?

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Best Answer

One option using the best of two worlds:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pst-all}
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf}% for running it with pdflatex -shell-escape
\usepackage{pst-light3d}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usetikzlibrary{backgrounds}

\pgfdeclarelayer{background}
\pgfdeclarelayer{foreground}
\pgfsetlayers{background,main,foreground}

\definecolor{myblue3}{RGB}{81,91,199}
\definecolor{myblue2}{RGB}{66,76,103}
\definecolor{mygray}{RGB}{112,121,139}

\newcommand\MyAmpersand{%
\begin{pspicture}(0,-1)(8,2)
\DeclareFixedFont{\Rmb}{T1}{ptm}{m}{n}{2cm}
\PstLightThreeDText[
  linecolor=white,
  fillstyle=solid,
  fillcolor=myblue3,
  LightThreeDAngle=-30,
  LightThreeDYLength=-0.25,
  LightThreeDColorPsCommand=%
    2.5 div 0.7 exch 0.8 sethsbcolor
  ]{\Rmb \&}
\end{pspicture}%
}

\pagestyle{empty}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
\begin{pgfonlayer}{background}
\fill[mygray]
  (current page.north west) --
  (current page.north east) --
  ([yshift=1.3cm]current page.east) to[out=195,in=-15]
  ([yshift=3cm]current page.west) --
  cycle;
\fill[myblue2]
  (current page.north west) --
  (current page.north east) --
  ([yshift=3cm]current page.east) to[out=195,in=-15]
  ([yshift=3cm]current page.west) --
  cycle;
\end{pgfonlayer}  
\begin{pgfonlayer}{foreground}
\node[
  align=left,
  font=\color{white}\fontsize{58}{64}\bfseries,
  anchor=north
  ] 
  at ([yshift=-2.3cm]current page.north)
  (name) 
  {\TeX \\[0.3ex] \LaTeX};
\end{pgfonlayer}  
\begin{pgfonlayer}{main}
\begin{scope}[scale=3,transform shape]
\node[] 
  at (name.west)
  {\MyAmpersand};
\end{scope}  
\end{pgfonlayer}
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

The output:

enter image description here

Compile using

pdflatex --shell-escape

(or its Windows equivalent). Make some adjustments to fonts, sizes, etc as required.

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