Amend the definition of \biburlsetup
:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@book{slashdot:2004,
title = {{XFree86} 4.4: List of Rejecting Distributors Grows},
author = {Collins, B.},
publisher = {Slashdot},
month = {2},
year = {2004},
url = {http://yro.slashdot.org/story/04/02/18/131223/xfree86-44-list-of-rejecting-distributors-grows}
}
\end{filecontents}
\usepackage[style=verbose-note]{biblatex}
\appto{\biburlsetup}{\renewcommand*{\UrlFont}{\normalfont\itshape}}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\begin{document}
\null\vfill% just for the example
Here is some text\footcite{slashdot:2004} plus an URL: \url{http://yro.slashdot.org}.
\end{document}
I hope that the following helps you get started. Please provide more details if you want something more help.
This is my MWE using KOMA Script
:
\documentclass{scrreprt}
\usepackage{scrpage2,scrextend}
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz}
\author{Name A. Surname}
\title{%
\textcolor{BrickRed}{Journal of the} \vspace{1em}\\
Stackexchange \LaTeX users of the world wide web}
% This part depends on your actual environment, Here I am using KOMA script
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\maketitle}{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
% Gray boundary
\node (left) at (current page.west)
[rectangle, fill=gray, inner sep=0pt, anchor = west,
minimum width=4cm, minimum height=1\paperheight]{};
% Red boundary
\node (bottom) at (current page.south)
[rectangle, fill=BrickRed, inner sep=0 pt, anchor=south,
minimum width=1\paperwidth, minimum height=0.5cm]{};
% Some additional stuff:
\node [yshift=\paperheight/3] (middle) at (current page.south)
[rectangle, fill=Green, inner sep=0pt, anchor=north west,
minimum height=3cm, minimum width=0.25\paperwidth]{};
\node [yshift=\paperheight/3] (middle) at (current page.south)
[rectangle, fill=BrickRed, inner sep=0pt, anchor=north east,
minimum height=3cm, minimum width=0.25\paperwidth]{};
\node [yshift=\paperheight/3] (middle) at (current page.south)
[rectangle, fill=Goldenrod, inner sep=0pt, anchor=south west,
minimum height=3cm, minimum width=0.25\paperwidth]{};
\node [yshift=\paperheight/3] (middle) at (current page.south)
[rectangle, fill=RoyalBlue, inner sep=0pt, anchor=south east,
minimum height=3cm, minimum width=0.25\paperwidth]{};
\end{tikzpicture}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\parindent0pt
\begin{addmargin}{4em}
\vspace{4cm}
{\huge\usekomafont{title} \@title}
\vspace{2cm}
{\usekomafont{disposition}\Large \@author}
\end{addmargin}
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\end{document}
Best Answer
Here's a simlpe little example using
cd-cover
:The result:
Does this qualify as beautiful? I wouldn't know but you can beautify it as much as you want to.