I saw my Chinese classmate reading a book whose cover page is really fancy, though I don’t know the Chinese characters on it.
How could I create a cover page in my own classnotes like that?
[Tex/LaTex] How to create a cover page like this
bookcovercoverstikz-pgf
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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}\\
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% 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}
Without knowing the class you're using, here's an attempt.
\documentclass[a4paper]{book}
\usepackage[pass,showframe]{geometry} % showframe is just for the example
\usepackage{kantlipsum} % just for the example
\begin{document}
\frontmatter
\begin{titlepage}
\newgeometry{margin=3cm}
\centering
\vspace*{\stretch{2}}
\Large The Title of my Thesis
\vspace{\stretch{1}}
\normalsize The duration: 12 weeks
\vspace{\stretch{0.5}}
\begin{tabular}{ll}
Submission date & xx.yy.zzzz \\[2ex]
Student's name & Name \\[2ex]
From & Place
\end{tabular}
\vspace{\stretch{3}}
\begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}{@{}l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}l@{}}
My name & My professor's name \\[2ex]
& My supervisor's name
\end{tabular*}
\vspace{\stretch{2}}
\end{titlepage}
\restoregeometry
\cleardoublepage
\tableofcontents
\mainmatter
\chapter{Introduction}
\kant
\end{document}
The important option for geometry is pass, whereas showframe is just for showing that the cover page is centered on the page. If you already use geometry, just set its options and remove pass.
A bird's eye view
The title page
Best Answer
Can one do something like this? Yes. Most likely the curves in the upper right part are are
some sort of Apollonius(Golden Ratio?) circles but I was too lazy to look them up.Addendum: version with inputs by Henri Menke and Raaja (thanks!).