[Tex/LaTex] Simple latex book template

bookstemplates

I need to write a book in (after trimmed) size 234mm tall x 156mm wide. Text block should be proportional to trimmed size, centered to page. Typeface to be used is Utopia with regular lining number for number on table and old style number for number elsewhere. Font for text body is Utopia 10pt, for chapter (heading) is Utopia 17pt and title (subheading) is Utopia 13pt. Leading/line-height for each font size should be the good pair, e.g. 10pt/13pt. The chapters and titles are unnumbered. Chapter is always on recto page. For every page where Chapter begins, TOC, List of Figure, other front matter, there will be no page number. In other pages in mainmatter, page number is at the header (the header space should be inside text block). There will be no margin note, only footnote where needed. Foot note should be Utopia 8pt, with superscripted footnote mark, indented. FYI, the book will not have any mathematical equation, just texts, some pictures and tables.

I am new to TeX and LaTeX, but would like to try the book classes. I saw Memoir and its manual was frightening enough for me. To achieve above, which class should be simpler? Any code you may suggest?

Intend to achieve this page layout:

  • Right hand w/ Chapter:

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  • Left hand:

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Appreciate any help/input.

Best Answer

You should always provide some code where you have started; writing down your requirements doesn't really help. OTOH, vanilla LaTeX doesn't have a good support for multi-author books. This is a starting point for you mostly based on titlesec package. You have to use the command \chapauthor{name} before \chapter command when you have an author, otherwise \chapauthor{} for things like \tableofcontents.

\documentclass[openright,twoside,10pt]{book}

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{%
  textwidth  = 156mm ,
  textheight = 234mm ,
  a4paper            ,
  includehead        ,
  hcentering         ,
  vcentering
}

\usepackage[osf,proportional,space]{erewhon}
\usepackage[rigidchapters,pagestyles]{titlesec}
\usepackage{titletoc,lipsum,multicol}

\makeatletter
\newcommand\chap@author{}
\newcommand\chapauthor[1]{%
  \cleardoublepage
  \gdef\chap@author{#1}%
}
\def\chap@author{}

\titleformat{\chapter}[hang]
  {\LARGE\bfseries\filright}
  {\thechapter}
  {0pt}
  {%
    \ifx\chap@author\@empty\else
      \setlength{\unitlength}{1mm}%
      \begin{picture}(0,0)
        \put(0,-17){\makebox(0,0)[l]{\Large\mdseries\itshape \chap@author}}
      \end{picture}%
    \fi
  }
  [%
    \thispagestyle{empty}%
    \ifx\chap@author\@empty\else
      \addtocontents{toc}{%
        \vspace{-5pt}%
        \protect\contentsline{chapter}{\mdseries\itshape \chap@author}{}{}%
      }%
      \addtocontents{toc}{\addvspace{5pt}}%
    \fi
    \startcontents
  ]

\titleformat{\section}[hang]
  {\Large\bfseries\filright}
  {\thesection}
  {0pt}
  {}

\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{0pt}{3cm}
\titlespacing*{\section}{0pt}{.75pc}{.5pc}

\newpagestyle{main}{%
  \sethead[%
    \ifx\chap@author\@empty
      {\makebox[1.5pc][l]{\thepage}{\lsstyle\MakeUppercase\chaptertitle}}%
    \else
      {\makebox[1.5pc][l]{\thepage}{\lsstyle\MakeUppercase\chap@author}}%
    \fi]
    [][]
    {}{}{}
}

\renewcommand\@makefntext[1]{%
  \parindent 1em%
  \noindent
  \hb@xt@1.8em{\hss\@makefnmark\hspace{0.5em}}#1}

\let\footnoterule\relax

\makeatother

\usepackage[activate=true]{microtype}

\pagestyle{main}

\setcounter{secnumdepth}{-1}

\raggedbottom

\begin{document}

\chapauthor{Christoper S. Chapman}
\chapter{Controlling Strategy}

\begin{multicols}{2}[\subsubsection*{Contents of this chapter}]
   \printcontents{}{1}{\setcounter{tocdepth}{2}}
\end{multicols}

Norman 1965, Kaplan 1987 \\\lipsum[1]

Footnotes look like\footnote{Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste
  natus error si.  Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error,
  si.  Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error si.}
and\footnote{Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error si.  Sed
  ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error, si.  Sed ut
  perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error si.}.

\section{The relationship between management control systems and
  strategy}
\lipsum[1]

\section{Any Relationship between management control systems and
  strategy?}
\lipsum[1]

\section{No Relationship between management control systems and
  strategy!}
\lipsum

\chapauthor{}
\tableofcontents

\end{document}

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