What's new:
- modern packages (biblatex, cleveref, better fonts)
- less confusing directory structure
- slightly more useful examples (figures, diagrams, tables, code listings), structure hints, some goodies
- autobuilding of abstract PDF/A from metadata
- university-wide variants of the front page (nature faculty&bioinformatics!)
- Czech localization with nicely named references
See the pre-built version for details
- Type
make, check that everything compiles. You should get athesis.pdfthat passes the PDF/A validation. If not, complain. - Fill in
metadata.texand allxmpdatafiles. - Look at the example code (there are several hints), remember it, erase it.
- Write the thesis.
- Submit and defend the thesis.
With a bit of luck, you should get PDF/A right out of LaTeX.
A working PDF/A validator that can point out exact problems is here: https://github.com/mff-cuni-cz/cuni-thesis-validator
Common PDF/A problems include:
- imported PDF pictures that are not PDF/A.
- the used font does not support PDF/A (including the fonts in imported pictures). See https://martin.hoppenheit.info/blog/2018/pdfa-validation-and-inconsistent-glyph-width-information/ for a very ugly case.
Solutions:
- use
pdfa.shto convert PDFs to PDF/A-compatible form the "hard way" (although this does not retain the PDF/A metadata mark, see comments in the script). - read the commentary by Martin Mareš (that describes most of the common problems) here: https://mj.ucw.cz/vyuka/bc/pdfaq.html
- use
pdfa.shas a last resort forthesis.pdfif everything other fails
Pull requests welcome.
Parts of the code (esp. the title page) are based on the original template (available from the faculty website) by Martin Mareš, Arnošt Komárek, and Michal Kulich. (Thanks!)
University and faculty logos are a property of the respective universities and faculties.
Everything else in this repository is released into the public domain, not encumbered by any kind of copyright at all.