For their flexibility in the format, I suggest take a look to the packages tcolorbox
, mdframed
, or even bclogo
, to make from simple frames with sharp corners to really fancy boxes. Run texdoc tcolorbox
, texdoc mdframed
and texdoc bclogo
to see a lot of options. Some examples:
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage[framemethod=TikZ]{mdframed}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\usepackage[tikz]{bclogo}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\section{With tcolorbox}
\begin{tcolorbox}[
colframe=blue!25,
colback=blue!10,
coltitle=blue!20!black,
fonttitle=\bfseries,
adjusted title=The {\em two-step} model of XMCD:]
\begin{itemize}
\item In the \textit{first step}, circularly polarized X-rays generate photoelectrons with a spin and/or orbital momentum from a localized atomic inner shell.
\item In the \textit{second step}, the 3d shell serves as the detector of the spin or orbital momentum of the photoelectron. For maximum effect, the photon spin needs to be aligned with the magnetization direction.
\end{itemize}
\end{tcolorbox}
\section{With mdframed}
\begin{mdframed}[
linecolor=black!40,
outerlinewidth=1pt,
roundcorner=.5em,
innertopmargin=1ex,
innerbottommargin=.5\baselineskip,
innerrightmargin=1em,
innerleftmargin=1em,
backgroundcolor=blue!10,
%userdefinedwidth=1\textwidth,
shadow=true,
shadowsize=6,
shadowcolor=black!20,
frametitle={The \textit{two-step} model of XMCD:},
frametitlebackgroundcolor=cyan!40,
frametitlerulewidth=10pt
]
\begin{itemize}
\item In the \textit{first step}, circularly polarized X-rays generate photoelectrons with a spin and/or orbital momentum from a localized atomic inner shell.
\item In the \textit{second step}, the 3d shell serves as the detector of the spin or orbital momentum of the photoelectron. For maximum effect, the photon spin needs to be aligned with the magnetization direction.
\end{itemize}
\end{mdframed}
\section{With bclogo}
\renewcommand\logowidth{16pt}
\begin{bclogo}[
couleur = blue!10,
marge=20,
cadreTitre = true,
arrondi = 0.3,
epBarre=3.5,
logo = \bcnucleaire,
couleurBarre = red!80!blue!60,
ombre=true,
couleurOmbre = blue!20!black!20,
]
{The \textit{two-step} model of XMCD:}
\bigskip
\begin{itemize}
\item In the \textit{first step}, circularly polarized X-rays generate photoelectrons with a spin and/or orbital momentum from a localized atomic inner shell.
\item In the \textit{second step}, the 3d shell serves as the detector of the spin or orbital momentum of the photoelectron. For maximum effect, the photon spin needs to be aligned with the magnetization direction.
\end{itemize}
\end{bclogo}
\end{document}