I'm currently writing a book, and I was wondering if you guys could display your chapter designs:
- Complex - have different formatting
- Beautiful and awesome
- With the tex source code
- Nothing original. Something you've made/customized
I have seen the chapters from the memoir
class, but I would like something that's custom-made and not from a class.
I think this would be very motivational and inspiring stuff!
Here's my chapter design:
\documentclass[headinclude,footinclude,openany]{scrbook}
\usepackage[eulerchapternumbers,pdfspacing]{classicthesis}
\usepackage{arsclassica}
\usepackage{changepage}
\strictpagecheck
\titleformat{\chapter}[block]%
{\normalfont\Large\sffamily}%
{{\color{halfgray}\chapterNumber\thechapter%
\hspace{10pt}\vline} }{10pt}%
{\spacedallcaps}[\chapterdecoration]
\definecolor{halfgray}{gray}{0.55}
\newcommand\anglei{-45}
\newcommand\angleii{45}
\newcommand\angleiii{225}
\newcommand\angleiv{135}
\newcommand\chapterdecoration{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay,shorten >= -10pt]
\coordinate (aux1) at ([yshift=-15pt]current page.north east);
\coordinate (aux2) at ([yshift=-410pt]current page.north east);
\coordinate (aux3) at ([xshift=-4.5cm]current page.north east);
\coordinate (aux4) at ([yshift=-150pt]current page.north east);
\checkoddpage
\ifoddpage
\else
\coordinate (aux1) at ([yshift=-15pt]current page.north west);
\coordinate (aux2) at ([yshift=-410pt]current page.north west);
\coordinate (aux3) at ([xshift=4.5cm]current page.north west);
\coordinate (aux4) at ([yshift=-150pt]current page.north west);
\renewcommand\anglei{-135}
\renewcommand\angleii{135}
\renewcommand\angleiii{-45}
\renewcommand\angleiv{45}
\fi
\begin{scope}[halfgray!40,line width=12pt,rounded corners=12pt]
\draw
(aux1) -- coordinate (a)
++(\angleiii:5) --
++(\anglei:5.1) coordinate (b);
\draw[shorten <= -10pt]
(aux3) --
(a) --
(aux1);
\draw[opacity=0.6,halfgray,shorten <= -10pt]
(b) --
++(\angleiii:2.2) --
++(\anglei:2.2);
\end{scope}
\draw[halfgray,line width=8pt,rounded corners=8pt,shorten <= -10pt]
(aux4) --
++(\angleiii:0.8) --
++(\anglei:0.8);
\begin{scope}[halfgray!70,line width=6pt,rounded corners=8pt]
\draw[shorten <= -10pt]
(aux2) --
++(\angleiii:3) coordinate[pos=0.45] (c) --
++(\anglei:3.1);
\draw
(aux2) --
(c) --
++(\angleiv:2.5) --
++(\angleii:2.5) --
++(\anglei:2.5) coordinate[pos=0.3] (d);
\draw
(d) -- +(\angleii:1);
\end{scope}
\end{tikzpicture}%
}
\begin{document}
\mbox{}\newpage
\mbox{}\newpage
\chapter{Part 1: Introduction}
\label{chap:part_1_introduction}
\lipsum[1-4]
% chapter part_1_introduction (end)
\newpage
\chapter{Part 2: Outline of this Book}
\label{chap:part_2_outline_of_this_book}
\lipsum[1-4]
% chapter part_2_outline_of_this_book (end)
\newpage
\end{document}
which makes this:
memoir
class does provide some chapter styles but it also shows the code for them as a help to enable you to create your own style. There is at least one other document/package showing/providing chapter styles. Do it yourself! --- GOM