Metropolis
IMPORTANT NOTICES FOR VERSION 1.0
- The package and theme name changed from m to metropolis!
- The
title formatvalues have been restructured. Please refer to the
manual.
Metropolis is a simple, modern Beamer theme suitable for anyone to use. It tries
to minimize noise and maximize space for content; the only visual flourish it
offers is an (optional) progress bar added to each slide. The core design
principles of the theme were described in a blog post
here.
Not convinced? Have a look at the demo slides.
Installation
To install a stable version of this theme, please refer to update instructions
of your TeX distribution. Metropolis is on CTAN since December
2014 thus it is part of MikTeX and will be part of TeX Live 2016.
Installing Metropolis from source, like any Beamer theme, involves four easy
steps:
- Download the source with a
git cloneof the Metropolis repository
or as a zip archive of
the latest development version. - Compile the style files by running
make styinside the downloaded
directory. (Or run LaTeX directly onsource/metropolistheme.ins.) - Move the resulting
*.styfiles to the folder containing your
presentation. To use Metropolis with many presentations, runmake install
or move the*.styfiles to a folder in your TeX path instead (might require
sudorights). - Use the theme for your presentation by declaring
\usetheme{metropolis}in
the preamble of your Beamer document. - For best results install Mozilla's Fira Sans.
Usage
The following code shows a minimal example of a Beamer presentation using
Metropolis.
\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{metropolis} % Use metropolis theme
\title{A minimal example}
\date{\today}
\author{Matthias Vogelgesang}
\institute{Centre for Modern Beamer Themes}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\section{First Section}
\begin{frame}{First Frame}
Hello, world!
\end{frame}
\end{document}
Detailed information on using Metropolis can be found in the manual.
For an alternative dark color theme, please have a look at Ross Churchley's
excellent owl theme.
License
The theme itself is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
4.0 International License. This
means that if you change the theme and re-distribute it, you must retain the
copyright notice header and license it under the same CC-BY-SA license. This
does not affect the presentation that you create with the theme.