General ⇒ Coverpage with TikZ

[cbustaam]

Hi all,
I'm trying to do a cover page using TikZ package, but some problems appears. I wanto something like:

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So far, it has one problem: the orange rectangle overlay the blue one. This effect only can be seen with lower zoom. I tried to change the dimensions of the rectangles (changing milimiter by milimiter) but ever exist some maladjustment. I think that there have to exist some way to make it easier and nicer, I meanm without havo to change the milimeters. Any idea? So far, I have this

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\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[margin=3cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
  \node[yshift=-5.57cm] at (current page.north west) 
  {\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
        \draw[draw=MidnightBlue,fill=MidnightBlue] (0,0) rectangle
        (\paperwidth,5.57cm);
   \end{tikzpicture}
  };
\end{tikzpicture}

\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
  \node[yshift=-1.2\paperheight] at (current page.north west) 
  {\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
        \draw[draw=DarkOrange,fill=DarkOrange] (0,-10) rectangle         
        (7cm,\paperheight);
   \end{tikzpicture}
  };
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

Also, How can I put the text?

Bests

[gmedina]

Hi,

you can use the following as a starting point:

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\documentclass[svgnames]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{fix-cm}

% command to facilitate the change in font size
\newcommand\myfont[2]{\fontsize{#1}{#2}\selectfont}

\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}

\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay,line width=0mm]
  % draw the orange strip
  \draw [draw=DarkOrange,fill=DarkOrange]
    (current page.south west) rectangle (1.5,1);
  % draw the blue strip
  \draw [draw=MidnightBlue,fill=MidnightBlue]
    (current page.north west) rectangle (\paperwidth,1);
  % place the text inside the blue stripe
  \node[xshift=.6\paperwidth,yshift=1.8cm,text=white,font=\myfont{40}{48}] {Text 1};
  % place the title
  \node[yshift=.5cm,xshift=2.5cm] at (current page.center)
    [text width=8cm,text=MidnightBlue,font=\myfont{50}{60},above right]{Title Here};
  % place the date
  \node[yshift=.5cm,xshift=1cm] at (current page.south west)
    [text width=6cm,text=white,font=\Large,above right]{\today};
  % place the logo (I used \rule to simulate the logo)
  \node[yshift=1cm,xshift=.6\paperwidth] at (current page.south west)
    [text width=5cm,text centered,above right]{\rule{5cm}{2cm}};
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

[cbustaam]

Thanks for your reply gmedina,
One question: How can I set up the text "environment"? For example, set the alignment (left, rigth or center), the vertical space between lines, font family, etc.
Bests

[gmedina]

Hi,

PGF/TikZ offers you some options to set the text justification and the text font (refer to the pgf manual); however, you can also use the standard LaTeX commands:

LaTeX font commands

and you can also use something like

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...
\node at (current page.center) 
{\parbox{5cm}{\raggedleft some text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text text
text text text text text text text text text text text text
text text}};