Text Formatting ⇒ Custom Formatting for Chapter Heading on its own Page

[SarahLee]

Hi,

I have some experience with LaTeX, but am by far not an expert. I am going to use LaTeX to write my PhD, and prefer it over Word because of the stability. However, I am very picky about the layout, and really do not like the standard layout from LaTeX. Currently, I am trying to personalize the chapter headings, while using a template provided by my university. As far as I understand, it is based on the report class.

I would like my chapter header to look like in the attached example, with basic features:

• a full page for the title
• no 'chapter' in the label
• label number and title in different sizes
• a font of my choosing (calibri), using the small caps formatting
• in a color of my choosing

I am using the titlesec package to format, and have following code:

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\definecolor{bordeau}{rgb}{0.80,0,0}
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]
	{\normalfont\sffamily
	\sc
	\fontsize{30}{6}\selectfont
	\color{bordeau}}
	{\thechapter}{1em}{}
\titlespacing{\chapter}{10pt}{200pt}{0pt}

And to remove the chapter prefix I use \renewcommand{\chaptername}{}

My main problem is the different size of label and title, and the selection of the font.

Thank you for any input!

Sarah