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A modern LaTeX Beamer theme
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A modern LaTeX Beamer theme

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## Metropolis



**IMPORTANT NOTICES FOR VERSION 1.0**



* The package and theme name changed from *m* to *metropolis*!

* The `title format` values 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](http://bloerg.net/2014/09/20/a-modern-beamer-theme.html).



Not convinced? Have a look at the [demo slides][].



![Sample](http://i.imgur.com/Bxu52fz.png)



## 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:



1. **Download the source** with a `git clone` of the [Metropolis repository](https://github.com/matze/mtheme)

   or as a [zip archive](https://github.com/matze/mtheme/archive/master.zip) of

   the latest development version.

2. **Compile the style files** by running `make sty` inside the downloaded

    directory. (Or run LaTeX directly on `source/metropolistheme.ins`.)

3. **Move the resulting `*.sty` files** to the folder containing your

   presentation. To use Metropolis with many presentations, run `make install`

   or move the `*.sty` files to a folder in your TeX path instead (might require

   `sudo` rights).

4. **Use the theme for your presentation** by declaring `\usetheme{metropolis}` in

    the preamble of your Beamer document.

5. **For best results** install Mozilla's [Fira Sans](https://github.com/bBoxType/FiraSans).



## Usage



The following code shows a minimal example of a Beamer presentation using

Metropolis.



```latex

\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](https://github.com/rchurchley/beamercolortheme-owl) theme.



## License



The theme itself is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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.



[demo slides]: http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer-contrib/themes/metropolis/demo/demo.pdf

[manual]: http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer-contrib/themes/metropolis/doc/metropolistheme.pdf

[CTAN]: http://ctan.org/pkg/beamertheme-metropolis