phdthesis.sty

%%
%% This is file `phdthesis.sty`,
%%
%% This style file changes the appearance of the pages to improve
%% the aesthetics of PhD theses (in my opinion =)
%%
%% Copyright (C) 2007  Jamie Stevens, Luca Fossati
%%
%%
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\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1994/06/01]
\ProvidesPackage{phdthesis}[2007/09/11 v1.0 PhD Thesis Style]

%% Set the font packages and options
%% for better typesetting
\RequirePackage{times}

%% Load up fancy headers and footers package
\RequirePackage{fancyhdr}

%% now reset the headers and footers
\fancyhead{}
\fancyfoot{}
%% make the odd pages have the section name on the top right
\fancyhead[RO]{\sffamily\bfseries\nouppercase{\rightmark}}
%% make the even pages have the chapter name on the top left
\fancyhead[LE]{\sffamily\bfseries\nouppercase{\leftmark}}

\fancyfoot[CE,CO]{\thepage}

\pagestyle{fancy}

%% now redefine the plain style pages (chapter pages, contents pages)
%% to have the same page number stuff on the bottom
\fancypagestyle{plain}{
\fancyhf{}
\fancyfoot[CE,CO]{\thepage}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
}

%% this next section (till \makeatother) makes sure that blank pages
%% are actually completely blank, cause they're not usually
\makeatletter
\def\cleardoublepage{\clearpage\if@twoside \ifodd\c@page\else
	\hbox{}
	\vspace*{\fill}
	\thispagestyle{empty}
	\newpage
	\if@twocolumn\hbox{}\newpage\fi\fi\fi}
\makeatother

\RequirePackage[calcwidth]{titlesec}
\titleformat{\section}[hang]{\sffamily\bfseries}
{\Large\thesection}{12pt}{\large}[{\titlerule[0.5pt]}]

%% Used to have big letters at the beginning of each Chapter
\RequirePackage{type1cm}
\RequirePackage{lettrine}
\renewcommand{\LettrineFontHook}{\color[gray]{0.3}}
\setcounter{DefaultLines}{3}
\renewcommand{\DefaultLoversize}{0.25}
\renewcommand{\DefaultLhang}{0.25}