This project provides a professional, standardized LaTeX environment for academic assignments at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). It features custom institutional branding, APA 7th edition referencing, and precise typographical alignment.
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| File | Purpose |
|---|---|
main.tex |
The primary entry point. Controls document class and file inclusions. |
gibs.sty |
The Core Style File. Contains branding colors, font settings, and footer logic. |
content.tex |
Main Content. Place your introduction, sections, and body text here. |
individual.tex |
Template for the individual cover page. |
syndicate.tex |
Template for syndicate (group) assignment cover pages. |
title.tex |
General title page or front matter. |
references.bib |
BibLaTeX file for managing citations. |
This project requires the XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX engine to support the Arial font and fontspec package. Standard PDFLaTeX will not work.
To ensure the Table of Contents and APA citations (Biber) render correctly, use the following sequence:
- XeLaTeX
- Biber
- XeLaTeX
- XeLaTeX
The footer includes the official GIBS logo text using the FakeBold feature for a professional appearance.
- Colors: gibsnavy (RGB: 0, 51, 153) and gibsgrey (RGB: 105, 105, 105).
- Alignment: Uses a picture environment in the footer to manually align the page number and branding with the baseline of footnotes.
- Font: Arial 11pt.
- Line Spacing: One-half spacing (1.5).
- Headings: Section (14pt Bold, Left-aligned), Subsection (12pt Bold, Left-aligned).
"Non-standard sectioning" Warning: This is a common interaction between titlesec and biblatex-apa. The gibs.sty file silences these by explicitly defining all four heading levels (Section through Subparagraph).
Vertical Alignment: If the footer text overlaps or is too far from the footnotes after changing margins, adjust the \put(0, 25) coordinate in the \fancyfoot section of gibs.sty.
Copyright (C) 2025 Jan Willem Frederik Thirion.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
You are free to:
- Share: copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
- Adapt: remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution: You must give appropriate credit and indicate if changes were made.
Disclaimer: This work is an independent template and is not officially endorsed by the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) or the University of Pretoria.