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\title[Fancy Posters]{Making Really Fancy Posters with \LaTeX}
\author[Dreuw \& Deselaers]{Philippe Dreuw and Thomas Deselaers}
\institute[RWTH Aachen University]{Human Language Technology and Pattern Recognition, RWTH Aachen University}
\date{Jul. 31th, 2007}
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\begin{block}{\large Fontsizes}
\centering
{\tiny tiny}\par
{\scriptsize scriptsize}\par
{\footnotesize footnotesize}\par
{\normalsize normalsize}\par
{\large large}\par
{\Large Large}\par
{\LARGE LARGE}\par
{\veryHuge VeryHuge}\par
{\VeryHuge VeryHuge}\par
{\VERYHuge VERYHuge}\par
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\begin{block}{\large Fontsizes}
\centering
{\tiny tiny}\par
{\scriptsize scriptsize}\par
{\footnotesize footnotesize}\par
{\normalsize normalsize}\par
{\large large}\par
{\Large Large}\par
{\LARGE LARGE}\par
{\veryHuge VeryHuge}\par
{\VeryHuge VeryHuge}\par
{\VERYHuge VERYHuge}\par
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\begin{column}{.48\linewidth}
\begin{block}{Introduction}
\begin{itemize}
\item some items
\item some items
\item some items
\item some items
\end{itemize}
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\begin{block}{Introduction}
\begin{itemize}
\item some items and $\alpha=\gamma, \sum_{i}$
\item some items
\item some items
\item some items
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$$\alpha=\gamma, \sum_{i}$$
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\item some items
\item some items
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\item some items
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\begin{block}{Introduction}
\begin{itemize}
\item some items and $\alpha=\gamma, \sum_{i}$
\item some items
\item some items
\item some items
\end{itemize}
$$\alpha=\gamma, \sum_{i}$$
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