--- /dev/null
+
+## From: https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/TeX.gitignore
+## Core latex/pdflatex auxiliary files:
+*.aux
+*.lof
+*.log
+*.lot
+*.fls
+*.out
+*.toc
+*.fmt
+*.fot
+*.cb
+*.cb2
+
+## Intermediate documents:
+*.dvi
+*.xdv
+*-converted-to.*
+# these rules might exclude image files for figures etc.
+# *.ps
+# *.eps
+# *.pdf
+
+## Generated if empty string is given at "Please type another file name for output:"
+.pdf
+
+## Bibliography auxiliary files (bibtex/biblatex/biber):
+*.bbl
+*.bcf
+*.blg
+*-blx.aux
+*-blx.bib
+*.run.xml
+
+## Build tool auxiliary files:
+*.fdb_latexmk
+*.synctex
+*.synctex(busy)
+*.synctex.gz
+*.synctex.gz(busy)
+*.pdfsync
+
+## Auxiliary and intermediate files from other packages:
+# algorithms
+*.alg
+*.loa
+
+# achemso
+acs-*.bib
+
+# amsthm
+*.thm
+
+# beamer
+*.nav
+*.pre
+*.snm
+*.vrb
+
+# changes
+*.soc
+
+# cprotect
+*.cpt
+
+# elsarticle (documentclass of Elsevier journals)
+*.spl
+
+# endnotes
+*.ent
+
+# fixme
+*.lox
+
+# feynmf/feynmp
+*.mf
+*.mp
+*.t[1-9]
+*.t[1-9][0-9]
+*.tfm
+
+#(r)(e)ledmac/(r)(e)ledpar
+*.end
+*.?end
+*.[1-9]
+*.[1-9][0-9]
+*.[1-9][0-9][0-9]
+*.[1-9]R
+*.[1-9][0-9]R
+*.[1-9][0-9][0-9]R
+*.eledsec[1-9]
+*.eledsec[1-9]R
+*.eledsec[1-9][0-9]
+*.eledsec[1-9][0-9]R
+*.eledsec[1-9][0-9][0-9]
+*.eledsec[1-9][0-9][0-9]R
+
+# glossaries
+*.acn
+*.acr
+*.glg
+*.glo
+*.gls
+*.glsdefs
+
+# gnuplottex
+*-gnuplottex-*
+
+# gregoriotex
+*.gaux
+*.gtex
+
+# hyperref
+*.brf
+
+# knitr
+*-concordance.tex
+# TODO Comment the next line if you want to keep your tikz graphics files
+*.tikz
+*-tikzDictionary
+
+# listings
+*.lol
+
+# makeidx
+*.idx
+*.ilg
+*.ind
+*.ist
+
+# minitoc
+*.maf
+*.mlf
+*.mlt
+*.mtc[0-9]*
+*.slf[0-9]*
+*.slt[0-9]*
+*.stc[0-9]*
+
+# minted
+_minted*
+*.pyg
+
+# morewrites
+*.mw
+
+# nomencl
+*.nlo
+
+# pax
+*.pax
+
+# pdfpcnotes
+*.pdfpc
+
+# sagetex
+*.sagetex.sage
+*.sagetex.py
+*.sagetex.scmd
+
+# scrwfile
+*.wrt
+
+# sympy
+*.sout
+*.sympy
+sympy-plots-for-*.tex/
+
+# pdfcomment
+*.upa
+*.upb
+
+# pythontex
+*.pytxcode
+pythontex-files-*/
+
+# thmtools
+*.loe
+
+# TikZ & PGF
+*.dpth
+*.md5
+*.auxlock
+
+# todonotes
+*.tdo
+
+# easy-todo
+*.lod
+
+# xindy
+*.xdy
+
+# xypic precompiled matrices
+*.xyc
+
+# endfloat
+*.ttt
+*.fff
+
+# Latexian
+TSWLatexianTemp*
+
+## Editors:
+# WinEdt
+*.bak
+*.sav
+
+# Texpad
+.texpadtmp
+
+# Kile
+*.backup
+
+# KBibTeX
+*~[0-9]*
+
+# auto folder when using emacs and auctex
+/auto/*
+
+# expex forward references with \gathertags
+*-tags.tex
+
+
--- /dev/null
+.RECIPEPREFIX +=
+TARGET = letter.pdf
+SIGIMAGE = figures/signature.png.gpg
+
+all: $(TARGET)
+
+
+$(TARGET): update-sig main.pdf
+ mv main.pdf letter.pdf
+
+
+main.pdf:
+ rubber -m xelatex main.tex
+
+
+update-sig:
+ gpg --yes --output figures/signature.png --decrypt $(SIGIMAGE)
+
+
+clean:
+ rubber -m xelatex --clean main.tex && $(RM) $(TARGET) && $(RM) figures/signature.png
+
--- /dev/null
+This is an attempt to implement a dynamically configurable version of the
+University of Washington (UW) letterhead. It uses fonts provided by the
+UW webite, and then uses XeLaTeX to use those fonts to recreate the
+letterhead.
+
+
+
+Requirements:
+
+To use this template, you will need XeLaTeX (if you are using the online
+ShareLaTeX system, change your compiler to XeLaTeX from the settings menu
+of your project). To compile locally you will also need the "rubber"
+utility.
+
+The signature file (a gray image) is GPG encrypted file using a symmetric
+cipher. The passphrase is "weakpassword" (without quotes). You will want to
+customize this. For this file, you will also need GPG installed in the system.
+
+
+
+To compile:
+
+Type "make", and if you have everything installed, you will get a letter.pdf
+file. You will be prompted for password by GPG - see the above section for the
+passphrase.
+
+"make clean" should remove all the non-essential build files.
+
+
+
+Note on XeLaTeX:
+
+A number of the normal LaTeX font packages will not work with XeLaTeX. For more
+information, see http://xetex.sourceforge.net/
+
--- /dev/null
+\documentclass[11pt,letterpaper]{article}
+
+% Metadata -- alter as neded
+\def\email{email@uw.edu}
+\def\web{https://website.cc}
+\def\mobile{XXX.XXX.XXXX}
+\def\boxno{35XXXX}
+\def\zipcode{98195-XXXX}
+
+\usepackage[top=1.2in,left=1.3in,bottom=1in,right=1in]{geometry}
+
+\usepackage{fontspec}
+\usepackage{xltxtra}
+\usepackage{libertine}
+\setsansfont[
+ItalicFont=OpenSans-LightItalic.ttf,
+]{OpenSans-Light.ttf}[Scale=MatchLowercase]
+
+% \usepackage[
+% final,
+% stretch=10,
+% protrusion=true]{microtype}
+
+\usepackage{polyglossia}
+\setdefaultlanguage{english}
+
+\usepackage{graphicx}
+\usepackage[colorlinks=false,
+ pdfborder={0 0 0},
+ ]{hyperref}
+\usepackage{tikz}
+
+\usepackage{lastpage}
+\usepackage{fancyhdr}
+\pagestyle{fancy}
+\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
+\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
+\fancyhead{}
+\fancyhead[C]{%
+ \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
+ \node at (current page.north west) [yshift=-0.5in,xshift=0.5in,anchor=north west]
+ {\includegraphics[width=607pt]{figures/uw-header.pdf}};
+ \end{tikzpicture}}
+\fancyfoot{}
+\fancyfoot[L] {\sffamily{
+Box {\boxno}\hspace{0.3cm}Seattle, WA {\zipcode}\\ % If you don't want to include your physical campus address, comment out this line
+\href{\email}{\email}\hspace{0.3cm}\href{\web}{\web}
+}}
+\fancyfoot[R] {\sffamily{\thepage/\pageref*{LastPage}}}
+
+
+% No paragraph indentation
+\parindent 0pt
+
+\setlength{\parskip}{0.5\baselineskip}
+\setlength{\headheight}{14pt}
+\setlength{\footskip}{35pt}
+% \raggedright
+\linespread{1.05}
+
+\begin{document}
+
+\hfill{\today}
+
+\bigskip
+
+To Some Committee,\\
+Some School or Department\\
+Some University\\
+
+\vspace{-0.5em}
+Dear members of the Committee,
+
+I am writing to show off this new~\XeLaTeX~thing.
+
+\XeLaTeX~supports sytem fonts, and also local TTF/OTF fonts. \XeLaTeX~also support Unicode way better, and supports shaping of complex scripts (e.g.~Indic or Arabic).
+
+Hope you will find this template useful.
+
+Sincerely,
+
+\includegraphics[width=1.7in]{figures/signature.png}
+
+Some Name
+
+\end{document}