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      <title>LaTeX QR Based Business Card</title>
      <link>https://blog.bramp.net/post/2010/02/13/latex-qr-based-business-card/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
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      <description><p>I recently found <a href="http://forthescience.org/blog/2010/02/02/my-business-card-with-qr-code-geeky/">this blog</a> which shows a business card with a QR card. I thought I’d create a business card with LaTeX with a similar QR code. I took a LaTeX template from <a href="http://blog.widmann.org.uk/2009/05/27/1297/">here</a>, found out about the <a href="http://www.tug.org/texmf-dist/doc/generic/pst-barcode/pst-barcode-doc.pdf">pst-barcode pacakge</a>, learnt the <a href="https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/service/developer/make/content/barcode/function/application/addressbook/">MECARD format</a>, and combined them to make this:</p>
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<figure><img src="/post/2010/02/13/latex-qr-based-business-card/card-1.png" width="756" height="496"><figcaption>
      <h4>My QR Business Card</h4>
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<p>I doubt I’ll print this card, but just in case you want to make a similar one, here is the LaTeX source:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-latex" data-lang="latex"><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">\documentclass</span><span class="na">[11pt,a4paper]</span><span class="nb">{</span>memoir<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">\setstocksize</span><span class="nb">{</span>55mm<span class="nb">}{</span>85mm<span class="nb">}</span> <span class="c">% UK Stock size
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">\setpagecc</span><span class="nb">{</span>55mm<span class="nb">}{</span>85mm<span class="nb">}{</span>*<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">\settypeblocksize</span><span class="nb">{</span>45mm<span class="nb">}{</span>75mm<span class="nb">}{</span>*<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">\setulmargins</span><span class="nb">{</span>5mm<span class="nb">}{</span>*<span class="nb">}{</span>*<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">\setlrmargins</span><span class="nb">{</span>5mm<span class="nb">}{</span>*<span class="nb">}{</span>*<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">\setheadfoot</span><span class="nb">{</span>0.1pt<span class="nb">}{</span>0.1pt<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">\setheaderspaces</span><span class="nb">{</span>1pt<span class="nb">}{</span>*<span class="nb">}{</span>*<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">\checkandfixthelayout</span><span class="na">[fixed]</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">\pagestyle</span><span class="nb">{</span>empty<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">\usepackage</span><span class="nb">{</span>pstricks<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">\usepackage</span><span class="nb">{</span>pst-barcode<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">\begin</span><span class="nb">{</span>document<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">    <span class="c">%\pagecolor[cmyk]{.22,.36,.51,.08}%
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">    <span class="k">\begin</span><span class="nb">{</span>Spacing<span class="nb">}{</span>0.75<span class="nb">}</span><span class="c">%
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">    <span class="k">\noindent</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">    <span class="k">\textbf</span><span class="nb">{</span>Andrew~Brampton~Ph.D.<span class="nb">}</span><span class="k">\\</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">    <span class="k">\rule</span><span class="nb">{</span>75mm<span class="nb">}{</span>1mm<span class="nb">}</span><span class="k">\\</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">    <span class="k">\begin</span><span class="nb">{</span>minipage<span class="nb">}</span>[t]<span class="nb">{</span>30mm<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">        <span class="k">\vspace</span><span class="nb">{</span>-1mm<span class="nb">}</span><span class="c">%
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">        <span class="k">\begin</span><span class="nb">{</span>pspicture<span class="nb">}</span>(30mm,30mm)
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">            <span class="c">% The MECARD format is used to exchange contact information. More information at:
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">            <span class="c">% http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/service/imode/make/content/barcode/function/application/addressbook/index.html
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">            <span class="k">\psbarcode</span><span class="nb">{</span>MECARD:N:Brampton,Andrew;EMAIL:a.bramptonATlancs.ac.uk;URL:http://bramp.net;;<span class="nb">}{</span>eclevel=L width=1.181 height=1.181<span class="nb">}{</span>qrcode<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">        <span class="k">\end</span><span class="nb">{</span>pspicture<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">    <span class="k">\end</span><span class="nb">{</span>minipage<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">    <span class="k">\hspace</span><span class="nb">{</span>1mm<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">    <span class="k">\begin</span><span class="nb">{</span>minipage<span class="nb">}</span>[t]<span class="nb">{</span>42mm<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">        <span class="k">\vspace</span><span class="nb">{</span>-1mm<span class="nb">}</span><span class="c">%
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">        <span class="k">\begin</span><span class="nb">{</span>flushright<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">        <span class="nb">{</span><span class="k">\scriptsize</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">            <span class="k">\begin</span><span class="nb">{</span>Spacing<span class="nb">}{</span>1.5<span class="nb">}</span><span class="c">%
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="c">%           \textbf{Research Associate}\\
</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">            <span class="k">\textbf</span><span class="nb">{</span>Network Researcher<span class="nb">}</span><span class="k">\\</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">            Computing Department<span class="k">\\</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">            Lancaster University<span class="k">\vspace</span><span class="nb">{</span>9mm<span class="nb">}</span><span class="k">\\</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">            <span class="k">\end</span><span class="nb">{</span>Spacing<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">        <span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">        <span class="nb">{</span><span class="k">\tiny</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">            <span class="k">\textbf</span><span class="nb">{</span>email:<span class="nb">}</span> a.brampton AT lancs.ac.uk<span class="k">\\</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">            <span class="k">\textbf</span><span class="nb">{</span>web:<span class="nb">}</span> http://bramp.net/<span class="k">\\</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">            <span class="k">\vspace*</span><span class="nb">{</span>2mm<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">        <span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">        <span class="k">\end</span><span class="nb">{</span>flushright<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">    <span class="k">\end</span><span class="nb">{</span>minipage<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">    <span class="k">\rule</span><span class="nb">{</span>75mm<span class="nb">}{</span>1mm<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">    <span class="k">\end</span><span class="nb">{</span>Spacing<span class="nb">}</span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">\end</span><span class="nb">{</span>document<span class="nb">}</span>
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