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 # latex-pagelimit-ticks
-Latex tricks for compressing the paper into a certain page limit
+
+This repo contains some Latex tricks for compressing the paper into a certain page limit.
+These tricks are collected from the Internet, e.g., [here](https://people.csail.mit.edu/leiy/personal/fit-paper/).
+
+## General
+
+```latex
+% Reduce the space between words and letters.
+\usepackage[subtle, lists=tight]{savetrees}
+% This line is less likely to piss off the reviewers than the previous one.
+\usepackage[subtle, lists=tight, wordspacing=normal, tracking=normal]{savetrees}
+
+% Reduce the spacing around floats so that you do not need to manually set tons of \vspace.
+\addtolength{\textfloatsep}{-0.2in} % spacing between floats and text
+\addtolength{\floatsep}{-0.1in}     % spacing between two floats
+
+% Do not penalize widow and orphan lines
+\widowpenalty=0 % Allow the end of a paragraph to overflow to the next page
+\clubpenalty=0  % Allow the beginning of a paragraph to begin from the prev page
+```
+
+## Titles and sections
+
+```latex
+% Squeeze the space aroung the paper title
+\setlength{\droptitle}{-3em}
+\posttitle{\par\end{center}\vspace{-4em}}
+
+% Make the section headings smaller.
+\usepackage[small, compact]{titlesec}
+\usepackage{titling}
+\titlespacing*{\section}{0pt}{4pt}{3pt}
+\titlespacing*{\subsection}{0pt}{3pt}{3pt}
+\titlespacing*{\subsubsection}{0pt}{3pt}{3pt}
+```
+
+## Figures and tables
+
+```latex
+% Make captions smaller and reduce space between caption and figure
+\captionsetup[table]{font=footnotesize,skip=4pt}   
+\captionsetup[figure]{font=footnotesize,skip=4pt}
+```
+
+## References
+
+```latex
+% Make references smaller
+\def\bibfont{\footnotesize}
+```