Got rid of "by" on title page and resized. Switched to more Times-like font.

PHD-NAME-YEAR.tex

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 \SupervisorHeading{Thesis Committee}
 \Supervisors{
   \personinfo{Superior A. Teacher}{Supervisor}{Professor}{Reykjavik University}{Iceland}
-  \personinfo{Helpful A. Teacher}{Co-advisor}{Assistant Professor}{LUniversity of Iceland}{Iceland}
+  \personinfo{Helpful A. Teacher}{Co-advisor}{Assistant Professor}{University of Iceland}{Iceland}
   \personinfo{Tough E. Questions}{Examiner}{Associate Professor}{Massachusetts Institute of Technology}{USA}
 }
 %\ExaminerHeading{Examiner}

introduction.tex

@@ -29,17 +29,18 @@ RoboSub competition website (and documents) if working on the lighting system fo
 \end{figure}
 \begin{table}
   \centering
-  \begin{tabular}{ll}
-    $x$& $x^{2}$\\
+  \begin{tabular}{ll}\toprule
+    $x$& $x^{2}$\\\midrule
     1 &1\\
     2 &4\\
-    3 &9\\
+    3 &9\\\bottomrule
   \end{tabular}
   \caption{Table of squared numbers}\label{tab:numbers}
 \end{table}
 There is an RU logo in Figure~\ref{fig:ru-logo}.
 This logo will scale according to the width of the text on the page.
 There is a helpful list of squared numbers in Table~\ref{tab:numbers}.
+This table is formatted in the style of a book, which is very differerent than the style one is used to in Excel.
 
 The test text ``Lorem Ipsum''\index{Lorem Ipsum} is from an ancient text from 45 B.C. \cite{cicero46deFinibus, lipsomwebsite}\\
 \lipsum[1-5]

rubook.sty

@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@
 %% carefully before modifying any of the execution and previous section.
 %% ---------------- Package Loading -----------------------------
 
-
-
 \ifbool{online}
 {\ExecuteOptions{openany}}%% Online format does not have right-vs-left
 {\ExecuteOptions{openright}}%% All of our printed formats are going to be opening to the right
@@ -154,6 +152,14 @@
 %% Option: allowmove makes URLs not-fragile, so they can go in things that move
 %%         WARNING: If this breaks you will get very very weird errors
 
+%% ---------------- Miscellaneous Packages ----------------------
+\RequirePackage{lipsum}
+% generates some test text for seeing how pages lay out
+%% usage: \lipsum[STARTNUM-ENDNUM]
+
+\RequirePackage{booktabs}
+%% Format tables properly as in a book
+%% \toprule,\midrule,\bottomrule
 
 %% ---------------- Fonts -----------------------------
 %%%  For help, read http://latex-project.org/guides/fntguide.pdf
@@ -162,9 +168,6 @@
 \newlength{\normaltextsize}
 \setlength{\normaltextsize}{\f@size pt}
 
-\RequirePackage{lipsum}% generates some test text
-%% usage: \lipsum[STARTNUM-ENDNUM]
-
 %% Font guide at
 %% http://latex-project.org/guides/fntguide.pdf
 
@@ -206,30 +209,12 @@
 % \def\myfont{\fontencoding{T1}\fontfamily{lm}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{n}\fontsize{14pt}{16pt}\selectfont}
 %  \fontsize{SIZE}{BASELINESKIP}
 
-\def\frontcovertitlefont{\fontfamily{phv}\fontseries{b}\fontshape{n}\fontsize{20.74}{24}\selectfont}
-\def\frontcovertitletext{\fontfamily{phv}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{n}\fontsize{14.4}{16}\selectfont}
 \def\titletitlefont{\fontseries{b}\fontsize{17pt}{20pt}\selectfont}
 \def\titletextfont{\fontsize{14pt}{16pt}\selectfont}
 \def\titleinfofont{\fontsize{12}{14}\selectfont}
 \def\sigtextfont{\fontsize{12pt}{14pt}\selectfont}
 \def\warningfont{\fontseries{b}\fontsize{24pt}{28pt}\selectfont}
 
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% TextPos Settings %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-%% These macros allow you to arbitrarily position things on the page
-%% This is needed for any cover pages/graphics
-
-%\RequirePackage{printlen}% display lengths in arbitrary units
-%\ifbool{debug}{\PassOptionsToPackage{showboxes}{textpos}}
-%\RequirePackage[absolute, verbose]{textpos}%
-
-%% These commands set the units in \begin{textblock} when not 
-%%  directly specified
-%% We set them to the page sizes so we can align from them
-%\setlength{\TPHorizModule}{\paperwidth}
-%\setlength{\TPVertModule}{\paperheight}
-%%\setlength{\TPMargin}{2mm} %% margins inside the textblock*
-%\textblockorigin{0mm}{0mm} % start everything near the top-left corner
-
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Colors %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%5
 %% Setting colors in text
 %% Usage:
@@ -271,10 +256,13 @@
 \newcommand{\frontlogo@rubook}{ru-logo}
 \newcommand{\frontlogo}[1]{\renewcommand{\frontlogo@rubook}{#1}}
 
-\renewcommand{\maketitlehooka}{\begin{centering}\includegraphics[width=4cm]{\frontlogo@rubook}\par\end{centering}}%
+\renewcommand{\maketitlehooka}{\begin{centering}\includegraphics[width=4cm]{\frontlogo@rubook}\par\end{centering}\vspace{2mm}}%
 \renewcommand{\pretitle}{\begin{center}\titletitlefont}%
 \renewcommand{\posttitle}{\par\end{center}}
-\renewcommand{\maketitlehookb}{\begin{center}\titletextfont{}by\par\end{center}}
+
+% \renewcommand{\maketitlehookb}{\begin{center}\titletextfont{}by\end{center}\vspace{1mm}}
+% 1mm adjustment to center the "by".   I've disabled it because I think the "by" looks unprofessional.
+
 \renewcommand{\preauthor}{\titletextfont\begin{center}\large\par}
 \renewcommand{\postauthor}{\par\end{center}}
 \newcommand{\titledetails}[1]{\renewcommand{\maketitlehookc}{#1}}

ruthesis.sty

@@ -16,21 +16,47 @@
 \newcommand{\fileauthor@ruthesis}{Joseph Timothy Foley, foley at RU.IS}
 \ProvidesPackage{ruthesis}[\filedate@ruthesis by \fileauthor@ruthesis]
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
-\typeout{Thesis Class (English) for Reykjavik University \fileversion@ruthesis <\filedate@ruthesis>, by \fileauthor@ruthesis}
+\typeout{Thesis Class for Reykjavik University \fileversion@ruthesis <\filedate@ruthesis>, by \fileauthor@ruthesis}
 
 %% ---------------- Execution of Options -----------------------------
 %\ProcessOptions\relax% this stops searching for a * in \ProcessOtions*
 %\LoadClassWithOptions{rubook}% our parent class.
 \RequirePackage{rubook}%
 
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Packages %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% TextPos %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%% These macros allow you to arbitrarily position things on the page
+%% This is needed for any cover pages/graphics
+
+%\RequirePackage{printlen}% display lengths in arbitrary units
+%\ifbool{debug}{\PassOptionsToPackage{showboxes}{textpos}}
+%\RequirePackage[absolute, verbose]{textpos}%
+
+%% These commands set the units in \begin{textblock} when not 
+%%  directly specified
+%% We set them to the page sizes so we can align from them
+%\setlength{\TPHorizModule}{\paperwidth}
+%\setlength{\TPVertModule}{\paperheight}
+%%\setlength{\TPMargin}{2mm} %% margins inside the textblock*
+%\textblockorigin{0mm}{0mm} % start everything near the top-left corner
+
+
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Addional Font Adjustments%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 %% rubook sets up some reasonable fonts, but we may need further adjustments
 %%  Note that you can leave off elements and it will use the last value set (or default??)
 % \def\myfont{\fontencoding{T1}\fontfamily{lm}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{n}\fontsize{14pt}{16pt}\selectfont}
-%  \fontsize{SIZE}{BASELINESKIP}
+% \fontsize{SIZE}{BASELINESKIP}
 
+%% Default font is halfway between Times and Latin Modern
+\RequirePackage{newtxtext}
+\RequirePackage{newtxmath}
 
-%% We need the paralist and dashrule package in order to format the BSc cover
+%% This is the special font used on the PhD cover
+\def\phdcovertitlefont{\fontfamily{phv}\fontseries{b}\fontshape{n}\fontsize{20.74}{24}\selectfont}
+\def\phdcovertitletext{\fontfamily{phv}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{n}\fontsize{14.4}{16}\selectfont}
+
+%% We need the paralist and dashrule package in order to format the signature pages
 \RequirePackage{paralist}
 \RequirePackage{dashrule}
 
@@ -185,7 +211,7 @@
 \renewcommand{\maketitlehookc}{\begin{center}\DegreeAbbrv@ruthesis{} \DocumentType@ruthesis{} %
          \ifdef\ects@ruthesis{of \ects@ruthesis{} ECTS credits}%
          submitted to the \School@ruthesis\ \\%
-         at \theInstitution in partial fulfillment\\% 
+         at \theInstitution{} in partial fulfillment\\% 
          of the requirements for the degree of \\%
          \textbf{\DegreeLong@ruthesis}\par\end{center}}
 
@@ -199,7 +225,7 @@
   \setlength{\plparsep}{0.5\baselineskip} % space between entries
   \setlength{\plitemsep}{0.5\baselineskip} % space between lines
   \begin{rolelist}
-  \item \supervisorheading@ruthesis{}
+  \item \supervisorheading@ruthesis{}:
     \begin{peoplelist}
       \supervisors@ruthesis{}
 %    \end{peoplelist}