!! uncomment the following two lines to get an A0 version of poster
!size 21*4 29.7*4
!begin scale 4 4

!! uncomment the following two lines to get an A1 version of poster
!size 21*3 29.7*3
!begin scale 3 3

!! uncomment the following two lines to get an A4 version of poster
size 21 29.7
begin scale 1 1

!! some format and font issues follow in the next ten lines
begin rotate 90
begin translate 1.2 -23.5
set just center
set hei 1.2
set lwidth 0.1
set font psbli
a=8
b=6.5
c=1.2
d=1.2
e=3.8

!! subroutine which draws boxes
sub boxit
rline a 0
rline 0 b
rline -a 0
rline 0 -b
end sub

!! set the colour and text of the title
amove 13.5 21.3
set color Spicy_Pink
begin text width 18
What is the title of this poster?
end text

!! set the colour and names of poster authors
set color black
set hei 0.8
amove 13.5 20.1
begin text width 17.5
Iama Student & Iama Supervisor
end text

!! set the colour and names of affiliation
set color black
set hei 0.6
amove 13.5 19.1
begin text width 17.5
Oxford University Astrophysics
end text 

!! now draw boxes
amove 4 4
set color Spicy_Pink

begin translate 0.3 0

!! move to bottom left box and fill it with text
amove 0 e
@boxit
rmove 0.2 0.5
!postscript text1.eps a-0.5 a-0.5

!! move to top left box and fill it with a figure
amove 0 e+b+c
!box a b fill black
rmove 0.8 1.4
!postscript fig1.eps 6.5 6.5
rmove -0.8 -1.4
@boxit

!! move to top centre box and fill with text
amove a+d e+b+c
@boxit
rmove 0.2 0.45
!postscript text2.eps a-0.5 a-0.5

!! move to bottom centre box and fill with figure
amove a+d 3.8
!box a b fill black
rmove 0.8 1.4
!postscript fig2.eps 6.5 6.5
rmove -0.8 -1.4
@boxit

!! move to bottom right box and fill with text
amove 2*(a+d) e
@boxit
rmove 0.2 0.2
!postscript text3.eps a-0.5 a-0.5

!! move to top right box and fill with figure
amove 2*(a+d) e+b+c
!box a b fill black
rmove 1.8 0.6
!postscript fig3.eps 4.5 4.5
rmove -1.8 -0.6
@boxit

!! examples of useful annotations
!set color green
!amove 4 19.5
!set hei 0.7
!begin rotate 25
!text Spot the ball
!end rotate

!set color blue
!amove 4.3 13.2
!circle 1

!set color green
!amove 6 20
!set hei 3
!rline -1 -5 arrow end

end translate
end scale