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\title{Durham Beamer Theme}
\author{Suhail Rizwan \\ Durham University}
\date{2026-02-04}

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\section*{Overview}
The Durham Beamer Theme is a content-first presentation theme for \LaTeX\ Beamer,
designed for teaching, research, and long-form academic presentations. The theme
emphasizes structural clarity, pacing awareness, and layout stability under dense
textual and mathematical content.

\section*{Design Philosophy}
The theme is designed around sustained academic use rather than visual novelty.
Navigation elements are treated as orientation aids rather than decorative features.
Layout decisions aim to remain calm, predictable, and robust as presentations grow
in length and complexity.

\section*{Intended Use}
The theme is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, technical lectures,
research seminars, and academic conference presentations. It is not designed for marketing
or heavily branded institutional decks.

\section*{Navigation and Pacing}
The theme provides persistent section-level navigation and subtle progress indicators
to support presenter pacing. Non-content frames such as title, outline, section pages,
and references can be excluded from progress calculation to preserve accuracy and avoid
distorting pacing cues.

\section*{Customization Policy}
Customization is intentionally limited. Users are encouraged to rely on the default
settings provided by the theme. Where customization is required, it should be performed
through defined colors and dimensions rather than ad-hoc layout changes, in order to
preserve layout consistency.

\section*{Design Influences}
The development of the Durham Beamer Theme was informed by sustained use of a range of
existing Beamer themes. In particular, the Metropolis theme served as a conceptual reference
for the use of section-level title frames combined with progress indicators. The Durham
theme is implemented from first principles and does not reuse code from Metropolis or any
other theme.

\section*{Color Palette and Institutional Affiliation}
The color palette used in this theme is inspired by the visual identity of Durham University.
This package is an independent academic contribution and is not an official or endorsed
Durham University presentation template.

\section*{License}
This work may be distributed and/or modified under the \LaTeX\ Project Public License (LPPL),
version 1.3c or later. See the file \texttt{LICENSE} for details.

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