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Writing a Letter with the ETH LaTeX Template

Wed, 13 May 2026 11:31:46 +0200

The ethletter class provides an ETH Corporate Design–compliant letter layout for LaTeX. Below is a quick start; the full macro reference lives in the project README.

Install the package

D-MATH managed devices (Linux & macOS): Already installed system-wide — no action needed.
Sources / updates: https://gitlab.ethz.ch/mmarcio/ethletter

Minimal letter skeleton

Create a file letter.tex with the structure below, filling in the fields with your own details. Refer to the repository README for the full list of macros (sender, recipient, subject, classification, signature, etc.).

Write Multiple Choice Exams

Wed, 17 May 2023 10:55:46 +0200

You can find documentation, an F.A.Q, examples and some additional resources about Auto Multiple Choice (AMC) here:

https://gitlab.math.ethz.ch/teaching/amc-howto

Settings for TeXShop (and other Mac TeX-Editors)

Wed, 17 May 2023 10:46:49 +0200

The default TeX Settings for MacTeX should work in all editors as we don’t have a special installation any more.

TeXShop – > Preferences

There the “Engine” settings for the paths should be as follows: (pdf)TeX: /Library/TeX/texbin Distiller (ghostscript): /usr/local/bin

texshop-prefs

Note: It’s no longer necessary to change the “Typesetting” preferences from “pdftex” to “TeX + DVI”.

Path settings for other Mac TeX-editors should be set accordingly:

all TeX-related binaries (e.g. latex, pdflatex, etc.) can be found at: /Library/TeX/texbin
all Ghostscript-related binaries (e.g. gs, ps2pdf) can be found at: /usr/local/bin