style.sty

% style.sty - Custom style to optimize space usage in LaTeX

\ProvidesPackage{style}[2024/11/13 Optimized space-saving style]

% Set overall document font size
\renewcommand{\documentclass}[2][12pt]{\class{article}[#1]}

% Adjust page margins to maximize space further
\usepackage[a4paper, left=0.75in, right=0.75in, top=0.75in, bottom=0.75in]{geometry}

% Reduce space between paragraphs
\setlength{\parskip}{0.5em}  % Decrease vertical space between paragraphs

% Reduce line spacing throughout the document
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.0}  % Adjust line spacing to 1.0 (default 1.5)

% Customize section headings to make them larger
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\section}[runin]  % Section titles run into the text
  {\normalfont\bfseries\LARGE}{\thesection}{1em}{}
\titlespacing*{\section}{0pt}{0.5ex plus .1ex minus .1ex}{0.5em}

\titleformat{\subsection}[runin]  % Subsection titles run into the text
  {\normalfont\bfseries\large}{\thesubsection}{1em}{}
\titlespacing*{\subsection}{0pt}{0.5ex plus .1ex minus .1ex}{0.5em}

% Reduce space after the title and section headings
\setlength{\headsep}{0.5in}  % Title header space
\setlength{\topskip}{0.5em}  % Distance from the top of the page

% Optimize font usage with a compact font family and size
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}  % Use sans-serif as default
\usepackage{lmodern}  % Use modern Latin font for better space efficiency

% Control figure and table placement to save space
\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf]{caption}  % Smaller captions, bold labels
\setlength{\textfloatsep}{10pt}  % Reduce space between floats (figures/tables) and text

% Optimize list spacing
\usepackage{enumitem}
\setlist{noitemsep, topsep=0pt, partopsep=0pt, parsep=0pt}  % Reduce spacing in lists

% Remove extra spaces in bibliography and references
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\subsubsection}[runin]{\normalfont\bfseries}{\thesubsubsection}{1em}{}
\titlespacing*{\subsubsection}{0pt}{0.2ex plus .1ex minus .1ex}{0.5em}

% Hyperlinks style with smaller text and compact layout
\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}
\hypersetup{colorlinks=false}

% Set smaller footnotes and make them more compact
\renewcommand{\footnotesize}{\scriptsize}

% Make title smaller (without requiring external packages) and remove author/date
\renewcommand{\maketitle}{%
  \begin{center}%
    \normalfont\large \textbf{\@title} % Smaller title size (\large)
  \end{center}%
  \vskip -1.5em  % Reduces space before and after the title
}

% Optionally, reduce space before and after the title
\makeatletter
\def\@maketitle{%
  \begin{center}%
    \normalfont\large \textbf{\@title} \par  % Smaller title size (\large)
  \end{center}%
  \vskip -1.5em  % Adjust vertical space before and after the title
}
\makeatother

\endinput