Letter template of the Hylleraas Centre for Quantum Molecular Sciences

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\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{left=35mm, right=35mm, top=50mm, bottom=25mm}

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\pagenumbering{gobble}

% Left align
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\usepackage{enumitem}
\setlist{nolistsep}

\usepackage{wallpaper}
% \ThisULCornerWallPaper{1}{letterhead-front.pdf} % Uncomment to include a different letterhead on the first page
\ULCornerWallPaper{1}{letterhead.pdf}

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\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setmainlanguage{en-US}

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\usepackage{xltxtra}
\usepackage[protrusion=true,final]{microtype}

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\setsansfont[Scale=0.9]{TeX Gyre Heros}
\setmonofont[Scale=0.8]{Fira Code}

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\setlength{\parskip}{1em}

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\usepackage[xetex, bookmarks, colorlinks, breaklinks]{hyperref}
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  pdfauthor={Jabba The Hutt},  % CHANGE THIS
  pdfsubject={},
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% To display custom date in the example
\usepackage[en-US]{datetime2}
\DTMsavedate{customdate}{2018-04-25}  % CHANGE THIS

% DOCUMENT
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\begin{document}
\footnotesize
\textsc{\textbf{Jabba The Hutt}}  % CHANGE THIS
\textbullet{} \textsc{Hylleraas Centre}
\textbullet{} \textsc{UiT -- The Arctic University of Norway}
\textbullet{} \textsc{Tromsø, Norway}

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Captain Beefheart\\  % CHANGE THIS
Department of Chemistry\\  % CHANGE THIS
Furtheraway University\\  % CHANGE THIS
25600 Tatooine\\  % CHANGE THIS
Galaxyfaraway\\  % CHANGE THIS

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To whom it may concern,

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus at
suscipit quam, sit amet consectetur sapien. Vestibulum pharetra dolor eu
eros condimentum, sed eleifend magna sagittis. Nullam maximus venenatis
iaculis. Suspendisse potenti. Mauris eu dapibus lacus, sit amet
efficitur augue. Aliquam a finibus nisi. Fusce mi dui, congue eu viverra
vitae, viverra id lorem. Nulla ante augue, mattis ultrices felis sit
amet, commodo porta ante. In et enim at augue ornare malesuada.

Suspendisse et quam sapien. Phasellus magna arcu, lobortis eget
tincidunt ut, tincidunt non purus. Phasellus congue, justo aliquam
scelerisque consequat, sapien turpis semper eros, at blandit arcu tellus
vel urna. Vivamus quis quam pretium, finibus nunc ac, feugiat dui. Morbi
sed nisl a mi pellentesque ultrices eget et nisi. Aliquam ultricies
lacus vel felis placerat iaculis. Pellentesque id congue mauris. Nulla
maximus libero malesuada malesuada sollicitudin. Praesent sit amet risus
imperdiet, fringilla tellus ac, pellentesque eros. Proin fermentum
pellentesque imperdiet.

Sincerely,

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  Tromsø \\
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    \includegraphics[width=.5\textwidth]{signature.png} \par
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\small \sffamily
Attached:
\footnotesize \itshape
\begin{itemize}
  \item Curriculum vitae
  \item PhD thesis
  \end{itemize}

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