Dave Green's NSTexam.cls -- a LaTeX class file for Tripos exams
(V7.4, 2014/10/13)

NSTexam.cls is a LaTeX class to produce NST Tripos examination papers in the style required by the U of Cambridge. This was converted from the previous .sty version to a LaTeX2ε .cls class file in 2010, with updated font options, and the adding up of marks allocated to each question.

The files are:

• NSTexam.cls -- the LaTeX class file;
• uni-logo.eps -- .eps file needed for first page (for LaTeX);
• uni-logo.pdf -- .pdf file needed for first page (for pdfLaTeX);
• NSTexam.pdf -- .pdf of the documentation -- please print this out and read it, as it will answer many questions about how to use NSTexam.cls.

Plus:

• NSTexam.tex -- the source .tex for the documentation (which illustrates various features of NSTexam.cls);
• NSTfonts1.eps -- font sample 1 (used in documentation)
• NSTfonts2.eps -- font sample 2 (used in documentation)
• NSTfonts3.eps -- font sample 3 (used in documentation)
• NSTfonts4.eps -- font sample 4 (used in documentation)
• NSTfonts5.eps - font sample 5 (used in documentation)

Several font options are provided by the NSTexam.cls file, which may need additional LaTeX packages (which will have to installed if they are not already available in your LaTeX implementation). Specifically:

• the `newtx' font option requires newtxtext.sty and newtxmath.sty plus all the associated font files (which are usually bundled together as the `newtx' package in various LaTeX implementations), and some other packages -- this is the font option I would recommend, as it provides a full range of fonts (e.g. slanted lowercase and uppercase greek for variables, bold slanted fonts for vectors);
• the `txfonts' font option requires txfonts.sty plus all the associated font files -- which can be used if the `newtx' package is not available in your LaTeX implementation.

(Also available here are some files for a locally customised `upright' maths font, which can optionally be used by NSTexam.cls using the `cmmu' option, if other (better) font options are not available: cmmu10.mf, cmmu10.tfm and omlcmmu.fd.)

All the above files are available as either NSTexam.tar.gz or NSTexam.zip.

The latest Version is 7.4, dated 2014/10/13.

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