Cfrgtkky

Using the baposter package in Latex to create a poster, I have issue to create a footnote. I created a headerbox, but as you can see on the figure below, space between the first and second line is bigger than between other lines. Why? How to change it to have equal spacing? Additionally, there is space after the last line (between the text and the bottom border of the box) that I would also like to remove.

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 

% baposter Landscape Poster 

% LaTeX Template 

% Version 1.0 (11/06/13) 

% 

% baposter Class Created by: 

% Brian Amberg (baposter@brian-amberg.de) 

% 

% This template has been downloaded from: 

% http://www.LaTeXTemplates.com 

% 

% License: 

% CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/) 

% 

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%



%---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

% PACKAGES AND OTHER DOCUMENT CONFIGURATIONS 

%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



documentclass[landscape,a0paper,fontscale=0.285]{baposter} % Adjust the font scale/size here



usepackage{graphicx} % Required for including images 

graphicspath{{figures/}} % Directory in which figures are stored



usepackage{amsmath} % For typesetting math 

usepackage{amssymb} % Adds new symbols to be used in math mode



usepackage{booktabs} % Top and bottom rules for tables 

usepackage{enumitem} % Used to reduce itemize/enumerate spacing 

usepackage{palatino} % Use the Palatino font 

usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf]{caption} % Required for specifying captions to tables and figures





usepackage{multicol} % Required for multiple columns 

usepackage{vwcol} 

setlength{columnsep}{1.5em} % Slightly increase the space between columns 

setlength{columnseprule}{0mm} % No horizontal rule between columns



usepackage{tikz} % Required for flow chart 

usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows} % Tikz libraries required for the flow chart in the template



newcommand{compresslist}{ % Define a command to reduce spacing within itemize/enumerate environments, this is used right after begin{itemize} or begin{enumerate} 

setlength{itemsep}{1pt} setlength{parskip}{0pt} setlength{parsep}{0pt} }



definecolor{lightblue}{rgb}{0.145,0.6666,1} % Defines the color used for content box headers



begin{document}



begin{poster}{ 

headerborder=closed, % Adds a border around the header of content boxes 

colspacing=1em, % Column spacing 

bgColorOne=white, % Background color for the gradient on the left side of the poster 

bgColorTwo=white, % Background color for the gradient on the right side of the poster 

borderColor=lightblue, % Border color 

headerColorOne=black, % Background color for the header in the content boxes (left side) 

headerColorTwo=lightblue, % Background color for the header in the content boxes (right side) 

headerFontColor=white, % Text color for the header text in the content boxes 

boxColorOne=white, % Background color of the content boxes 

textborder=roundedleft, % Format of the border around content boxes, can be: none, bars, coils, triangles, rectangle, rounded, roundedsmall, roundedright or faded 

eyecatcher=true, % Set to false for ignoring the left logo in the title and move the title left 

headerheight=0.2textheight, % Height of the header 

headershape=roundedright, % Specify the rounded corner in the content box headers, can be: rectangle, small-rounded, roundedright, roundedleft or rounded 

headerfont=Largebftextsc, % Large, bold and sans serif font in the headers of content boxes %textfont={setlength{parindent}{1.5em}}, % Uncomment for paragraph indentation 

linewidth=2pt % Width of the border lines around content boxes 

} %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

% TITLE SECTION  

%---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

{includegraphics[width=6em]{logo.png}} % First university/lab logo on the left 

{bftextsc{Poster}vspace{0.3em}} % Poster title 

{textsc{normalsize{Name }}\ vspace{0.2em} normalsize{University} } % Author names and institution 

{includegraphics[width=6em]{logo.png}} % Second university/lab logo on the right



%---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % OBJECTIVES %----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

%---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

headerbox{}{name=foottext, column=0, span=4, above=bottom, headerborder=none, boxheaderheight=1pt, headershape=rectangle}{ begin{vwcol}[widths={0.8,0.2}] tiny{Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariature nim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur} newpage footnotesize{aa} end{vwcol} }



end{poster}

end{document}

The problem seems to be due vwcol. As you don't want text flowing from left column to right column, I think it's better that you use a tabular with paragraph columns:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 

% baposter Landscape Poster 

% LaTeX Template 

% Version 1.0 (11/06/13) 

% 

% baposter Class Created by: 

% Brian Amberg (baposter@brian-amberg.de) 

% 

% This template has been downloaded from: 

% http://www.LaTeXTemplates.com 

% 

% License: 

% CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/) 

% 

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%



%---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

% PACKAGES AND OTHER DOCUMENT CONFIGURATIONS %----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



documentclass[landscape,a0paper,fontscale=0.285]{baposter} % Adjust the font scale/size here



usepackage{graphicx} % Required for including images 

graphicspath{{figures/}} % Directory in which figures are stored



usepackage{amsmath} % For typesetting math 

usepackage{amssymb} % Adds new symbols to be used in math mode



usepackage{booktabs} % Top and bottom rules for tables 

usepackage{enumitem} % Used to reduce itemize/enumerate spacing 

usepackage{palatino} % Use the Palatino font 

usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf]{caption} % Required for specifying captions to tables and figures





usepackage{multicol} % Required for multiple columns 

usepackage{vwcol} 

setlength{columnsep}{1.5em} % Slightly increase the space between columns 

setlength{columnseprule}{0mm} % No horizontal rule between columns



usepackage{tikz} % Required for flow chart 

usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows} % Tikz libraries required for the flow chart in the template



newcommand{compresslist}{ % Define a command to reduce spacing within itemize/enumerate environments, this is used right after begin{itemize} or begin{enumerate} 

setlength{itemsep}{1pt} setlength{parskip}{0pt} setlength{parsep}{0pt} }



definecolor{lightblue}{rgb}{0.145,0.6666,1} % Defines the color used for content box headers



begin{document}



begin{poster}{ 

headerborder=closed, % Adds a border around the header of content boxes 

colspacing=1em, % Column spacing 

bgColorOne=white, % Background color for the gradient on the left side of the poster 

bgColorTwo=white, % Background color for the gradient on the right side of the poster 

borderColor=lightblue, % Border color 

headerColorOne=black, % Background color for the header in the content boxes (left side) 

headerColorTwo=lightblue, % Background color for the header in the content boxes (right side) 

headerFontColor=white, % Text color for the header text in the content boxes 

boxColorOne=white, % Background color of the content boxes 

textborder=roundedleft, % Format of the border around content boxes, can be: none, bars, coils, triangles, rectangle, rounded, roundedsmall, roundedright or faded 

eyecatcher=true, % Set to false for ignoring the left logo in the title and move the title left 

headerheight=0.2textheight, % Height of the header 

headershape=roundedright, % Specify the rounded corner in the content box headers, can be: rectangle, small-rounded, roundedright, roundedleft or rounded 

headerfont=Largebftextsc, % Large, bold and sans serif font in the headers of content boxes %textfont={setlength{parindent}{1.5em}}, % Uncomment for paragraph indentation 

linewidth=2pt % Width of the border lines around content boxes 

} 

%---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

% TITLE SECTION  

%---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

{includegraphics[width=6em]{logo.png}} % First university/lab logo on the left 

{bftextsc{Poster}vspace{0.3em}} % Poster title 

{textsc{normalsize{Name }}\ vspace{0.2em} normalsize{University} } % Author names and institution 

{includegraphics[width=6em]{logo.png}} % Second university/lab logo on the right



%---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

% OBJECTIVES 

%---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

headerbox{}{name=foottext, column=0, span=4, above=bottom, headerborder=none, boxheaderheight=1pt, headershape=rectangle}{begin{tabular}{p{.75linewidth}|p{.2linewidth}}

tiny{Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, 

totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. 

Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos 

qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, 

adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. 

Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi 

consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, 

vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariature nim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam 

corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea 

voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur}

& footnotesize{aaa}

end{tabular}}



end{poster}

end{document}