slides-polish

To fix visual consistency in academic slides, apply a per-page review against a reference deck. This adjusts font sizes, text frames, and styles to match the reference, ensuring visual weight consistency and optimized projector readability.

Yes, polishing slide layouts requires python-pptx, pdftoppm, and LaTeX tools including xelatex and latexmk. These dependencies handle slide rendering, PDF conversion, and text frame manipulation for academic talks.

Yes, you can use a reference PDF deck to align font sizes in a pptx file. The process applies a per-page review comparing your pptx slides against the reference PDF, modifying text frames and styles to match the visual weight.

The best way to ensure typography is optimized for projector readability is running a post-generation visual pass. This modifies font sizes and text frames in academic talk slides to match a reference deck's visual weight.

Apply layout fixes to academic talk slides after creating them with another tool. Use this as a final pass to align the visual weight, consistency, and readability of each slide against a reference deck.

Visual consistency matters for academic talks because it ensures projector readability and professional appearance. Inconsistent typography and layout fixes distract audiences, while matching a reference deck maintains uniform visual weight across slides.