Create a new beamer theme similar to metropolis
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Dr. Manuel Kuehner 
* Follow-up to https://topanswers.xyz/tex?q=3603.
* In short, I want to create a new robust beamer theme based on the default (empty) `beamer` theme that looks similar to the unmaintained `metropolis` theme.
* It does not have to be a perfect copy - I woudl like to see the general setup (so that I can modify it myself and can ask sopecific questions in the future).

```
\documentclass[
    aspectratio = 1610,
    onlytextwidth,
    t,
        ]{beamer}

% Magic Code Comes Here :)

\title{title title title title}
\subtitle{subtitle subtitle subtitle subtitle subtitle}
\date{\today}
\author{author author}
\institute{institute institute}

\setbeamertemplate{frame footer}{frame footer frame footer frame footer}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\begin{frame}[plain]{Overview}
\tableofcontents[hideallsubsections]
\end{frame}

% ### SECTION
% --- --- ---
\section{section1}

% ## SUB-SECTION
% --- ---
\subsection{subsection1.1}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{frametitle}
\end{frame} 

% ## SUB-SECTION
% --- ---
\subsection{subsection1.2}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{frametitle}
\end{frame} 

% ### SECTION
% --- --- ---
\section{section2}

% ## SUB-SECTION
% --- ---
\subsection{subsection2.1}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{frametitle}
\end{frame} 

% ## SUB-SECTION
% --- ---
\subsection{subsection2.2}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{frametitle}
\end{frame}  

% ### SECTION
% --- --- ---
\section{section3}

% ## SUB-SECTION
% --- ---
\subsection{subsection3.1}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{frametitle}
\end{frame} 

% ## SUB-SECTION
% --- ---
\subsection{subsection3.2}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{frametitle}
\end{frame}  

\end{document}
```

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Top Answer
samcarter 
Here an attempt to recreate the look of your theme without the metropolis theme:

beamerthememetropolix.sty:

```
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%
% Colours 
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\definecolor{mDarkBrown}{HTML}{604c38}
\definecolor{mDarkTeal}{HTML}{23373b}
\definecolor{mLightBrown}{HTML}{EB811B}
\definecolor{mLightGreen}{HTML}{14B03D}

\setbeamercolor{normal text}{fg=black!2,bg=mDarkTeal}
\usebeamercolor[fg]{normal text}
\setbeamercolor{alerted text}{fg=mLightBrown}
\setbeamercolor{example text}{fg=mLightGreen}
\setbeamercolor{titlelike}{use=normal text, parent=normal text}
\setbeamercolor{author}{use=normal text, parent=normal text}
\setbeamercolor{date}{use=normal text, parent=normal text}
\setbeamercolor{institute}{use=normal text, parent=normal text}
\setbeamercolor{structure}{use=normal text, fg=normal text.fg}
\setbeamercolor{palette primary}{use=normal text,fg=normal text.bg,  bg=normal text.fg}
\setbeamercolor{frametitle}{use=palette primary,parent=palette primary}
\setbeamercolor{block body alerted}{use=block body, parent=block body}
\setbeamercolor{block body example}{use=block body, parent=block body}
\setbeamercolor{footnote}{fg=normal text.fg!90}
\setbeamercolor{footnote mark}{fg=.}
\setbeamercolor{author in head/foot}{fg=.,bg=}
\setbeamercolor{section in head/foot}{bg=normal text.bg, fg=structure.fg}
\setbeamercolor{subsection in head/foot}{bg=normal text.bg, fg=structure.fg}
\setbeamercolor{title in head/foot}{fg=normal text.fg}
\setbeamercolor{page number in head/foot}{fg=normal text.fg}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%
% Fonts 
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\setbeamerfont{title}{size=\Large,series=\bfseries}
\setbeamerfont{author}{size=\small}
\setbeamerfont{date}{size=\small}
\setbeamerfont{section}{size=\Large,series=\bfseries}
\setbeamerfont{block title}{size=\normalsize,series=\bfseries}
\setbeamerfont{block title alerted}{size=\normalsize,series=\bfseries}
\setbeamerfont{subtitle}{size=\large,series=\normalfont}
\setbeamerfont{frametitle}{size=\large,series=\bfseries}
\setbeamerfont{caption}{size=\small}
\setbeamerfont{caption name}{series=\bfseries}
\setbeamerfont{description item}{series=\bfseries}
\setbeamerfont{page number in head/foot}{size=\scriptsize}
\setbeamerfont{author in head/foot}{size=\scriptsize}
\setbeamerfont{title in head/foot}{size=\scriptsize}
\setbeamerfont{bibliography entry author}{size=\normalsize,series=\normalfont}
\setbeamerfont{bibliography entry title}{size=\normalsize,series=\bfseries}
\setbeamerfont{bibliography entry location}{size=\normalsize,series=\normalfont}
\setbeamerfont{bibliography entry note}{size=\small,series=\normalfont}
\setbeamerfont{section in head/foot}{series=\bfseries,size=\scriptsize}
\setbeamerfont{section in head/foot shaded}{series=\normalfont,size=\scriptsize}
\setbeamerfont{subsection in head/foot}{series=\bfseries,size=\scriptsize}
\setbeamerfont{subsection in head/foot shaded}{series=\normalfont,size=\scriptsize}
\setbeamerfont{title in head/foot}{size=\scriptsize}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%
% Misc settings 
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

% defining a custom headline
\setbeamertemplate{headline}{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[ht=10ex,dp=0ex]{section in head/foot}
    \insertsectionnavigationhorizontal{\paperwidth}{}{}\strut\par
    \insertsubsectionnavigationhorizontal{\paperwidth}{}{\hskip0pt plus1filll}\strut
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
}

% like the default frametitle, but taller
\setbeamertemplate{frametitle}{%
  \ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{frametitle}{}{\nointerlineskip}%
  \@tempdima=\textwidth%
  \advance\@tempdima by\beamer@leftmargin%
  \advance\@tempdima by\beamer@rightmargin%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=0.3cm,left,wd=\the\@tempdima]{frametitle}
    \usebeamerfont{frametitle}%
    \vbox{}\vskip0ex% <- change frametitle height here
    \if@tempswa\else\csname beamer@fteleft\endcsname\fi%
    \strut\insertframetitle\strut\par%
    {%
      \ifx\insertframesubtitle\@empty%
      \else%
      {\usebeamerfont{framesubtitle}\usebeamercolor[fg]{framesubtitle}\strut\insertframesubtitle\strut\par}%
      \fi
    }%
    \vskip0ex% <- change frametitle height here
    \if@tempswa\else\vskip-.3cm\fi% set inside beamercolorbox... evil here...
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
}

% replicate title page
\setbeamertemplate{title page}{
  \vbox{}
  \vfill
  \begingroup
    {\usebeamercolor[fg]{titlegraphic}\inserttitlegraphic\par}
    \centering
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center,left]{title}
      \usebeamerfont{title}\inserttitle\par%
      \ifx\insertsubtitle\@empty%
      \else%
        \vskip0.25em%
        {\usebeamerfont{subtitle}\usebeamercolor[fg]{subtitle}\insertsubtitle\par}%
      \fi%     
    \end{beamercolorbox}%
    \vskip0.7em\par
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center,left]{title}
    \textcolor{mLightBrown}{\rule{\dimexpr\linewidth-16pt}{0.5pt}}
    \end{beamercolorbox}
    \vskip0.7em\par
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center,left]{author}
      \usebeamerfont{author}\insertauthor
    \end{beamercolorbox}
    \vskip-0.8em
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center,left]{date}
      \usebeamerfont{date}\insertdate
    \end{beamercolorbox}
    \vskip-0.5em
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center,left]{institute}
      \usebeamerfont{institute}\insertinstitute
    \end{beamercolorbox}
    \vskip0.5em
  \endgroup
  \vfill
}   

% replicating the section page
\setbeamertemplate{section page}{
  \begin{frame}[plain,c]
    \centering
    \begin{minipage}{.7\textwidth}
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,left]{section}
      \usebeamerfont{section}\insertsectionhead
    \end{beamercolorbox}
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,left]{title}
    \textcolor{mLightBrown}{\rule{\dimexpr\linewidth-16pt}{0.5pt}}
    \end{beamercolorbox}
    \end{minipage}
  \end{frame}
}
\AtBeginSection{\usebeamertemplate{section page}}

% custom footline
\setbeamertemplate{footline}{%
  \leavevmode%
  \hbox{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth,ht=2.25ex,dp=1ex,leftskip=2ex,rightskip=2ex]{author in head/foot}%
    \usebeamerfont{author in head/foot}\insertshortauthor\expandafter\ifblank\expandafter{\beamer@shortinstitute}{}{~|~\insertshortinstitute}
    \hfill
    \usebeamerfont{title in head/foot}\insertshorttitle
    \hfill%
    \usebeamercolor[fg]{page number in head/foot}%
    \usebeamerfont{page number in head/foot}%
    \usebeamertemplate{page number in head/foot}%
  \end{beamercolorbox}}%
  \vskip0pt%
}
\setbeamertemplate{page number in head/foot}[totalframenumber]

% switch off navigation symbols
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}

% loading metropolis pgfplots set
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{pgfplotsthemetol}
```

A short test document:

```
\documentclass[
    aspectratio = 1610,
    onlytextwidth,
    t
]{beamer}

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{noto}
\usetheme{metropolix}

\title{title title title title}
\subtitle{subtitle subtitle subtitle subtitle subtitle}
\date{\today}
\author{author author}
\institute{institute institute}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}[plain,c]
\titlepage
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}[plain]{Overview}
\tableofcontents[hideallsubsections]
\end{frame}

% ### SECTION
% --- --- ---
\section{section1}

% ## SUB-SECTION
% --- ---
\subsection{subsection1.1}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{frametitle}
\end{frame} 

% ## SUB-SECTION
% --- ---
\subsection{subsection1.2}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{frametitle}
\end{frame} 

% ### SECTION
% --- --- ---
\section{section2}

% ## SUB-SECTION
% --- ---
\subsection{subsection2.1}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{frametitle}
\end{frame} 

% ## SUB-SECTION
% --- ---
\subsection{subsection2.2}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{frametitle}
\end{frame}  

% ### SECTION
% --- --- ---
\section{section3}

% ## SUB-SECTION
% --- ---
\subsection{subsection3.1}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{frametitle}
\end{frame} 

% ## SUB-SECTION
% --- ---
\subsection{subsection3.2}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{frametitle}
\end{frame}  

\end{document}
```
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Answer #2
samcarter 
A modernised fork of the original `metropolis` theme was recently published under the name `moloch`. It fixes most of the problems of the `metropolis` theme:

```
\documentclass{beamer}

\usetheme{moloch}% modern fork of the metropolis theme

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{blub}
    abc
\end{frame} 

\end{document}
```

![document-1.png](/image?hash=c4565813f4c8fa33eba3f59899f313d1c76884718bb4a4698f4a9da9c576fb77)
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