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+## dapper-invoice
+
+A billable-time invoice featuring style over substance.
+
+![Example Screenshot](http://i.imgur.com/VR9AXc8.png)
+
+### Pre-Requisites
+
+- [TeX Live](https://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html)
+
+### Generating an Invoice
+
+```
+cp example.tex your-invoice-101.tex
+# make some changes to your-invoice-101.tex
+make your-invoice-101.pdf
+```
+
+Your invoice will be created as `your-invoice-101.pdf`
+
+### Documentation
+
+See [example.tex](example.tex) and [dapper-invoice.cls](dapper-invoice.cls) for details.
+
+### Inspiration
+
+I am not a designer.  Inspiration for the design comes from
+stea^H^H^H^Hborrowing design ideas from good looking invoices people have
+[published on the
+net](http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/11/05/invoice-like-a-pro/).  The
+resulting design is not even in the same league, but I think it gets the job
+done.
+
+I am also not a LaTeX author.  The code borrows heavily from the
+[moderncv](https://launchpad.net/moderncv) package (which I can't recommend
+enough), as well as numerous other packages.
+
+### Licensing
+
+The code I have written I release under the MIT license.
+
+Two different font packages are included in the repo for convenience:
+
+- OpenSans (Apache License v2.00)
+- Font Awesome (SIL OFL 1.1)