AEP2 Whitepaper - Final Formatting Adjustments

Changes Made (2025-10-22 - Round 3)

1. Move Figure 2 to Page 3 ✅

• Figure: Payment Mandate Architecture (截屏2025-10-21_15.54.23.png)
• Before: Appeared on page 2 (in section 3.1 Overview)
• After: Moved to appear on page 3 (after section 3.2 Mandate Schema)
• Method: Changed figure placement from [htbp] to [t] and moved it to after the Mandate Schema section
• Result: Figure now displays at the top of page 3

2. Title Formatting Changes ✅

• Font weight: Changed from \bfseries (bold) to regular weight
• Font size: Reduced from \Huge to \LARGE
• Before: {\Huge\bfseries AEP2: Embedded Payment for Agent Economy\par}
• After: {\LARGE AEP2: Embedded Payment for Agent Economy\par}
• Result: Title is now less prominent, more in line with academic paper style

Complete Summary of All Modifications

Document Structure

• ✅ Two-column layout (A4 paper, 10pt base font)
• ✅ Title: "AEP2: Embedded Payment for Agent Economy" (non-bold, LARGE size)
• ✅ No page headers, only page numbers at bottom center
• ✅ 8 pages total

Typography

• ✅ Section titles with compact spacing (0.5em between number and title)
• ✅ Raggedright alignment for all section titles (uniform word spacing)
• ✅ No paragraph indentation
• ✅ 6pt spacing between paragraphs
• ✅ No bold text in body content

Figures

• ✅ Figure 1: Embedded Payment Workflow (page 2)
• ✅ Figure 2: Payment Mandate Architecture (page 3) ← Moved
• ✅ Figure 3: FluxA AgentSpend Architecture (page 4)
• ✅ All figures span both columns (figure* environment)
• ✅ All images load correctly (including Chinese filenames and spaces)

Lists

• ✅ Compact indentation (1.2em bullets, 1.5em numbers)
• ✅ Reduced spacing (2pt item spacing, 4pt top spacing)
• ✅ Bold labels preserved for definition lists

Code Blocks

• ✅ HTTP header example in proper code block with frame

Technical Details

Title Settings

{\LARGE AEP2: Embedded Payment for Agent Economy\par}

• No \bfseries (removed bold)
• \LARGE instead of \Huge (smaller size)

Figure 2 Placement

% Moved from section 3.1 to after section 3.2
\begin{figure*}[t]  % [t] = top of page
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{{...截屏2025-10-21_15.54.23}.png}
    \caption{Payment Mandate Architecture}
    \label{fig:mandate-arch}
\end{figure*}

Output

• File: aep2_whitepaper.pdf
• Pages: 8 pages
• Size: 512KB
• Format: A4, two-column layout
• Compilation: Successful, no errors

All Formatting Requirements Met ✅

1. ✅ Title in single line format
2. ✅ Title non-bold and smaller font size
3. ✅ No page headers
4. ✅ Compact section number spacing
5. ✅ No paragraph indentation
6. ✅ Compact list formatting
7. ✅ No Phase 1/2 indentation
8. ✅ No bold in body text
9. ✅ Code block for HTTP example
10. ✅ Uniform word spacing in titles
11. ✅ Figure 2 on page 3