title: LaTeX: Multiple authors in a two-column article
body: <p>I'm kind of new to LaTeX and I am having a bit of a problem..</p>
  
  <p>I am using a <code>twocolumn</code> layout for my <code>article</code>. There are four authors involved with different affiliations, and I am trying to list all of them under the title so they span the entire width of the page (all on the same level). It should be similar to this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>                  Article Title
  
  auth1FN auth1LN     2  ... 3    auth4FN auth4LN
   department            ...        department
     school              ...          school
    email@edu            ...         email@edu
  
  
       Abstract                .....................
  ....................         .....................
  ....................         .....................
  ....................         .....................
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Currently I have something along the lines:</p>
  
  <pre><code>\documentclass[10pt,twocolumn]{article}
  \usepackage{multicol}
  
  \begin{document}
  
  \begin{multicols}{2}
  \title{Article Title}
  \author{
      First Last\\
      Department\\
      school\\
      email@edu
    \and
      First Last\\
      ...
  }
  \date{}
  \maketitle
  \end{multicols}
  
  \begin{abstract}
  ...
  \end{abstract}
  
  \section{Introduction}
  ...
  
  \end{document}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The problem is that the authors are not displayed all on the same level, instead I get the first three next to each other, followed by the last one underneath.</p>
  
  <p>Is there way to achieve what I want? Also if possible, how can I customize the font of the affiliations (to be smaller and in italic)?</p>