Remove space before appendix chapter

Question

I would like to remove the 50pts of vertical space before the chapter when it is an appendix (leaving the default space for normal chapters). Here is a mwe

% !Mode:: "TeX:UTF-8"
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,oneside]{book} 

\usepackage{fontspec}                    
\usepackage{polyglossia}             
\usepackage{titlesec}                       
\usepackage{appendix}  

\begin{document}

\chapter{Normal chapter}
\chapter{Normal chapter}

\appendix

\chapter{Appendix chapter}
\chapter{Appendix chapter}

\end{document}

I tried to comment the space in the book class declaration by adding this in the preamble

%remove vspace before chapter
\makeatletter
\def\@makechapterhead#1{%
  %\vspace*{50\p@}%
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
      \if@mainmatter
        \huge\bfseries \@chapapp\space \thechapter
        \par\nobreak
        \vskip 20\p@
      \fi
    \fi
    \interlinepenalty\@M
    \Huge \bfseries #1\par\nobreak
    \vskip 40\p@
  }}
\makeatother

but doing so will remove the space for all chapters. Is it possible to add an if-else condition to the code to remove the space only if it is an appendix?

Don't place it in the preamle, place it just in front of \appendix or add the code to the definition of appendix. First seems to be much easier for you right now Space before chapters and contents — Johannes_B, Jun 25 '15 at 09:34
Wow, I didn't know it was possible, I thought the preamble was the only palce to put it. Thank you very much, it works! — Emmet, Jun 25 '15 at 10:18

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 25 '15 at 10:25

A solution with the apptools and titlesec packages:

% !Mode:: "TeX:UTF-8"
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,oneside]{book}

\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{appendix, apptools}
\AtAppendix{%
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]{\vspace*{-50pt}\bfseries\huge}{\chaptername~\thechapter}{1em}{}
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{0pt}{0pt}}%

\begin{document}

\chapter{Normal chapter}
\chapter{Normal chapter}
\appendix
\chapter{Appendix chapter}
\chapter{Appendix chapter}

\end{document}

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 26 '18 at 09:58

1

A simpler solution, in my opinion is to remove some space before each appendix, as below:

\chapter{\vspace{-5cm}Appendix 1}

and etc.

answered Oct 26 '18 at 09:58

luchonacho

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This leaves 'Appendix A' bellow the title and I can't do anything about that. – FanaticD Apr 29 '19 at 13:52

Remove space before appendix chapter

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