How to give vertical space for a multiline title?

Question

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,numbers=noenddot]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{titling}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\title{Validation of Numerical Simulation of Fender Tests\par}
\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
\begin{center}
\vspace*{3cm}
\textsf{\huge{\thetitle}}
\end{center}
\end{document}

Output

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I want some more spacing between the first line and second line of my title. I tried adding \vspace, \\, \newline after the word 'Beer' but nothing works.

add \par at the end of the title. And remove the pair of braces around it. — Johannes_B, Jun 28 '15 at 20:19
Sorry, forgot: Change \textsf to \sffamily. btw, you can find more about titlepages: How to customize my titlepage? — Johannes_B, Jun 28 '15 at 20:28

AboAmmar · Answer 1 · 2015-06-28T22:10:31.500

2

This works, but is not a perfect solution:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,numbers=noenddot]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{titling}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
\linespread{5}
\begin{titlepage}
\begin{center}
\vspace*{3cm}
\textsf{\huge Evaluation of Security aspects in a Beer\\[.7cm] Production company}
\end{center}
\end{titlepage}
\end{document}

enter image description here

A consistent solution, however, using native KOMA commands would be:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,numbers=noenddot]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\setkomafont{title}{\sffamily\huge\linespread{1.5}}
\title{Evaluation of Security aspects in a Beer Production company}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\end{document}

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edited Jun 28 '15 at 22:10

answered Jun 28 '15 at 20:31

AboAmmar

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Oh please don't. This is very very bad practice. – Johannes_B Jun 28 '15 at 20:32
Yes, that's why I say "not perfect" – AboAmmar Jun 28 '15 at 20:33
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better do \sffamily\huge the title \par ;-) – Johannes_B Jun 28 '15 at 20:36
@Johannes_B : I did edit my code based on you previous suggestions to ask you more about it but your last suggestion did the trick. Thanks ;-) – Bruce Jun 28 '15 at 20:45
Good to hear. That solution can be found in the question i linked above. I marked it as a possible duplicate, which it apparently is ;-) – Johannes_B Jun 28 '15 at 20:47
A bit better, never use \maketitle inside titlepage-env, second: It's called KOMA, not coma ;-) – Johannes_B Jun 28 '15 at 21:44

score 2 · Answer 2 · 2015-06-28T21:45:59.400

A method with changing the \baselineskip -- since it is done in a group, it won't hurt outside.

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,numbers=noenddot]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{titling}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\title{Theory of Brontosaurs -- their thickness and Thin-Lizzy-Likeness}
\usepackage{setspace}
\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
\let\origbaselineskip\baselineskip
\begin{center}
\setlength{\baselineskip}{1.5\origbaselineskip}
\textsf{\huge \thetitle}

\setlength{\baselineskip}{2\origbaselineskip}
\textsf{\huge \thetitle }

\setlength{\baselineskip}{3\origbaselineskip}
\textsf{\huge \thetitle }

\end{center}
\end{titlepage}
\end{document}

enter image description here

\huge doesn't take an argument. – egreg Jun 28 '15 at 21:12 — egreg, Jun 28 '15 at 21:12

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 28 '15 at 21:11

As you are already loading titling, use its methods:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,numbers=noenddot]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\usepackage{titling}

\pretitle{\begin{center}\linespread{1.5}\huge\sffamily}
\posttitle{\par\end{center}\vspace{0.5em}}

\begin{document}

\title{Evaluation of Security aspects in a Beer Production company}
\author{Adalbert Uthor}
\date{}

\maketitle

\end{document}

Adjust the value for \linespread to suit your needs and wishes.

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If you use the titlepage environment, you can use a similar method:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,numbers=noenddot]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\usepackage{titling}

\begin{document}
\title{Evaluation of Security aspects in a Beer Production company}
\author{Adalbert Uthor}
\date{}

\begin{titlepage}
\centering

\vspace*{\stretch{1}}

{\linespread{1.5}\huge\sffamily\thetitle\par}

\vspace{4ex}

{\Large\theauthor\par}

\vspace{\stretch{3}}

\end{titlepage}

\end{document}

enter image description here

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 28 '15 at 20:41

You can use de setspace package and use the spacing enviroment. For example using this:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,numbers=noenddot]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{titling}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{setspace}

\begin{document}

\begin{titlepage}
\begin{center}
\vspace*{3cm}
 \begin{spacing}{3}
  \textsf{\huge{Evaluation of Security aspects in a Beer Production company}}
 \end{spacing}
\end{center}
\end{titlepage}
\end{document}

I got this:

enter image description here

How to give vertical space for a multiline title?

4 Answers4