With an underfull vbox, how to push everything to the top of the page?

Question

I'm preparing some text where pictures shall be placed really "H"ere. Due to the mix of text and images, that actually works pretty well. But I keep one page with not enough content (larger image starts on the next page) and I would love to push the remaining paragraphs to the top of the page, and not spread them evenly; I'd actually favour to have some free space at the bottom of the page than between the paragraphs. A simple \vfill (see example below) didn't help me though:

\documentclass[a5paper,twoside]{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage[framefit=yes,heightadjust=all,framearound=all]{floatrow}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}
\lipsum[2]
\lipsum[3]\vfill
\begin{figure}[H]
        \centering
        \begin{floatrow}
                \ffigbox[0.5\textwidth]{
                            \includegraphics[width=\linewidth,keepaspectratio=true]{74.jpeg}
                }{
                        \caption{some}
                        \label{fig:74}
                }
                \ffigbox[0.5\textwidth]{
                            \includegraphics[angle=90,width=\linewidth,keepaspectratio=true]{75.jpeg}
                }{
                        \caption{some}
                        \label{fig:74}
                }
        \end{floatrow}
\end{figure}

\lipsum[2]
\end{document}

Any hint how to get the \vfill to work? Thanks!

A \newpage instead of \vfill will keep the paragraphs without space. Then you can add space for all paragraphs with \parskip or to specific paragraphs with \vspace — koleygr, Oct 26 '17 at 23:45
Another possibility: add the \raggedbottom directive in the preamble. — Bernard, Oct 27 '17 at 00:27
@Bernard But if you add \raggedbottom you get ragged bottoms, which aren't very nice. — ShreevatsaR, Oct 27 '17 at 03:54
You can see the difference only in even and odd facing pages. The probability you see a difference in a scientific text with formulæ, figures, tables, &c. is rather low, I think, and anyway in case it's visible, you always can add \enlargethispage{some length}. In ordinary text, usually there should be no difference (except perhaps due to controlling of widows and orphans). — Bernard, Oct 27 '17 at 09:45

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 26 '18 at 15:51

i suspect that you are willing to tweak your document manually clear page where you see that is necessary ...

try:

\documentclass[a5paper,twoside]{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage[framefit=yes,heightadjust=all,framearound=all]{floatrow}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{lipsum}

%-------------------------------- show page layout, only for test
\usepackage{showframe}
\renewcommand\ShowFrameLinethickness{0.15pt}
\renewcommand*\ShowFrameColor{\color{red}}
%---------------------------------------------------------------%

\begin{document}
\lipsum[2]
\lipsum[3]\clearpage%where is necessary
\begin{figure}[H]
        \centering
        \begin{floatrow}
                \ffigbox[0.45\textwidth]{
                            \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{74.jpeg}
                }{
                        \caption{some}
                        \label{fig:74}
                }\hfil
                \ffigbox[0.45\textwidth]{
                            \includegraphics[angle=90,width=\linewidth]{75.jpeg}
                }{
                        \caption{some}
                        \label{fig:74}
                }
        \end{floatrow}
\end{figure}

\lipsum[2]
\end{document}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 28 '17 at 14:30

Just for fun:

\documentclass[a5paper,twoside]{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage[framefit=yes,heightadjust=all,framearound=all]{floatrow}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}
\bgroup
\advance\baselineskip by 0pt plus 1fil %bwaa-ha-ha-ha
\lipsum[2]
\lipsum[3]
\egroup
\begin{figure}[H]
        \centering
        \begin{floatrow}
                \ffigbox[0.5\textwidth]{
                            \includegraphics[width=\linewidth,keepaspectratio=true]{74.jpeg}
                }{
                        \caption{some}
                        \label{fig:74}
                }
                \ffigbox[0.5\textwidth]{
                            \includegraphics[angle=90,width=\linewidth,keepaspectratio=true]{75.jpeg}
                }{
                        \caption{some}
                        \label{fig:74}
                }
        \end{floatrow}
\end{figure}

\lipsum[2]
\end{document}

With an underfull vbox, how to push everything to the top of the page?

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