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I currently have a simple colorbox, I would like to increase its height. Is there a way to set a fixed height, or maybe a kind of padding? I added \hspace to add some space horizontally, but a \vspace has no effect.

I have package xcolor imported.

It is currently in a minipage as I want this text to be next to a logo. I am relatively new to LaTeX, there might beginner errors.


\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesClass{myclass}
\LoadClass[11pt,a4paper,final]{memoir}

\RequirePackage{xcolor}
\RequirePackage[pdftex]{graphicx}

...

\renewcommand{\maketitle}{
    \begin{minipage}{0.45\textwidth}
        \includegraphics{logo}
    \end{minipage}
    \begin{minipage}{0.45\textwidth}
        \raggedleft
        \colorbox{red}{
            \hspace{0.5cm}
            {\color{white}\large My text }
            \hspace{0.5cm}
        }
    \end{minipage}
}
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You can fix the height by inserting a \vphantom\ with the value you request for the height. In my example, I set the height to 2.5 cm.

The code for \hz is adapted from Yiannis Lazarides code in this answer.

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\documentclass[demo]{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\newcommand{\hz}{\vphantom{\parbox[c]{1cm}{\rule{1cm}{2.5cm}}}}

\begin{document}

\begin{minipage}{0.45\textwidth}
    \includegraphics{logo}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{0.45\textwidth}
    \raggedleft
    \colorbox{red}{%
         \hz
         \hspace*{0.5cm}%
        {\color{white}\large My text }%
         \hspace*{0.5cm}%
    }
\end{minipage}
\end{document}
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