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In the short tex file below compiled with TeXShop 4.68, you can see that my \bigskip on line 8 is ignored (no vertical space between the title and the text) ; also the last-but-one line in the output is a blank line I didn't ask for in the source. Where does this come from ? How may I fix it ?

\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage[a4paper,margin=1cm,nohead,foot=0.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\pagestyle{plain}
\begin{document}
\bigskip
\noindent{\large\bf Kyrie} (p. 91)\newline
\bigskip
Kyrie, eleison. Christe, eleison. Kyrie, eleison. (3x3)\newline
\bigskip
{\large\bf Gloria} (p. 92)\newline
\bigskip
Gloria in excelsis Deo ; et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.\newline
Laudamus te.\newline
\end{document}

Output :

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David Carlisle
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Note \bf should not be used (it is not defined by default in latex, although some classes define it for compatibility with documents from the 1980s)

You are using \bigskip in horizontal mode mid-paragraph so it is saved (in a vadjust node) and the vertical space added after the line in which the command was issued.

You probably wanted to add the space at that point, so remove the \newline commands and replace by a blank line, then the paragraph will end and \bigskip will be seen in vertical mode and add space at that point.

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\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage[a4paper,margin=1cm,nohead,foot=0.5cm]{geometry}

\pagestyle{plain}
\usepackage{parskip}


\begin{document}


\textbf{\large Kyrie} (p. 91)


Kyrie, eleison. Christe, eleison. Kyrie, eleison. (3x3)


\textbf{\large Gloria} (p. 92)


Gloria in excelsis Deo ; et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.


Laudamus te.
\end{document}

Here I specified (parskip package) that paragraphs should not be indented but should be separated by vertical space so \noindent, \newline and \bigskip markup dropped from each instance.

David Carlisle
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  • Thanks for your feedback. If bf is not to be used, what should I replace it with ? – user40960 Oct 16 '21 at 09:10
  • @user40960 a latex command such as \textbf or \bfseries (\bf isn't even mentioned in the latex book) I put an example in the answer – David Carlisle Oct 16 '21 at 09:13
  • Well, \bf is mentioned as a standard in my dog-eared, obsolete LaTeX manual from another era ... :-) – user40960 Oct 16 '21 at 09:18
  • @user40960 as I say, some classes define it for compatibility with documents from before 1993, the latex format hasn't defined it since then, seems like only yesterday... – David Carlisle Oct 16 '21 at 09:20
  • @user40960 actually I guess the Laudamus te. isn't a new paragraph so remove that blank line and add \\ after voluntatis. if you want a forced line break (or \newline is same thing as \\) – David Carlisle Oct 16 '21 at 10:43