Space above chapter with titlesec

Question

The following code gives me some space above the chapter title, that I'd like to avoid:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\chapter}[frame]
  {}
  {\thechapter}
  {0pt}
  {}
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0cm}{0pt}{0pt}[0pt]


\begin{document}
\chapter{Chapter Title}

Fancy text.

\end{document}

See this image:

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The ellipse (added afterwards) is above the chapter title, but within the text area.

When I do the same with section instead of chapter, everything is fine:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\section}[hang]
  {}
  {\thesection}
  {0pt}
  {}
\titlespacing*{\section}{0cm}{0pt}{0pt}[0pt]

\begin{document}
\section{Section Title}

Fancy text.

\end{document}

section with titlesec

What makes \chapter so special in this respect? Is there a way to avoid the space above the chapter title with the package titlesec?

I remember having seen a similar question before and I think that egreg answered it; let me see if I can find it. — Gonzalo Medina, Sep 04 '12 at 20:08
@GonzaloMedina We just have to look through all of egreg's answers :-)) — topskip, Sep 04 '12 at 20:10

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

5

When I go back the amount of \topskip, everything is fine:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage{titlesec}

% \topskip 50pt

\titleformat{\chapter}[frame]{}{\thechapter}{0pt}{}
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0cm}{-\topskip}{0pt}[0pt]

\begin{document}
\chapter{Chapter Title}

Fancy text.

\end{document}

The {-50pt}{40pt} in the linked answer ( https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/63393 ) are not the correct values for the question above.

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edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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answered Sep 05 '12 at 10:37

topskip

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Your question uses style frame, while the answer has hang. – egreg Sep 05 '12 at 10:39
@egreg fixed, thanks. Results are the same. – topskip Sep 05 '12 at 10:45

Space above chapter with titlesec

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