How to write dedication properly?

Question

I'm trying to make some line vertical-spaces in dedication. But, I couldn't find how.

Here is the code that I'm using:

\newenvironment{dedication}
  {\clearpage           % we want a new page
   \thispagestyle{empty}% no header and footer
   \vspace*{\stretch{1}}% some space at the top 
   \itshape             % the text is in italics
   \raggedleft          % flush to the right margin
  }
  {\par % end the paragraph
   \vspace{\stretch{3}} % space at bottom is three times that at the top
   \clearpage           % finish off the page
  }

When I try this to get one empty lines. I get none.

\begin{dedication}
ABC \\ \\ DEF
\end{dedication}

And how do I please to change the font-style of John in this code:

\begin{dedication}
ABC \\ \\ DEF \\ \\
John
\end{dedication}

Thank you a lot!

Try ABC\\ \ \\ DEF. What font do you want? \textsl{}? – Sigur Mar 25 '14 at 00:43 — Sigur, Mar 25 '14 at 00:43

score 13 · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-25T00:59:29.903

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\newenvironment{dedication}
  {%\clearpage           % we want a new page          %% I commented this
   \thispagestyle{empty}% no header and footer
   \vspace*{\stretch{1}}% some space at the top
   \itshape             % the text is in italics
   \raggedleft          % flush to the right margin
  }
  {\par % end the paragraph
   \vspace{\stretch{3}} % space at bottom is three times that at the top
   \clearpage           % finish off the page
  }
\begin{document}
 \frontmatter              %% better to use this in book class
 \chapter{Dedication}
  \begin{dedication}
    ABC 
    \par   %% or a blank line
    \vspace{2\baselineskip}
    DEF

    \vspace{\baselineskip}
    \usefont{T1}{LobsterTwo-LF}{bx}{it}
    John
  \end{dedication}
%.
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\mainmatter             %% and use this for main chapters.
\chapter{Introduction}
\end{document}

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Instead of \vspace{2\baselineskip}, you can also use \medskip or bigskip etc. Another option is to use

ABC \\[2\baselineskip]
DEF

as mentioned in the comments above.

You can change the font style, by standard commands like \normalfont, \sffamily etc.

edited Mar 25 '14 at 00:59

answered Mar 25 '14 at 00:52

PERFECT! Would you please help me to add a title to this chapter called Dedication? – dgs Mar 25 '14 at 00:54
@user3289501 Where do you want the title exactly? See the answer and let me know if it is OK. – Mar 25 '14 at 01:00
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@user3289501 Dedication pages have no title, most of the times; the page contents itself makes clear that it's a dedication. – egreg Mar 25 '14 at 07:44
@egreg, can I write "With all the gratitude to..." instead of "Dedication", cause these have not the same meaning? – dgs Mar 25 '14 at 23:43
@user3289501 You can simply write Dedicated to. – Mar 26 '14 at 00:07

How to write dedication properly?

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