Usage of \vspace command from top of the page

Question

I am triying to write my thesis in Latex. I want to create a title page. In my title page i have some space with the texts. I tried to give it with \vspace but it works between text not from top of the page. Can you suppose me a way to do this?

Answer 1

In order to add space at the top of the page you have to say

\vspace*{3cm}

because the simple \vspace is removed at page breaks.

If you want precise positioning with respect to the page margins, you can use textpos. For instance

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{textpos}

\newcommand{\fromtop}[1]{%
  \dimexpr-1in-\topskip-\topmargin-\headheight-\headsep+#1\relax
}
\newcommand{\fromleft}[1]{%
  \dimexpr-1in-\oddsidemargin+#1\relax
}

\begin{document}

\begin{titlepage}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}

\begin{textblock*}{0pt}(\fromleft{2cm},\fromtop{3cm})
\makebox[0pt][l]{Text at the top}
\end{textblock*}

\begin{textblock*}{\textwidth}(\fromleft{5cm},\fromtop{6.5cm})
\makebox[0pt][l]{Text in the middle}
\end{textblock*}

\begin{textblock*}{\textwidth}(\fromleft{3cm},\fromtop{9.5cm})
\makebox[0pt][l]{Text at the bottom}
\end{textblock*}

\end{titlepage}

\end{document}

Another example, for centering the texts with respect to the page borders:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{textpos}

\newcommand{\fromtop}[1]{%
  \dimexpr-1in-\topskip-\topmargin-\headheight-\headsep+#1\relax
}
\newcommand{\fromleft}[1]{%
  \dimexpr-1in-\oddsidemargin+#1\relax
}

\begin{document}

\begin{titlepage}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}

\begin{textblock*}{\paperwidth}(\fromleft{0cm},\fromtop{3cm})
\centering
Text at the top
\end{textblock*}

\begin{textblock*}{\paperwidth}(\fromleft{0cm},\fromtop{6.5cm})
\centering
Text in the middle\\
with new line
\end{textblock*}

\begin{textblock*}{\paperwidth}(\fromleft{0cm},\fromtop{9.5cm})
\centering
Text at the bottom\\
with new line
\end{textblock*}

\end{titlepage}

\end{document}

Answer 2

I find tikzpagenodes to be perfect for laying out title pages. Note, you need to run this twice.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikzpagenodes}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\usepackage{mwe}

\begin{document} 
\thispagestyle{empty}% I assume you don't want a page number
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
\draw[red] (current page text area.south west) rectangle (current page text area.north east);
\node[below,inner sep=0pt,text width=\textwidth] at ($(current page.north)+(0,-3cm)$)
  {Notice that 3 cm is actually above the text area.};
\node[below,inner sep=0pt,text width=\textwidth] at ($(current page.north)+(0,-6.5cm)$)
  {This should be 6.5 cm below the top of the page.};
\node[below,inner sep=0pt,text width=\textwidth] at ($(current page.north)+(0,-9.5cm)$)
  {This should be 9.5 cm below the top of the page.};
\end{tikzpicture}
\newpage
\end{document}

Answer 3

The accepted answer is overcomplicated and with one potential bug. Try to write "Plus text text text" instead "Text text text" and think about the error message:).

What you need is something like this:

\newenvironment{mytextbox}[1]
    {\nointerlineskip \vbox to 0pt\bgroup\vskip#1\relax}
    {\vss\egroup}

Note: you need not to allocate special box, you need not to correct the vertical positions when \nointerlineskip is used.

Answer 4

Try this:

\newbox\mybox
\newenvironment{mytextbox}[1]
    {\vskip-\baselineskip\setbox\mybox=\vbox\bgroup\vskip#1\relax}
    {\egroup\ht\mybox=0pt\box\mybox}

At the beginning of the environment it starts a box and puts the appropriate vertical space at the top of it. The body of the environment goes into the box, and then at the end it sets the height to zero and prints the box. You probably will need to end the page using \newpage.

Example:

\documentclass{article}
\newbox\mybox
\newenvironment{mytextbox}[1]
    {\vskip-\baselineskip\setbox\mybox=\vbox\bgroup\vskip#1}
    {\egroup\ht\mybox=0pt\box\mybox}

\begin{document}
\begin{mytextbox}{3cm}
Text text text Text text text Text text textText text textText text textText text text
Text text textText text text Text text textText text textText text text
\end{mytextbox}


\begin{mytextbox}{6.5cm}
Text text text Text text textText text textText text textText text textText text text
Text text text Text text textText text textText text text
\end{mytextbox}
\end{document} 

Edit: Thanks to Wipet for catching a dumb mistake in my code. I recommend anyone who wants to use this environment to use Wipet's better answer further down on this page.

Answer 5

\documentclass{article}
\newbox\mybox
\newenvironment{mytextbox}[1]
{\vskip-\baselineskip\setbox\mybox=\vbox\bgroup\vskip#1}
{\egroup\ht\mybox=0pt\box\mybox}
\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
\begin{center}
\begin{mytextbox}{0.5cm}
    \textbf{asdf\\
    asdf ÜNİVERSİTESİ\\
    FEN BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜ}
\end{mytextbox}
\begin{mytextbox}{4cm}
    \textbf{asdgd ANABİLİM DALI}
\end{mytextbox}
\begin{mytextbox}{7cm}
    \textbf{adfhdsh}
\end{mytextbox}
\begin{mytextbox}{12.5cm}
    \textbf{DOKTORA TEZİ}\\
\end{mytextbox}
\begin{mytextbox}{13.5cm}
    \textbf{asfsdgd}\\
    \textbf{124235}
\end{mytextbox}
\begin{mytextbox}{17cm}
    \textbf{Tezin Savunma Tarihi: 00.00.0000}
\end{mytextbox}
\begin{mytextbox}{20.5cm}
    \textbf{Tez Danışmanı: asgsdggf}
\end{mytextbox}    
\end{center}
\begin{mytextbox}{24cm}
 Bu Yüksek Lisans/Doktora Tez Çalışması sagfdfhgdh Üniversitesi………………’nolu Proje ile desteklenmiştir.
\end{mytextbox}
\end{titlepage}
\end{document} 

I typed this command and it worked. I dont understand wipet answer.