Fancy header and footer with lines aligned with chapter lines corner numbering nightmare

Question

I am fighting with a very horrible master thesis template. Some smart _ss designed some features which couldn't be done in MS Word without manual correction so I'm trying to make it works in LaTeX to hack it.

I stuck on headers and footers. They should consist a horizontal line aligned with the chapter lines on and text. The header should have the capitalized chapter name. The footer should have a static text: "page" on the first line of text block and odd/even corner numbering on the second page. All with Verdana font.

See attached pictures.

I've tried to mess around with fandyhdr but my LaTeX skill is not good enough. Could somebody help me? Thank you.

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Here is my template code:

\documentclass[a4paper,twoside]{report}% http://ctan.org/pkg/amsproc
\usepackage[top=3.00cm, bottom=3.00cm, inner=3cm, outer=3.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[x11names,table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{fourier}
\usepackage{microtype}
\SetTracking[no ligatures={f}]{encoding=*}{80}
\usepackage[strict]{changepage}%
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[explicit]{titlesec}%
\usepackage[export]{adjustbox}
\usepackage{biblatex}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{lipsum}


% BARVY
\definecolor{ukred}{RGB}{160,0,0}
\definecolor{ukgray}{RGB}{128,128,128}
\definecolor{ukredlight}{RGB}{160,0,0}
\definecolor{ukgraylight}{RGB}{192,192,192}

% TABULKY A OBRÁZKY
\usepackage{chngcntr}
\counterwithout{figure}{chapter}
\usepackage[font={color=ukgray},figurename=Obr.,tablename=Tab.,labelfont={color=ukgray,bf}]{caption}
\captionsetup{justification   = raggedright,singlelinecheck = false}

\counterwithout{table}{chapter}
\rowcolors{1}{ukgraylight}{white}

\renewcommand{\contentsname}{Obsah}

% NUMBERS AND LINES AT CAPTIONS
\titleformat{\chapter}[hang]
{\bfseries\fontsize{14pt}{14pt}\selectfont\color{ukred}\lsstyle}
{\checkoddpage\ifoddpage\llap{\makebox[\dimexpr\marginparsep+\marginparwidth\relax][l]{\rule[-1.25ex]{\marginparwidth}{0.5ex}\llap{}}}\thechapter\enspace\else\thechapter\enspace \fi}
{0pt}
{\MakeUppercase{#1}\checkoddpage\ifoddpage\else\hfill\rlap{\makebox[\dimexpr\textwidth + \marginparsep][l]{\hspace{\marginparsep}\rlap{\rule[-1.25ex]{\marginparwidth}{0.5ex}}\thechapter}}\fi}%\titlerule[1.5pt]
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{2ex}{1ex}
%
\titleformat{\section}
{\bfseries\large}
{\checkoddpage\ifoddpage\llap{\makebox[\dimexpr\marginparsep+\marginparwidth\relax][l]{\rule[-1.25ex]{\marginparwidth}{0.5ex}\llap{}}}\thesection\enspace\else\thesection\enspace \fi}
{0pt}
{#1\checkoddpage\ifoddpage\else\hfill\rlap{\makebox[\dimexpr\textwidth + \marginparsep][l]{\hspace{\marginparsep}\rlap{\smash{\rule[-1.25ex]{\marginparwidth}{0.5ex}}}\thesection}}\fi}%\titlerule[1.5pt]
\titlespacing*{\section}{0pt}{1ex}{0.5ex}

\titleformat{\subsection}
{\bfseries}
{\checkoddpage\ifoddpage\llap{\makebox[\dimexpr\marginparsep+\marginparwidth\relax][l]{\rule[-1.25ex]{\marginparwidth}{0.5ex}\llap{}}}\thesubsection\enspace\else\thesubsection\enspace \fi}
{0pt}
{#1\checkoddpage\ifoddpage\else\hfill\rlap{\makebox[\dimexpr\textwidth + \marginparsep][l]{\hspace{\marginparsep}\rlap{\smash{\rule[-1.25ex]{\marginparwidth}{0.5ex}}}\thesubsection}}\fi} \titlespacing*{\subsection}{0pt}{1ex}{0.5ex}
%%%%%%%%%

% HEADER

% FOOTER
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyfoot[LE,RO]{\color{ukgraylight}\hrule height 2.84pt \vspace{0.1cm} \textsf{\small{strana}\\ \vspace{0.15cm} \textbf{\Large{\thepage}}}}

% CITACE
\addbibresource{citace.bib}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\chapter{Nadpis 1. úrovně}

\lipsum[1]

\section{Nadpis 2. úrovně}
\lipsum[2]

\subsection{Nadpis 3. úrovně}

\lipsum[3]

\chapter{První kapitola dizertace}
\lipsum[1]\par
    Tady odcitujeme nějaký zdroj, ať víš, jak se vkládají. K tomu si budeš bohužel muset přečíst : \href{https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Bibliography_Management}{tento článek:}, ale na druhou stranu, věř mi, že s přibývajícím zdroji se Ti to automatické generování stylu bude hodit. Citace pro \LaTeX Ti totiž umožní kde jaká slušná databáze, takže se Ti to ve výsledku všechno zjednoduší. Takže nějaké citace% \cite{einstein}. Nebo další \cite{dirac}.

\begin{figure}[ht!]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=110mm, cfbox = ukgray 1mm 0pt]{Auticko.png}
    \caption{Autíčko s tlustým popiskem bez názvu kapitoly, netlustým textem a pojebkaným rámečkem okolo...\label{overflow}}
\end{figure}
Tady bude zase nějaká tabulka...\par

\begin{table}[htb]
    \centering
    \caption{Nějaká tabulka}
%       \cfbox ukgray 1mm 0pt{
    \begin{tabular}{r|r|r|r}
        N & R & C &   T \\ \hline % odd -- lightblue (wrong)
        8 & 8 & 4 & 444 \\        % even 
        9 & 8 & 4 & 124 \\        % odd -- lightblue (wrong)
        10 & 8 & 4 & 672 \\        % even 
    \end{tabular}

\end{table}

\section{Nadpis 2. úrovně}
\lipsum[2]
\lipsum
\section{Nadpis 2. úrovně}
\lipsum
\lipsum

\chapter{Seznam použitých zkratek a symbolů}
\chapter{Seznam použitých zdrojů}
\printbibliography



\end{document} 

Answer 1

For the record, this is one of the worst styles I've seen. Not only does it not conform to standard typographical conventions. It does not even conform to its own. It is horribly inconsistent, lop-sided and distracting.

But if you have to use it, you have to use it. I would hate to try doing this in Word. It isn't much fun even in LaTeX.

• The reason the side rule things are running to the paper's edge is because they use the width of the space allowed for marginal notes, but they are typeset on the opposite side of the text block, which does not allow room for such things. I've hard-coded the inner margin width, but you could pick this up programmatically if you needed to. The width of the rule is stored in \siderulewidth and set equal to 30mm less twice \marginparsep, in a vain attempt to keep at least some sense of symmetry.

• fancyhdr provides macros for setting offset's for foot and head rules. We then have to compensate by adjusting for the weird placement of the header and footer content.

• We use etoolbox to patch \footrule and \headrule for colour.

• The titlesec configuration is altered to use \siderulewidth and to eliminate the need for \dimexpr, we load calc.

• hyperref needs to be loaded last.

• For the sake of the example, demo is used and the .bib altered as I don't have the files specified in the original.

The result is, I think, the desired awkwardness in all its lumbering glory.

The code contains some additional explanation in the form of comments

\documentclass[a4paper,twoside, demo]{report}
\usepackage[top=3cm, bottom=3cm, inner=3cm, outer=3.5cm, headheight=18pt]{geometry}% 18pt is the minimum height required to accommodate the current header
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{fourier}
\usepackage[x11names,table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[strict]{changepage}
\usepackage{chngcntr}
\usepackage[export]{adjustbox}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage[explicit]{titlesec}
\usepackage[font={color=ukgray},figurename=Obr.,tablename=Tab.,labelfont={color=ukgray,bf}]{caption}
\usepackage{etoolbox,calc}
\usepackage{biblatex}
\usepackage{microtype}
\SetTracking[no ligatures={f}]{encoding=*}{80}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\usepackage{hyperref}% load last unless using cleveref or similar, which must be loaded right after

% BARVY
\definecolor{ukred}{RGB}{160,0,0}
\definecolor{ukgray}{RGB}{128,128,128}
\colorlet{ukredlight}{ukred!50}% not sure what this should be but presumably not identical to ukred - this makes mixes 50% ukred with 50% white
\definecolor{ukgraylight}{RGB}{192,192,192}

% TABULKY A OBRÁZKY
\counterwithout{figure}{chapter}
\captionsetup{justification   = raggedright,singlelinecheck = false}

\counterwithout{table}{chapter}
\rowcolors{1}{ukgraylight}{white}

\renewcommand{\contentsname}{Obsah}

% This is the width of the side rules.
\newlength\siderulewidth
% The inner margin is 30mm.
% This subtracts twice the value of \marginparsep, so the side rules will be \marginparsep from the text block and from the edge of the paper.
% \marginparwidth isn't suitable here because we are setting the rules in the inner margin and not the outer one.
\setlength\siderulewidth{30mm-2\marginparsep}

% NUMBERS AND LINES for sectional divisions (NOT captions)

% chapters
\titleformat{\chapter}[hang]
{\bfseries\fontsize{14pt}{14pt}\selectfont\color{ukred}\lsstyle}
{\checkoddpage\ifoddpage\llap{\makebox[\marginparsep+\siderulewidth\relax][l]{\rule[-1.25ex]{\siderulewidth}{0.5ex}\llap{}}}\thechapter\enspace\else\thechapter\enspace \fi}
{0pt}
{\MakeUppercase{#1}\checkoddpage\ifoddpage\else\hfill\rlap{\makebox[\textwidth + \marginparsep][l]{\hspace{\marginparsep}\rlap{\rule[-1.25ex]{\siderulewidth}{0.5ex}}\thechapter}}\fi}%\titlerule[1.5pt]
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{2ex}{1ex}

% sections
\titleformat{\section}
{\bfseries\large}
{\checkoddpage\ifoddpage\llap{\makebox[\marginparsep+\siderulewidth\relax][l]{\rule[-1.25ex]{\siderulewidth}{0.5ex}\llap{}}}\thesection\enspace\else\thesection\enspace \fi}
{0pt}
{#1\checkoddpage\ifoddpage\else\hfill\rlap{\makebox[\textwidth + \marginparsep][l]{\hspace{\marginparsep}\rlap{\smash{\rule[-1.25ex]{\siderulewidth}{0.5ex}}}\thesection}}\fi}%\titlerule[1.5pt]
\titlespacing*{\section}{0pt}{1ex}{0.5ex}

% subsections
\titleformat{\subsection}
{\bfseries}
{\checkoddpage\ifoddpage\llap{\makebox[\marginparsep+\siderulewidth\relax][l]{\rule[-1.25ex]{\siderulewidth}{0.5ex}\llap{}}}\thesubsection\enspace\else\thesubsection\enspace \fi}
{0pt}
{#1\checkoddpage\ifoddpage\else\hfill\rlap{\makebox[\textwidth + \marginparsep][l]{\hspace{\marginparsep}\rlap{\smash{\rule[-1.25ex]{\siderulewidth}{0.5ex}}}\thesubsection}}\fi} \titlespacing*{\subsection}{0pt}{1ex}{0.5ex}


% FOOTER / HEADER
\fancyhf{}
% NOTE: style is not even consistent!!
\fancyfoot[RE]{% on even pages, the footer is in the inner margin
  \hspace*{\textwidth}%
  \begin{minipage}{\siderulewidth+\marginparsep}%
    \flushleft
    \color{ukgraylight}%
    \sffamily\small strana \\ \vspace{0.15cm} \textbf{\Large\thepage}%
  \end{minipage}%
}
\fancyfoot[LO]{% on odd pages, the footer begins at the end of the inner margin
  \hspace*{\dimexpr\siderulewidth+\marginparsep}%
  \begin{minipage}{\textwidth}%
    \flushleft
    \color{ukgraylight}%
    \sffamily\small strana \\ \vspace{0.15cm} \textbf{\Large\thepage}%
  \end{minipage}%
}
% header always goes on the left, regardless of page, but we need to account for the offset on odd pages
\fancyhf[loh]{\hspace*{\dimexpr\siderulewidth+\marginparsep}\color{ukgraylight}\Large\sffamily\MakeUppercase{\leftmark}}
\fancyhf[leh]{\color{ukgraylight}\Large\sffamily\MakeUppercase{\leftmark}}
% presumably these are meant to be the same
\renewcommand*\footrulewidth{2.84pt}
\renewcommand*\headrulewidth{2.84pt}
% set the offset for head and foot rules
\fancyheadoffset[ref,lof]{\marginparsep+\siderulewidth}
\makeatletter
% add colours for head and foot rules
\patchcmd{\footrule}{\hrule\@width}{\color{ukgraylight}\hrule\@width}{\typeout{footrule patched OK!}}{\typeout{Oh, no! Could not patch footrule.}}
\patchcmd{\headrule}{\hrule\@height}{\color{ukredlight}\hrule\@height}{\typeout{headrule patched OK!}}{\typeout{Oh, no! Could not patch headrule.}}
% abolish differences between plain and regular page styles
\let\ps@plain\ps@fancy
\makeatother
\pagestyle{fancy}
% we don't want numbers in the headers; we don't want section or subsections - just always the chapter name, so mark everything this way
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{% p.10 manual
  \markboth{#1}{}}

% CITACE
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\chapter{Nadpis 1. úrovně}

\lipsum[1]

\section{Nadpis 2. úrovně}
\lipsum[2]

\subsection{Nadpis 3. úrovně}

\lipsum[3]

\chapter{První kapitola dizertace}
\lipsum[1]\par
    Tady odcitujeme nějaký zdroj, ať víš, jak se vkládají. K tomu si budeš bohužel muset přečíst : \href{https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Bibliography_Management}{tento článek:}, ale na druhou stranu, věř mi, že s přibývajícím zdroji se Ti to automatické generování stylu bude hodit. Citace pro \LaTeX Ti totiž umožní kde jaká slušná databáze, takže se Ti to ve výsledku všechno zjednoduší. Takže nějaké citace% \cite{einstein}. Nebo další \cite{dirac}.

\begin{figure}[ht!]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=110mm, cfbox = ukgray 1mm 0pt]{Auticko.png}
    \caption{Autíčko s tlustým popiskem bez názvu kapitoly, netlustým textem a pojebkaným rámečkem okolo...\label{overflow}}
\end{figure}
Tady bude zase nějaká tabulka...\par

\begin{table}[htb]
    \centering
    \caption{Nějaká tabulka}
%       \cfbox ukgray 1mm 0pt{
    \begin{tabular}{r|r|r|r}
        N & R & C &   T \\ \hline % odd -- lightblue (wrong)
        8 & 8 & 4 & 444 \\        % even
        9 & 8 & 4 & 124 \\        % odd -- lightblue (wrong)
        10 & 8 & 4 & 672 \\        % even
    \end{tabular}

\end{table}

\section{Nadpis 2. úrovně}
\lipsum[2]
\lipsum
\section{Nadpis 2. úrovně}
\lipsum
\lipsum

\chapter{Seznam použitých zkratek a symbolů}
\chapter{Seznam použitých zdrojů}
\printbibliography

\end{document}