Placing figures at the bottom of two-column articles

Question

I've read numerous posts about placing figures at the bottom of two-column articles, and worked out that using \usepackage{dblfloatfix} is the way to go. However, I can't work out how to do it so the figure shows at the first page of the article.

It brings the figure to the bottom of the page, but at the the bottom of the second page, not the first page. I've tried combining the !b with h, but nothing changed.

\documentclass[twoside,twocolumn,9pt]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}  % For fill text
\usepackage{graphicx} % For example picture

\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{dblfloatfix}

\begin{document}
\twocolumn[
    \begin{@twocolumnfalse}
    % Header first page
    \noindent\LARGE{\textbf{Article title which doesn't split in two columns}}
    \end{@twocolumnfalse} \vspace{1cm}

  ]


\section{Section A}
\lipsum[1-4]

\begin{figure*}[!b]
 \centering
 \includegraphics[width=0.4\linewidth]{example-image-a}
\end{figure*}

\section{Section B}
\lipsum[5-8]

\section{Section C}
\lipsum[9-14]

\end{document}

I would really appreciate some help, thanks in advance.

Related: How can I place a double-wide figure float (ie, figure*) on the bottom on the first page of a two-column document and How to put a full-width table at the top or bottom of the same two-column page as the reference text? — leandriis, Jan 04 '20 at 13:00
Thanks for your reply, however there was an easier approach (see answer) — Christian P., Jan 04 '20 at 13:37

Zarko · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-04T17:05:10.180

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In normal circumstance is not allowed to have figures over two column on the bottom of the first page (due to information about article, which are usually as footnote at bottom of the first column). If you still like to have figure there, you can help yourself by using of the stfloats package:

\documentclass[twoside,twocolumn,9pt]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}   % For fill text
\usepackage{graphicx} % For example picture

\usepackage{stfloats} % <---

\begin{document}
\twocolumn[
    % \begin{@twocolumnfalse}
    % Header first page
    % \noindent
    \LARGE\textbf{Article title which doesn't split in two columns}
    % \end{@twocolumnfalse} 
    \vspace{1cm}
          ]

\section{Section A}
\lipsum[1]
\begin{figure*}[!b]
 \centering
 \includegraphics[width=0.6\linewidth]{example-image-a}
\end{figure*}
\lipsum[2-4]

\section{Section B}
\lipsum[5-8]

\section{Section C}
\lipsum[9-14]

\end{document}

edited Jan 04 '20 at 17:05

answered Jan 04 '20 at 13:31

Zarko

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Fantastic, it worked like a charm! Thank you, you saved my day :) – Christian P. Jan 04 '20 at 13:36
Is the @twocolumnfalse really needed, since the optional argument of \twocolumn is always one column? – John Kormylo Jan 04 '20 at 15:50
not here (nor the \noindent or the brace group around \textbf) but it is needed if for example you use \maketitle in there so it knows to use a full width layout. – David Carlisle Jan 04 '20 at 16:07

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