How to make a title of two or more lines?

Question

My document has a long title, so I want the title spans two lines.

I've use this:

\title{my title that must be in two or more lines}

but it doesn't work. How can I get it done?

possible duplicate of How do I put multiple lines in a title? — Werner, May 17 '12 at 15:51
I don't think this is a duplicate -- the other question is about the apa6 class and its somewhat peculiar [tag:titles] behaviour. — lockstep, May 17 '12 at 17:52
All: I've edited the other question to highlight that it is focussed on APA6, which is then distinct from this general question. — Joseph Wright, May 18 '12 at 06:22

score 28 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 18 '17 at 10:39

28

Use the double backslash:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\title{First line of title \\
Second line of title}\maketitle
\end{document}

edited Jul 18 '17 at 10:39

David Carlisle

answered May 16 '12 at 21:18

felixgaal

1

I had the feeling this messes up the metadata injected by hyperref, i.e. the PDF title contains the linebreak. – Frederick Nord Jun 23 '21 at 10:00

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered May 16 '12 at 21:17

8

Use the line break operator \\.

answered May 16 '12 at 21:17

Lars Kotthoff

2 Answers2