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What I want:

The title page of my report has custom margins to comply with my document's formatting guidelines. I use the package geometry for that, with the command \newgeometry{} for the title page.

Afterwards, I want my whole document to use custom fancyhdr headers and footers. Even blank left-hand pages created by the default argument openright must be numbered, including the first blank page immediately after the title (page 2).

I also want blank left-hand pages to have the mention "this page intentionally left blank" or something alike (most likely, it will be a decorative symbol); to do so, I use the solution described here.

My problem:

Everything behaves as expected on blank left-hand pages in the middle of the document (for example, page 4 in the minimal working example below). However, page 2, just after the title, has two issues:

  • The filler text is not centered
  • The page number is missing

Using the package showframe I can see that the custom geometry of the title page is not applied to the blank page 2, so it looks like it might not be a case of the headers/footers being offset and pushed outside of the page.

Correct left pages Incorrect left page after custom geometry title page

Here is my minimal working example:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{showframe}

% HEADERS AND FOOTERS
\usepackage{fancyhdr} 
\fancyhf{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\fancyfoot[RO, LE]{\thepage}
\pagestyle{fancy} %for regular pages
\fancypagestyle{plain}{\fancyhf{}\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}\fancyfoot[RO, LE]{\thepage}} % for the first page of new chapters


% CSUTOM "BLANK" LEFT-HAND PAGES
\makeatletter
\def\cleardoublepage{\clearpage\if@twoside \ifodd\c@page\else
\vspace*{\fill}
\begin{center}
This page intentionally left blank
\end{center}
\vspace{\fill}
%\thispagestyle{empty}
\newpage
\if@twocolumn\hbox{}\newpage\fi\fi\fi}
\makeatother


\begin{document}


\begin{titlepage}
\newgeometry{left=2.5cm, right=2.5cm, top=2cm, bottom=2cm}
This is the title page with custom margins.
\end{titlepage}


\chapter*{First chapter}
\lipsum[1-2]


\chapter*{Second chapter}
\lipsum[10-12]


\end{document}
Mowgli
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1 Answers1

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You need to restore the original geometry after the titlepage.

\begin{titlepage}
    \newgeometry{left=2.5cm, right=2.5cm, top=2cm, bottom=2cm}
    This is the title page with custom margins.
\end{titlepage}
\restoregeometry % added <<<<<<<<

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Simon Dispa
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  • Thanks! It works. I had tried to add it before \end{titlepage} but it turns out it needed to be after that command... – Mowgli Jul 26 '22 at 17:23