fancyhdr
How do I change (only!) the font in the running headers in article class. I know the answer: use fancyhdr. However, the defaults in fancyhdr are very different from the article class, which means I have to design a pagestyle in fancyhdr, which means I have to read the fancyhdr manual, which is 76 pages long. All to change the fonts in the running headers. Surely there's an easier way.
Two good answers. Thank you!
We can just redefine the relevant headers before the bibliography. In this case,
\fancyhead[LE]{\slshape BIBLIOGRAPHY}
is enough. However, this will also affect the heading on the current page unless we insert \clearpage. This doesn't result in an extra page because the start of the bibliography begins a new page in any case. What it does is ensure that the current page is output with the current headings before the change is made to the header.
Somewhat simplified modified version of your MWE:
\documentclass[a4,11pt,twoside]{book}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead[LE]{\slshape COMEDY}
\fancyhead[RE]{}
\fancyhead[LO]{\hfill \slshape \leftmark}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\usepackage{kantlipsum}
\title{My title}
\author{My name}
\date{}
\begin{document}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{.4pt}
\chapter{example}
\kant[1-3]\clearpage
\fancyhead[LE]{\slshape BIBLIOGRAPHY}
\begin{thebibliography}{99}
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\end{thebibliography}
\end{document}
And the result:
If you don't want to redefine plain (even temporarily), you can redefine thebibliography (from apacite.sty).
\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage[natbibapa]{apacite}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\fancyhf{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\fancyhead[R]{\thepage}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\makeatletter
\def\thebibliography#1{%
\@ifundefined{chapter}%
{\st@rtbibsection}%
{\if@sectionbibdefault
{\@ifundefined{@mainmatterfalse}%
{\st@rtbibchapter\thispagestyle{fancy}}%
{\if@mainmatter
\st@rtbibsection
\else
\st@rtbibchapter\thispagestyle{fancy}%
\fi
}%
}%
\else
\if@sectionbib
\st@rtbibsection
\else
\st@rtbibchapter\thispagestyle{fancy}%
\fi
\fi
}%
\bibliographytypesize % e.g., to put the bibliography in \small type
\bibliographyprenote % some explanatory note before the references
\@ifundefined{APAC@metaprenote@\APAC@extra@b@citeb}%
{}% skip
{\csname APAC@metaprenote@\APAC@extra@b@citeb\endcsname}%
\list{\relax}{\labelsep=\biblabelsep
\parsep=\bibparsep
\itemsep=\bibitemsep
\leftmargin=\bibleftmargin
\itemindent=\bibindent}% changed to cope with 4th ed.
\def\newblock{\hskip .11em plus .33em minus .07em}%
\sloppy\clubpenalty4000\widowpenalty4000
\sfcode`\.=1000\relax %'
\bt@beg@thb@hook
\APACrestorebibitem
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\chapter{Test}
\thispagestyle{fancy} %% This works
\lipsum[1-4]
\citep{R, lme4, MCMCglmm, MASS, lmerTest, gplots, foreign, CAR, brms}
\bibliographystyle{apacite}
\bibliography{references}
\end{document}
Alternatively, you could just add
\makeatletter
\let\ps@plain=\ps@fancy
\makeatother
just before the bibliography.
Best Answer
Here is how to do it with
fancyhdr(version 4 or later):You are talking about running headers, so I assume you use
\pagestyle{headings}. Fancyhdr has an option to emulate this pagestyle, but with a rule under the headers, which you can easily eliminate. To change the font, the font definition can be put in\fancyhfinit. In the example I choose boldface sans serif as the font.