[Tex/LaTex] CV and cover letter in same file with own titles: Moderncv

moderncv

I'd like to add my cover letter with the title "Cover letter" after my CV part in moderncv. I use classic style and I tried to add \title{Cover letter} after the \clearpage and before \makelettertitle but it doesn't print it anything. Has someone solved this problem?

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv} 


\moderncvstyle{classic}                           
\moderncvcolor{blue}                               

\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}
\title{Curriculum vitae}
\name{John}{Doe}


\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagestyle{empty}
\makecvtitle

\title{Cover letter}
\recipient{HR Departmnet}{Corporation\\123 Pleasant Lane\\12345 City, State} 
\date{\today} 
\opening{Dear Sir or Madam,} 
\closing{Sincerely yours,}


\makelettertitle
\end{document}

I'd like to print "cover letter" title with same font/size as the curriculum vitae title on the cover letter portion of my application.

Best Answer

Update (moderncv v2.0)

With moderncv v2.0, the command to be patched is no more \makelettertitle but \makeletterhead, so the correct patch for this version is

\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\makeletterhead}
  {\recomputeletterlengths}
  {\recomputeletterlengths\titlestyle{\@title}\par\vspace{2cm}}
  {}
  {}
\makeatother

Original answer (works with older versions of moderncv)

Add the following lines in your preamble:

\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\makelettertitle}
  {\recomputeletterlengths}
  {\recomputeletterlengths\titlestyle{\@title}\par\vspace{2cm}}
  {}
  {}
\makeatother

MWE:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}


\moderncvstyle{classic}
\moderncvcolor{blue}

\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\makelettertitle}
  {\recomputeletterlengths}
  {\recomputeletterlengths\titlestyle{\@title}\par\vspace{2cm}}
  {}
  {}
\makeatother

\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}
\title{Curriculum vitae}
\name{John}{Doe}


\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagestyle{empty}
\makecvtitle

\clearpage

\title{Cover letter}
\recipient{HR Departmnet}{Corporation\\123 Pleasant Lane\\12345 City, State}
\date{\today}
\opening{Dear Sir or Madam,}
\closing{Sincerely yours,}

\makelettertitle
\end{document}

Output:

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