[Tex/LaTex] Edit page headers

fancyhdrformattingheader-footer

I am trying to edit my page titles with fancyhdr package. I want the top left of the page to present [section number]. [section name]
in boldface and small caps. for example:

3.2. PYTHAGORAS THEOREM

I noticed that \leftmark puts the small-caps letter in a nice way (with proper space between them, and also straight, which doesn't happen with some other methods) but if I try to edit it

\renewcommand{\leftmark}{...}

I lose the small caps.
What is the best way to achieve what I want?

An example code to build on:

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,english]{book}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\fancyhead[LE,LO]{\leftmark}
\fancyhead[RE,RO]{\bfseries \thepage}
\pagestyle{fancy}

\usepackage{blindtext}
\begin{document}
    \chapter{My first chapter}
    \blindtext
    \section{My first section}
    \blindtext[10]  
\end{document}

Best Answer

I recommend using formatting commands within fancyhdr commands, such as in \fancyhead, instead of redefining \leftmark. More important, you need to use a font with bold small caps. The default font doesn't have small caps. This could be the reason why you notice you loose small caps when switching to bold.

In your example, with kpfonts, you would get bold small caps text in the header:

\usepackage{kpfonts}
\fancyhead[LE,LO]{\textsc{\textbf{\nouppercase{\leftmark}}}}

heading with bold small caps

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I'll do with the assumption that you don't want the header in the chapter starting page:

\documentclass[12pt, a4paper, reqno,oneside]{book}

\usepackage{amsmath,amsxtra,amssymb,latexsym, amscd,amsthm}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{lipsum} % just for the example

\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[L]{gggggggggggggggggggg}
\fancyhead[R]{\makebox[0.58\linewidth]{\small\leftmark}}
\fancyfoot[R]{\thepage}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.2pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.2pt}

\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
  \fancyhf{}%
  \fancyfoot[R]{\thepage}%
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}%
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.2pt}%
}


\setlength{\headheight}{14.5pt} % as recommended by fancyhdr

\begin{document}

\chapter{Title}
\lipsum[1-20]

\end{document}

There's no need for a \parbox, unless your titles are unusually long. However I'd set them flush right. If you really need a \parbox, don't use \begin{center}...\end{center} in it, but

\parbox{<length>}{\centering <contents>}

and don't forget to look at the warnings by fancyhdr to know the correct value to assign to \headheight.

If you need to change the page style for other pages, define a specific style:

\fancypagestyle{peculiar}{% use whatever name you please
  \fancyhf{}% clear all the headers and footers
  % now define the contents of the various fields
  \fancyfoot[R]{\thepage}%
  %...
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}% rule at the top
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.2pt}% rule at the bottom
}

and issue \thispagestyle{peculiar} where you need it. By redefining the plain page style you have a different style on the chapter starting pages.

[Tex/LaTex] How to make pages after the first come out correctly with fancyhdr

If you don't set a proper head height, fancyhdr reports the following:

Package Fancyhdr Warning: \headheight is too small (XX.Xpt): 
 Make it at least YY.YYYYpt.
 We now make it that large for the rest of the document.
 This may cause the page layout to be inconsistent, however.

As such, the newly-set \headheight will be the same throughout the document. To avoid this, I've created the following minimal document that sets a consistent head height, adding a vertical space (gap) on the first page to simulate a larger header:

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{fancyhdr,datetime,geometry,lipsum,graphicx}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%date in format Sunday, October 25, 2011
\usdate
\def\theday {\dayofweekname{\day}{\month}{\year}}
\def\mydate {\theday , \today}

%%%%%%%%%%return address%%%%%%%%%%
\def\myname         {Frank Thorne}
\def\mydeptname     {Department of Mathematics}
\def\myaffiliation  {University of South Carolina}
\def\mystreet       {1523 Greene Street}
\def\mycitystatezip {Columbia,~SC \quad 29208}
\def\myphone        {\textit{Phone:} (803)404-4057 (home)}
\def\office         {(803)777-4224}
\def\fax            {\textit{Fax:}(803)777-3783}
\def\email          {thorne@math.sc.edu}
\def\url            {\texttt{http://www.math.sc.edu/~thornef}} % NOTE: use $\sim$ for tilde
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%margins%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\geometry{
  margin = 1in,
  headheight = 13.5pt
}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} %controls how the indentation of new paragraphs behaves
\setlength{\parskip}{6pt} %controls the space between paragraphs

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%letterhead%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\fancyfoot{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
\pagestyle{fancy}%

\fancypagestyle{firstpage}{
  \fancyhf{}% Clear header/footer
  %%%usc logo
  \fancyhead[L]{\raisebox{\dimexpr-\height+\baselineskip}[0pt][0pt]{\includegraphics[width=2.5in]{example-image}}}
  %%%%%%%%%%return address on right%%%%%%%
  \fancyhead[R]{\leavevmode\footnotesize\itshape%
  \begin{tabular}[t]{l@{}}
    \myname \\ \mydeptname \\
    \myaffiliation \\ \mystreet \\
    \mycitystatezip \\ \email \\[\normalbaselineskip]
    \mydate
  \end{tabular}}
}

\begin{document}

\thispagestyle{firstpage}

\vspace*{8\baselineskip}

\lipsum[1-10]

\bigskip

\hspace{.5\textwidth}%
\begin{tabular}{@{}l}
  Sincerely, \\[2\normalbaselineskip]
  Frank Thorne \\
  \textit{Assistant Professor of Mathematics}
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

I've used geometry to adjust the page layout - it's just easier/more convenient.

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