I have an appendix that contains two full-page figures. The first page of the appendix is always blank except for the title — I suspect this is a common problem with appendices of full page figures.
I narrowed the problem down to a MWE that, as it turns out can be reproduced without appendices at all. Here it is:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[top=1in, bottom=1in, left=0.5in, right=0.5in]{geometry}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\section{Big Figure}
\begin{figure}[h]
\caption{Big Figure}
\includegraphics[height=0.76\vsize, width=0.4\hsize]{foo.png}
\end{figure}
\end{document}
which yields
Clearly there is enough room to fit this on a single page.
Changing to height=0.75
yields
Note the excessive white space below the figure.
What is going on here? Why can't this figure be bigger without creating a second page?
Best Answer
Since your image must go in a precise location, it doesn't make much sense to use a floating environment; use a
minipage
and\captionof
(from thecapt-of
orcaption
packages) to provide the caption: