[Tex/LaTex] Fitting fancyhdr’s chead in a colorbox

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I am trying to create a header using fancyhdr in which the rhead and lhead parts are two images, of the same and known size.

In the center, I would like to put some text (perhaps the document's title), but when it is too long, it does not fit in the header:

output

How could I force that line to break and fit in the colorbox? Should I use any other approach instead?

Here is what I have tried so far:

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt,onecolumn]{article}

% Packages needed
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}         % Latin Modern fonts
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{xcolor}

\graphicspath{{./images/}}

\definecolor{ctagblue}{HTML}{003366}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}

\setlength{\headheight}{3cm}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}

\lhead{\includegraphics[width=2cm]{Wikimedia-logo}}
\chead{\parbox[b][21mm][c]{10cm}{\colorbox{ctagblue}{\makebox[10cm][c]{\vrule height 1cm depth 1cm width 0pt \textcolor{white}{\bfseries loasdf sdofkjaosdjgas jkgaslk gjlsjasdlgk jasg alksdfj sdklfj alkdfj laskdfjasdf}}}}}
\rhead{\includegraphics[width=2cm]{Wikimedia-logo}}

\begin{document}
\chapter{Test}
\lipsum
\end{document}

The logo image has been taken from wikimedia.org.

EDIT 1

I would like to keep the box with a fixed dimension as shown in the image, so the height should be constant even when the text has one or multiple lines.

EDIT 2

Would it be possible to fit the text in the box even when it is very long? That would mean to automatically scale the font.

Best Answer

Here is a solution, using the natural height of the \parbox, no \makeboxused in \chead (and simpler code!). I also suggest the text in the header be in sans serif, to match the style of the logo (this may depeng on the real logo, of course). And the logo is rather large for a header, I suggest to let it partially flow into the margin:

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}

% Packages needed
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lmodern} % Latin Modern fonts
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{xcolor}

\graphicspath{{./images/}}

\definecolor{ctagblue}{HTML}{003366}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}

\setlength{\headheight}{3cm}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}

\lhead{\raisebox{-0.3\height}{\makebox[0pt]{\includegraphics[width=2cm]{Wikimedia-logo}}}}%
\chead{ \colorbox{ctagblue}{\parbox[b][][c]{10cm}{\textcolor{white}{\sffamily\bfseries loasdf sdofkjaosdjgas jkgaslk gjlsjasdlgk jasg alksdfj sdklfj alkdfj laskdfjasdf}}}}
\rhead{\raisebox{-0.3\height}{\makebox[0pt]{\includegraphics[width=2cm]{Wikimedia-logo}}}}

\begin{document}

\chapter{Test}
\lipsum

\end{document}

enter image description here

If you want the same height for the logo and the centre part of the header, replace the code for the header with this one (for a real height of 2cm, I need a parbox of 1.8 cm — I don't know why):

\lhead{\raisebox{-1mm}{\makebox[0pt]{\includegraphics[height=2cm]{Wikimedia-logo}}}}%
\chead{\setlength\fboxsep{0pt} \colorbox{ctagblue}{\parbox[b][1.8cm][c]{10cm}{\centering\color{white}\sffamily\bfseries loasdf sdofkjaosdjgas jkgaslk gjlsjasdlgk jasg alksdfj sdklfj alkdfj laskdfjasdf}}}
\rhead{\raisebox{-1mm}{\makebox[0pt]{\includegraphics[height=2cm]{Wikimedia-logo}}}}

enter image description here

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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:

enter image description here

\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.

[Tex/LaTex] Create header with left, center, and right aligned items

Please note that (very nearly absolutely almost) all questions should include a Minimum Working Example (MWE) or Minimal Non-Working Example (MNWE), depending on whether your question concerns how to do something or how to resolve an error. An MWE is code for a minimal but complete document which compiles when copy-pasted into an editor. An MNWE is code for a minimal but complete document which produces the error on attempted compilation after copy-pasting into an editor.

Also, Memoir has an excellent manual and, if you are using this class, there is no substitute for reading the parts relevant to your document. Memoir makes many packages unnecessary - fancyhdr is only one of them. It is also necessary to do certain things in your preamble and not do others in order for its layout mechanisms to work correctly. Presumably, you are using it because it produces good-looking output, but it will not do this if you don't follow the instructions carefully.

Of course, if you get stuck, people will be happy to help. But they cannot read the documentation for you.

\documentclass{memoir}
\makepagestyle{mine}
\makeevenhead{mine}{even left}{even centre}{even right}
\makeoddhead{mine}{odd left}{odd centre}{odd right}
\makeevenfoot{mine}{even left}{even centre}{even right}
\makeoddfoot{mine}{odd left}{odd centre}{odd right}
\checkandfixthelayout
\usepackage{kantlipsum}
\begin{document}
\kant[1-5]
\thispagestyle{mine}
\kant[6-10]
\end{document}

This is page 2 of the document above:

EDIT 1

EDIT 2

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