chaptersformattingsectioning
I'm working on my thesis, and I need my chapter titles to be centered so it says "CHAPTER " and then immediately under it the actual chapter title. Right now I have
\titleformat{\chapter}{\normalfont \center}{CHAPTER \thechapter}{}{}
but I can't figure out how to get the new line to work, as
\titleformat{\chapter}{\normalfont \center}{CHAPTER \thechapter \\}{}{}
fails to compile.
Here's one possible solution using two \parboxes (change the fonts and lengths to suit your needs):
\documentclass{memoir}
\newlength\chaptitlelength
\setlength\chaptitlelength{4cm}
\makeatletter
\makechapterstyle{mystyle}{%
\renewcommand{\chapnamefont}{\normalfont\Huge\itshape}
\let\chapnumfont\chapnamefont
\renewcommand{\chaptitlefont}{\normalfont\huge\scshape}
\def\printchaptername{\parbox[t]{\chaptitlelength}{\chapnamefont\@chapapp\space\chapnumfont\thechapter}}
\def\printchapternum{}
\def\afterchapternum{\space}
\def\printchapternonum{}
\def\printchaptertitle##1{\parbox[t]{\dimexpr\linewidth-\chaptitlelength-2em\relax}{%
\chaptitlefont\raggedright\scshape ##1}}
\def\afterchaptertitle{\par\nobreak\vskip \afterchapskip}
}
\makeatother
\chapterstyle{mystyle}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Introduction to my research and what it's all about}
\end{document}
To have the chapter heading to appear on a page of its own, add a \clearpage in the last optional argument for \titleformat. To have the heading vertically centered, add \vfill before and after the title is typeset:
\documentclass[11pt]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]
{\vfill\filcenter}
{{%
\filcenter\fontsize{48pt}{48pt}\usefont{T1}{phv}{m}{n}\MakeUppercase{\chaptername}
\fontsize{48pt}{48pt}\selectfont\thechapter%
}%
}
{5pt}
{\Huge\usefont{T1}{phv}{b}{n}%
\parbox{\textwidth-\widthof{\LARGE\sffamily\MakeUppercase{\chaptername}}}%
}[\vfill\clearpage]
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{0pt}{0pt}
\begin{document}
\setcounter{chapter}{21}
\chapter{Chapter Title}
\section{Section one}
\lipsum[1]
\section{Section two}
\chapter{Another chapter}
\section{Section one}
\lipsum[2]
\end{document}
To prevent these settings from affecting the ToC, LoF and LoT, you might also need a definition using the numberless key to apply to those unnumbered chapters:
\titleformat{name=\chapter,numberless}[display]
{\filcenter}
{{%
}%
}
{5pt}
{\Huge\usefont{T1}{phv}{b}{n}%
}
Best Answer
To center, the package offers you
\filcenter; the fourth mandatory argument cannot be empty (it requires some length, even0pt); this argument controls the vertical separation (sincedisplayformat is used) between the label "Chapter #" and the actual title. No need to explicitly write "CHAPTER"; you can use\MakeUppercase{\chaptertitlename}. Adjust the settings according to your needs: