lettersmoderncv
I am writing a cover letter using moderncv. The problem is when executing the latex file I get two pages with only my name in the second page. I would like to cut the space between sincerely and my name. How to do this ?
\makeletterclosing
will produce for example
Sincerely
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|
|---------------------> How to cut the space or make it small
| so that my name can be in the first page?
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My name
I would follow the procedure listed in Adding a signature on an online job application to obtain an electronic (vectorized) version of a signature. Assume the signature is called signature.pdf. Then you would add the following code to your document preamble:
\makeatletter
\renewcommand*{\makeletterclosing}{
\@closing\\[3em]%
\includegraphics{signature}\\% Insert signature
{\bfseries \@firstname~\@lastname}%
\ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@enclosure}}{}{%
\\%
\vfill%
{\color{color2}\itshape\enclname: \@enclosure}}}
\makeatother
The above redefinition of \makeletterclosing merely inserts \includegraphics{signature}\\ before printing the first/last name. You may want to reduce the space after the closing and the beginning of the signature (currently listed above as 3em).
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
\patchcmd{\makeletterhead}
{\begin{minipage}[t]{.5\textwidth}}
{\begin{minipage}[t]{.7\textwidth}}
{}
{}
moderncv)You can patch the command \makelettertitle so that the minipage containing this data is a little bigger. That is, add the following lines in the preamble (the package etoolbox is loaded by moderncv):
\patchcmd{\makelettertitle}
{\begin{minipage}[t]{.5\textwidth}}
{\begin{minipage}[t]{.7\textwidth}}
{}
{}
MWE:
\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper,sans]{moderncv}
\moderncvstyle{classic}
\moderncvcolor{black}
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
\nopagenumbers{}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\patchcmd{\makelettertitle}
{\begin{minipage}[t]{.5\textwidth}}
{\begin{minipage}[t]{.7\textwidth}}
{}
{}
%% Personal data
\firstname{New PhD}
\familyname{Scholar}
\address{31415 Pi Street}{Largeville, ND, 58202}
\mobile{+1~(502)~321~1234}
\email{scholar@gmail.edu}
\begin{document}
% recipient data
\recipient{New Work and Research Studies Search Committee\\E. Pluribus Unum School of Grant Proposals and Other Funding}{Blueberry University\\204 N. Peach Ave.\\Buymore, WI 78115}
\date{\today}
\opening{Dear Committee Members,}
\closing{Regards,}
\makelettertitle
\lipsum
\makeletterclosing
\end{document}
Output:
Best Answer
From my comment to a proper answer.
:)\makeletterclosingis redefined according to the style provided in\mderncvstyle. I didn't check the other styles, but withclassic, it suffices to patch the command and add the desired space.Let's say we want to have
1em. We can patch\makeletterclosingwithxpatch(my favourite package):Or we can rely on
etoolbox, which is already loaded bymoderncv:Then we are have:
The output:
Yay!
:)