I think I am just too new to the LaTeX environment.
Do I just change the font size to fit the title into a single line? Then how do one change the font size of the title? Is there any other smart/automatic way of doing it?
Title means the title for the whole document, not chapter titles. Originally, I wanted to resize the fonts so that it can fit into one line, but then later I thought there was no issue for a 2-line title, so I kind of ignored the issue and kept on working. However, it would be still nice to know how to adjust the font size on the title.
Here is an example:
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\title{\textbf{This Is A Very Long Title That Cannot Be Fitted Into One Line}}
\author{Author}
\date{}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\end{document}
I am sorry I didn't update the question earlier. Thanks to everyone for the comments!
Best Answer
I wouldn't consider what you're asking good practice, but you can redefine the
\@maketitle
macro (which is internally used by thearticle
class to typeset the title), to put the title into a box and scale it to the appropriate width using the\resizebox
macro from thegraphics
/graphicx
package. Here's an example that might fit your needs:Here, the title font properties are stored in
\title@font
, so you can change them at your own discretion. As an example, I set the title in a bold font. In particular, I would advise you to adjust the font size in the definition of\title@font
, e.g.\Large
,\Huge
,\normalsize
, ... , to match the proper optical font size as closely as possible, i.e. that the title has to be scaled by as small an amount as possible.