fancyhdrfontsizeheader-footer
Basically, I want the header fonts to use a different (smaller) font size than the size I set using \documentclass. What should be the option I'd be using ?
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[margin=1in, headsep=10pt]{geometry}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead[L]{Personal Statement} % What other option should I use to get a custom font size ?
You're halfway there. The following code should do what your require. See the comments in my code for explanation.
\documentclass[12pt]{scrreprt}
% The "12pt" class option sets \normalsize to 12pt and \footnotesize to 10pt.
% If not modified, the font size in footnotes will correspond to \footnotesize.
\usepackage[a4paper, left=2.5cm, right=3cm, top=2.5cm, bottom=2.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{mathptmx} % loads Times New Roman
\usepackage{setspace} % for interline spacing
\onehalfspacing % interline spacing of 1.5 in main text, 1 in footnotes
\usepackage{lipsum} % dummy text
% Here, I redefine \tabular to automatically switch to
% \footnotesize within the scope of a tabular environment.
\let\oldtabular\tabular
\renewcommand{\tabular}{\footnotesize\oldtabular}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Foo bar}
An outline of intellectual rubbish%
\footnote{Man is a rational animal, so at least I have been told.
Throughout a long life, I have looked diligently for evidence
in favour of this statement, but so far,
I have not had the good fortune to come across it.%
}
\lipsum[1-5]
\begin{table}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
\hline
hello & see ya & bye\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Foobar}
\end{table}
\end{document}
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:
\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.
Best Answer
Like Werner writes :
\fontsize{<size>}{<baselineskip}\selectfonttypesets whatever follows at size with a baseline skip of but I think\smallis a better way because a lot of things are adjusted correctly, the definition of\smallstarts with :example :