[Tex/LaTex] Increase spacing in closing of cover letter in moderncv

Question

Using the moderncv package, how do I increase the spacing between the closing and the name after the closing i.e. increasing the space between "Yours faithfully" and "John Doe" in this picture

This is the default template.tex available at http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv/examples.

Answer 1

You can add vertical space in your name:

\firstname{\vspace{20pt}John}
\familyname{Doe}

Which will only change the spacing between Your's Faithfully and John Doe.

A different solution would be to change the spacing using the setspace package (add \usepackage{setspace} in your preamble). Change the spacing before adding the closing, for example:

\doublespacing
\makeletterclosing

or

\setstretch{2}
\makeletterclosing

This will, however, also change the space between John Doe and Attached: curriculum vitæ