Is there a way to write a header with left- and right-aligned text without using the package Fancyhdr?
[Tex/LaTex] Left and right text in header without Fancyhdr
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You can box the contents of the widest element and use this to width-adjust the shorter one:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}% http://ctan.org/pkg/fancyhdr
\newsavebox{\myheadbox}% Heading storage box
\pagestyle{fancy}
\rhead{\textsc{Tutorial\\The periodic table}}
\lhead{\textsc{\savebox{\myheadbox}{University of somewhere}\makebox[\wd\myheadbox][r]{My city}\\\usebox{\myheadbox}}}
\cfoot{\thepage}
\begin{document}
hello
\end{document}
\myheadbox contains the "University of somewhere" (in the appropriate font, \scshape). Then, "My city" is right-aligned in a \makebox of width \wd\myheadbox (width of \myheadbox).
You have several possibilities:
1) Using titleps
\documentclass[twoside]{article}
\usepackage{titleps}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\newpagestyle{mystyle}{
\sethead[\thepage][\Author][]{}{\Title}{\thepage}
}
\pagestyle{mystyle}
\author{First Author \and Second Author}
\title{The title}
\makeatletter
\newcommand\Author{First Author---Second Author}
\let\Title\@title
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\lipsum[1-20]
\end{document}
2) Using fancyhdr (with \renewcommand\headrulewidth{0pt} there will be no rule in the header):
\documentclass[twoside]{article}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[LE,RO]{\thepage}
\fancyhead[CE]{\Author}
\fancyhead[CO]{\Title}
\renewcommand\headrulewidth{0pt}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\author{First Author \and Second Author}
\title{The title}
\makeatletter
\newcommand\Author{First Author---Second Author}
\let\Title\@title
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\lipsum[1-20]
\end{document}
3) Without packages:
\documentclass[twoside]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\author{First Author \and Second Author}
\title{The title}
\makeatletter
\newcommand\Author{First Author---Second Author}
\let\Title\@title
\def\ps@mystyle{%
\let\@oddfoot\@empty\let\@evenfoot\@empty
\def\@evenhead{\makebox[0pt][l]{\thepage}\hfill\Author\hfill}%
\def\@oddhead{\hfill\Title\hfill\makebox[0pt][l]{\thepage}}%
\let\@mkboth\markboth}
\makeatother
\pagestyle{mystyle}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\lipsum[1-20]
\end{document}
Addendum:
In comments, it has been requested a solution without using the twoside class option:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\author{First Author \and Second Author}
\title{The title}
\makeatletter
\newcommand\Author{First Author---Second Author}
\let\Title\@title
\def\ps@mystyle{%
\let\@oddfoot\@empty\let\@evenfoot\@empty
\def\@oddhead{%
\ifodd\value{page}\relax
\hfill\Title\hfill\makebox[0pt][l]{\thepage}%
\else
\makebox[0pt][l]{\thepage}\hfill\Author\hfill%
\fi%
}%
\let\@mkboth\markboth}
\makeatother
\pagestyle{mystyle}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\lipsum[1-20]
\end{document}
Best Answer
I defined some macros for easier access to the headers. You have to use the
twosideoption of the documentclass to actually distinguish between odd and even pages (without all pages are treated as odd).