[Tex/LaTex] Name alignment in modern cv

moderncv

I would like that my given name (first name) in the CV appears aligned to the left, I am using \firstname{Juan Pablo} \familyname{Romero Garza}

thanks

\documentclass[11pt,letterpaper,sans]{moderncv}

\moderncvstyle{classic}                             
\moderncvcolor{black}                               

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}                       
\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}
\setlength{\makecvtitlenamewidth}{8cm}          

% personal data
\firstname{Juan Pablo}}
\familyname{Romero Garza}
\title{Curriculum Vitae}                               
\address{Steer number}{City zipcode}{Country}
\phone[mobile]{+1~(811)~408~6080}                   
\email{email}                               
\extrainfo{*Possibility of moving to another city}                 
\photo[74pt][0.4pt]{picture.png}  

\begin{document}
\makecvtitle
\end{document}

Best Answer

It seems that you are using an older version of moderncv. You used the command \makecvtitlenamewidth that has been renamed with version 2.0.0 of moderncv to \makecvheadnamewidth. I changed it in the following MWE.

Because there is a little bug (and therefore an updating to the current version 2.0.0 can not help) in class moderncv I used an patch to get a better distance between first and last name line (change [1ex] to your needs):

\usepackage{xpatch}
\makeatletter
\xpatchcmd{\makecvhead}{%
\namestyle{\@firstname\ \@lastname}%
}{%
\namestyle{\@firstname\\[1ex]\@lastname}% [25pt]
}{}{false}
\makeatother

I hope with a new version of moderncv this workaround is no more neccessary.

With the following complete MWE

\documentclass[11pt,letterpaper,sans]{moderncv} % version 2.0.0

\moderncvstyle{classic}
\moderncvcolor{black}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}
\setlength{\makecvheadnamewidth}{8cm} % used in older versions of moderncv! makecvtitlenamewidth

\usepackage{xpatch}
\makeatletter
\xpatchcmd{\makecvhead}{%
\namestyle{\@firstname\ \@lastname}%
}{%
\namestyle{\@firstname\\[1ex]\@lastname}% [25pt] <==========================
}{}{false}
\makeatother

% personal data
\firstname{Juan Pablo}%}
\familyname{Romero Garza}
\title{Curriculum Vit\ae}
\address{Street number}{City zipcode}{Country}
\phone[mobile]{+1~(811)~408~6080}
\email{email}
\extrainfo{*Possibility of moving to another city}
\photo[74pt][0.4pt]{example-image-a}

\begin{document}
\makecvtitle
\end{document}

you will get the wanted result:

The advantage of patching (instead of writing \familyname{\\[1ex]Romero Garza}) is that the resulting pdf has no errors in the bookmarks of the pdf.

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\cvlanguage is defined as:

\newcommand*{\cvlanguage}[3]{%
  \cvline{#1}{\begin{minipage}[t]{0.625\maincolumnwidth}\textbf{#2}\end{minipage}\hfill\begin{minipage}[t]{0.325\maincolumnwidth}\raggedleft\footnotesize\itshape #3\end{minipage}}}

What you have to do is redefine the command in your document changing the number 0.625 for something bigger (but smaller than one). Don't forget to change the 0.325 to something smaller (ideally the sum should stay the same). For example:

\renewcommand*{\cvlanguage}[3]{%
  \cvline{#1}{\begin{minipage}[t]{0.7\maincolumnwidth}\textbf{#2}\end{minipage}\hfill\begin{minipage}[t]{0.25\maincolumnwidth}\raggedleft\footnotesize\itshape #3\end{minipage}}}

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In newer versions, \cvlanguage has been changed to be

\newcommand*{\cvlanguage}[3]{\cvitemwithcomment{#1}{#2}{#3}}

This can be found in the style file moderncvcompatibility.sty.

The definition of \cvitemwithcomment are in the files moderncvbody{i-v}.sty, and is slightly more complicated, as it depends on the settings for that style of cv. It now calculates box sizes for placing the content.

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Modifying moderncvstylebanking.sty file itself, is a very very bad idea. Don't do it!

Add the following to your preamble:

\usepackage{xpatch}
    \makeatletter
    \xpatchcmd{\maketitle}{\titlestyle{~|~\@title}}{\par\vskip1ex\titlestyle{\@title}}{}{}
    \makeatother

MWE:

\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper,sans]{moderncv}
\moderncvstyle{banking}
\moderncvcolor{blue}
\usepackage[scale=0.85]{geometry}
\usepackage{multicol}
\firstname{John}
\familyname{Doe}
\title{Banking Executive}
\address{Address line 1}{Address line 2}
\mobile{Phone}
\email{Email}
\social[linkedin]{linkedin}
\social[github]{github}
\quote{Some quote}

\usepackage{xpatch}
\makeatletter
\xpatchcmd{\maketitle}{\titlestyle{~|~\@title}}{\par\vskip1ex\titlestyle{\@title}}{}{}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\makecvtitle
\section{Section}
\end{document}

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