I would like to create section headings that look like this:
-------------------- Some title --------------------
So a horizontal rule with text embedded in the middle. Should I use titlesec or fancyhdr packages for this? Does someone have an example?
Best Answer
Here is one way of doing this using
titlesec
. The vertically centered horizontal\hrulefill
called\Vhrulefill
was taken from Vertically centered horizontal rule filling the rest of a line?Specifying the package option
explicit
allows you to have more control over the placement of the sectioning title via the#1
parameter in\titleformat
. Of course, in this sense, you can also add a different space between the section and the horizontal rules (I've used~
in my example). However, this modification (as well as the sectional formatting) may all be up to personal preference. I've also used\bfseries\large
for the sectional headings which is different from what is defined inarticle.cls
. Here are the defaults:\section
:\normalfont\Large\bfseries
\subsection
:\normalfont\large\bfseries
\subsubsection
:\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries
\paragraph
:\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries
\subparagraph
:\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries
\quad
is the regular skip between the sectional number/counter and title/heading. It is defined as a horizontal skip of1em
, which is relative to the font size used - a good thing. Finally, if you want a regular rule at the baseline level, use\hrulefill
instead of\Vhrulefill
. Of course, any of the other methods described to provide a vertically centered\hrulefill
should also work.