I'd like to design a chapter heading similar to the one in the picture below. I like to put a line between the number and the chapter name and also align the the chapter name to the left. I'm using the document class book. Any ideas how to do it?
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By chapter name do you mean the word ‘chapter’ or the chapter title? The picture is aligned on the right. So?… – Bernard Jul 17 '14 at 10:17
You can build your own chapterstyle with the titlesec package:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[explicit]{titlesec}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{type1cm}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]
{\normalfont\Large\rmfamily}
{\sffamily\flushright\fontsize{60}{0}\textbf{\textcolor{black!20}{{\Huge\chaptername}~\thechapter\vskip0pt\rule{\textwidth}{2pt}}}}{0pt}
{\flushleft\fontsize{30}{0}{#1}\vskip60pt}
\titlespacing*{\chapter}
{0pt}{-40pt}{0pt}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Enjoy the whitespace}
\lipsum[1]
\end{document}
The type1cm package is required for the font size.
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type1cmis required if you use computermodern. If you use another font that exists in type1 or opentype format, you don't need it. – Bernard Jul 17 '14 at 10:54 -
Thanks a lot Bernard! Good one! Two questions: 1) Where in the codes I can play around with the spacing before after the line? 2) How can I add "CHAPTER" before one? With a smaller size ... – LatexQuest Jul 17 '14 at 11:49
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To change the spacing before the line you can simply change the value of
\vskip0pt\rule...to any other value. If you want to change the space after you have to change the...}}}{0pt}at the end of the line – SLx64 Jul 17 '14 at 11:54 -
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Bernard, another question. How can I apply a separate font family to the title. I want just "Enjoy ..." part to be in normal latin font not ss. – LatexQuest Jul 17 '14 at 12:32
