Vertically aligning tabular cell contents with respect to one another

Question

I have a simple table that can be recreated with the simple MWE below, I am compiling with XeLaTeX:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[letterpaper, left=19mm, right=19mm, top=3.52cm, bottom=2.84cm, headheight=38.7pt]{geometry}
\usepackage{setspace}
\setstretch{1.15}

\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{array}

\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Arial}

\usepackage{microtype}

\begin{document}

\begin{flushleft}
\begin{tabular}{@{}m{4.4cm}m{12.5cm}@{}}
\hline
\textbf{TO:} & Mr.\noindent and Mrs.\noindent J. Doe \\[0.54cm]
\hline
\textbf{SUBJECT:} & This is just a sample subject that is design to illustrate the text wrapping\\[0.54cm]
\hline
\textbf{DATE:} & \today \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{flushleft}

\end{document}

Which produces the following table:

As you can see in the first two rows, the contents of the cells next to one another aren't vertically aligned by their respective centres, I've added hlines to make this obvious. How can I centre them properly?

Answer 1

If you want to increase the height of the rows, you should go via \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{<someFactor>}.

% arara: xelatex

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[letterpaper, left=19mm, right=19mm, top=3.52cm, bottom=2.84cm, headheight=38.7pt]{geometry}
\usepackage{setspace}
\setstretch{1.15}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{array}

\begin{document}
%\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.5} % adjust value to your needs
\noindent
\begin{tabular}{@{}m{4.4cm}m{12.95cm}@{}} % increased to maximum width
    \toprule
    \textbf{TO:} & Mr.\ and Mrs.\ J.~Doe \\%\addlinespace % if you need some space after your row
    \midrule
    \textbf{SUBJECT:} & This is just a sample subject that is design to illustrate the text wrapping\\
    \midrule
    \textbf{DATE:} & \today \\
    \bottomrule
\end{tabular}   
\end{document}