How to avoid two floats on the same page?

Question

I have a document with a few figures and tables. The figures are all specified as [t] and the tables as [b]. Right now, the compiler sometimes places two floats on the same page, leaving little space for the actual text on that page.

I would like each float to show up on a separate page, along with the text. This might come at the expense of increasing the number of pages for the document, but that is okay. How can I prevent two floats being placed on the same page?

Ideally, I would like to only prevent two top floats or two bottom floats on the same page, while still allowing one top and one bottom float.

Answer 1

To allow only one float per page, use:

\setcounter{totalnumber}{1}

To instead allow one top and one bottom float, use:

\setcounter{topnumber}{1}
\setcounter{bottomnumber}{1}
\setcounter{totalnumber}{2}