[texhax] How can I insert a vertical spacing relative to upper page limit?

[Lars Madsen]

Matthias F. Jütte :

> Hi!
>
> I am doing a titlepage using the titkepage-environment that is supposed to
> have a certain amount of vertical spacing before the title is being
> displayed. I tried to do that by using the \vspace-command, which works fine
> in all later parts of the same page, but it appears to refuse to apply the
> spacing when it is the first "output" on the page.
>


use \vspace*


> Here's the corresponding part of my document:
>
> ******
>
> \begin{titlepage}
> \doublespacing
>
> \vspace{5cm} <-- doesn't work
>
> \begin{center}
> \textbf{\huge{<mytitle>}}
>
> \vspace{3cm}
>
> \onehalfspacing
> <stuff>
> \vspace{0.3cm} <-- this works
> <stuff>
> \vspace{0.3cm} <-- works as well
>
> <more stuff and spacing>
>
> \end{titlepage}
>
> ******
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> TIA
> Matthias
>
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