[texhax] smaller title area in article class

[Uwe Lück]

At 17:17 23.11.06, Christopher W. Ryan wrote:
>In the default setting, the /maketitle command in article class uses up
>a lot of space at the top of the first page to make the title, author,
>and date.  Is there an easy way for me to make all that stuff
>smaller--smaller font, and less white space between lines?

(almost) impossible with Standard LaTeX. The standard answer is:
Peter Wilson's memoir class. Perhaps too big for just an article.
Now, what do you find when you google CTAN

    http://tug.ctan.org/search.html

a little for "maketitle"? Peter Wilson's titling package.

HTH -- Uwe.