Page Layout ⇒ Double Rule in Header

[niner]

Hi, I use package 'fancyhdr' and I noticed that I can add a headrule in the header section. I learned that I can change the thickness of the line, and from fnacyhdr manual, I can change the \headrule from solid line to a dotted line. However, I don't understand the command used in the above change. Now I want to have the \headrule like this.
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two-line style, solid line, the above one is thicker than the bottom one, with 1pt vertical space in between.

Is this possible to achieve? How to change the \headrule for this purpose?

I've looked up in Internet but I can't find a solution. Please help me. Any comment is appreciated. Thank you.

[localghost]

You have to dig in the code of the fancyhdr package and pick up the relevant part for the definition of the rule.

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\documentclass[11pt,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\makeatletter
\def\headrule{{%
  \if@fancyplain\let\headrulewidth\plainheadrulewidth\fi
  \hrule\@height\headrulewidth\@width\headwidth\vskip2pt%
  \hrule\@height\headrulewidth\@width\headwidth\vskip-\headrulewidth\vskip-4pt
}}
\makeatother
\pagestyle{fancy}

\begin{document}
  \blinddocument
\end{document}

The blindtext package is only for creating dummy text. It is not part of the solution.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[niner]

Thank you Thorsten. Your code solved my problem. I slightly modified the code to generate a double-line, different thickness header and footer. Please find below about the code I used.

Thank you again, Thorsten.

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\documentclass[11pt,english]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\makeatletter
\def\headrule{{%
  \if@fancyplain\let\headrulewidth\plainheadrulewidth\fi
  \hrule\@height\footrulewidth\@width\headwidth\vskip1pt%
  \hrule\@height\headrulewidth\@width\headwidth\vskip-\headrulewidth\vskip-4pt
}}
%
\def\footrule{{%
  \if@fancyplain\let\footrulewidth\plainfootrulewidth\fi
  \vskip-\footruleskip\vskip-\footrulewidth
  \hrule\@height\headrulewidth\@width\headwidth\vskip1pt%
  \hrule\@height\footrulewidth\@width\headwidth\vskip\footruleskip
}}
\makeatother
\pagestyle{fancy}
%
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{1.5pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.5pt}
%
\begin{document}
  \blinddocument
\end{document}

[kswaibk]

Thanks Thorsten.

Solved my big problem that lasted for days, Mine required two head rules, the top being very thin compared to the thick one at the bottom, so this is what i used to get them into my latex fancy head. I simply added this code to my preamble.

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\def\headrule{{%
 \if@fancyplain\let\headrulewidth \plainheadrulewidth \fi
\hrule\@height\headrulewidth height 0.5pt\@width\headwidth\vskip2pt %
\hrule\@height\headrulewidth height 3pt \@width \headwidth\vskip-\headrulewidth\vskip-4pt %height2pt
}}

Note the addition of thickness e.g. height 3pt.