Page Layout ⇒ Top margin on first page is bigger than I have set

[Mimi_Mikhail]

Hello!

Below is my MWE. I noticed that the top margin of the first page of every chapter is bigger than what I have set. It is 3cm and not 2cm which is what I want. What did I do wrong?

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\usepackage[a4paper,lmargin=4.0cm,rmargin=2.0cm,tmargin=2.0cm,bmargin=2.0cm]{geometry}

\usepackage{titlesec}
\renewcommand{\chaptername}{CHAPTER}
\titleformat{\chapter}[hang]
{\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries\centering}{\chaptertitlename\ \thechapter:}{2mm}{\normalsize\uppercase}
\titlespacing{\chapter}{0pt}{0pt}{\baselineskip}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy} 
\fancyhf{} 
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\fancyfoot[R]{\footnotesize\thepage}

\fancypagestyle{plain}{\fancyhf{}\fancyfoot[R]{\footnotesize\thepage}}

\begin{document}
\chapter{Introduction}
\lipsum[1-10]
\chapter{Methodology}
\lipsum[11-20]
\end{document}

Regards,
Mimi

[Johannes_B]

It seems like titlesec is introducing a new line there. You can use a negative space for the before skip. Package showframe can help you to show where the typearea is.

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\titlespacing{\chapter}{0pt}{-1\baselineskip}{\baselineskip}

In addition to the generic standard classes, memoir and the KOMA-classes are available. Both of them have very very good manuals; at the beginning of both a few notes about page layout and margins. You should definnitely look into that. Your document is barely readable from a typographic point of view.

[Mimi_Mikhail]

It works! Thank you! And thanks for the additional info Johannes.