Page Layout ⇒ Problems with getting 1in bottom margin in geometry

[eggmanneo]

I'm formating my dissertation which has to have

• 1.5in left margin
  1in bottom, top ,and right margin
  Numbers in top-right corner

And here's my MWE using the lipsum package

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\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{fancyhdr} %to get page numbers in the upper right for dissertation printing
\usepackage{layout} %gives the layout figure

\usepackage[letterpaper, left=1.5in, top=1in, right=1in, bottom=1in, includehead ]{geometry} % for when I want page numbers in the upper right
\usepackage{lipsum} 


\begin{document}
 
%my title page and abstract would be here, which has different formating

%want to impose double spacing and page numbers in upper right after the title page and abstract
\doublespacing

\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[R]{\thepage \\ }
\fancyfoot{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\setlength{\headheight}{27pt} 

\lipsum[1-4]


\end{document}

When I do this, the bottom margin is less than 1in. I'm using PDFLaTeX to compile, and I'm in the US, so I want the standard US Letter size of 8.5in by 11in. In addition to measuring the margins with a physical printout, I'm also measuring it on my computer with the Linux program "Screen Ruler" and I get the same problem, so I don't think it's an issue with my print driver. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Johannes_B]

Even if your footer is empty, it is still there. Please load package showframe, that way you can see the head, the foot and the margincolumn. That could be the cause.

Defining fixed margins is a bad idea anyway. It almost always looks really ugly.