Page Layout ⇒ Remove vertical space in \parbox

[Polina]

Hello all,

I am writing and article documentclass and my \parbox is adding extra vertical space between all lines, instead of the normal spacing. I have two parboxes next to each other:

\fbox {\parbox{8cm}{ \Large{FIRST FRAME}\\\\
\begin{normalsize}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
\end{normalsize}}}~~~~~~~~~
\fbox {\parbox{8cm}{ \Large{SECOND FRAME}\\\\
\begin{normalsize}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
\end{normalsize}}}


Can you please help me to figure out which command to use so that the boxes get a bit collapsed?
Thank you very much
Polina

[rais]

Hi,
the vertical space isn't introduced by the parbox, but by your misuse of \Large: it doesn't require a parameter, hence the line spacing is matched to \Large until the end of the \parbox.
Try it like this

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\fbox {\parbox{8cm}{{\Large FIRST FRAME\par}\bigskip
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
}}

(note the opening brace encompasses the \Large switch, now the size switches back to \normalsize all by itself)

KR
Rainer

[Polina]

Hi Rainer,
thank you so much! It worked!
Have a nice day
Polina