From 2afe7889cda35fac47f107531233064a01b64dfa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Timothy Foley <foley@ru.is>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:59:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] copyright and outside look aligned

---
 main-dissertation.tex | 2 +-
 rudissertation.sty    | 9 +++++----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main-dissertation.tex b/main-dissertation.tex
index a8bb243..74b054a 100644
--- a/main-dissertation.tex
+++ b/main-dissertation.tex
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
 
 \begin{document}
-\printedcover{\MakeUppercase{\thetitle}}{ISSN XXXX-XXXX}%The printed cover has the title in uppercase
+\printedcover{\thetitle}{ISSN XXXX-XXXX}%Cover title and ISSN number
 \maketitle{}
 \disableindents{}%frontmatter material mostly doesn't need indents
 \copyrightpage{\thetitle}{0000-0000-0000-0000}{100}{ISBN 978-XXXX-XXXX-X-X (print version)\\
diff --git a/rudissertation.sty b/rudissertation.sty
index 80a62d7..20e45bf 100644
--- a/rudissertation.sty
+++ b/rudissertation.sty
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
   
   \setSingleSpace{1.8}\SingleSpacing%
   \begin{textblock*}{\textwidth}[0,0](30mm,110mm)%
-    \noindent\raggedright\textcolor{rugray}{\frontcovertitlefont#1}\par%UPPERCASE
+    \noindent\raggedright\textcolor{rugray}{\frontcovertitlefont#1}\par
   \end{textblock*}%
   % 
   \setSingleSpace{1.5}\SingleSpacing%    
@@ -180,11 +180,12 @@
 \newcommand{\copyrightpage}[6]{
   % actually in books, this is often on the left side
   \begin{coverleft}
-    \begin{vplace}[1.0] % ratio of space above and below
+    \setlength{\parskip}{\baselineskip}%without indents, we need blank line separators
+    %\begin{vplace}[1.0] % ratio of space above and below
       \begin{flushleft}
         \thetitle \\[\baselineskip]
         Short title: #1\\
-                  \theauthor\ \orcidlink{#2} (ORCID iD #2)\\[\baselineskip]
+                  \theauthor\ \orcidlink{#2} (ORCID iD #2)\\
               Copyright \textcopyright{} \the\year{} \ccbyncnd \\
       \end{flushleft}
       This work is licensed under the \href{http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/}{Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License}.
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ The images or other third party material in this thesis are included in the book
 If material is not included in the book's Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder.
 The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc.
 in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.\par
-    \end{vplace}
+%    \end{vplace}
     \begin{flushleft}