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Looking at the example provided in Different headers for different chapters, I noticed something strange: The vertical alignment of sections is varying. I was able to strip the effect down to the following (hopefully minimal) example:

\documentclass[12pt]{report}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}

\begin{document}

\chapter{My First Chapter}
\clearpage
\section{Section 1}
\clearpage
\section{Section 2}
\clearpage
\section{Section 3}

\end{document}

If you look closely, the vertical alignment of "Section 1" differs from those of "Section 2" and "Section 3" (which are the same). The effect disappears if you either a) refrain from using the fancyhdr package and \pagestyle{fancy} or b) switch to the 10pt class option. What is causing this strange vertical alignment?

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I think you can find in the log the complaint that due to insufficient \headheight the alignment might be uneven. Try to increase \headheight.

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  • I'll be damned. Package Fancyhdr Warning: \headheight is too small (12.0pt): Make it at least 14.49998pt. We now make it that large for the rest of the document. This may cause the page layout to be inconsistent, however.
    – lockstep
    Commented Dec 8, 2011 at 14:43
  • I was writing from a phone, so I could not run MWE, but I remember rhis warning :)
    – Boris
    Commented Dec 8, 2011 at 14:46

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