CV: How to make \letteropening bigger?

[ReaderGuy42]

I can \lettertitle bigger via \lettertitlestyle but I can't find an equivalent for \letteropening

I would like to make the line bigger that starts Dear Mr./Mrs or whatever.

How is this possible?

Thanks!

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[ReaderGuy42]

Another question: How can I increase the distance between the lettertitle and the letteropening?

[dcsim]

% Define a title of the cover letter
% Usage: \makelettertitle
\newcommand*{\makelettertitle}{%
. . .
. . .
  \lettertextstyle{\@letteropening}
}

Letter opening is lettertextstyle. If you want it larger you could define a new style, using something like

\newcommand*{\letteropeningstyle}{\fontsize{12pt}{1.4em}\bodyfontlight\upshape\color{graytext}}

and then change the font used to that style e.g.

% Define a title of the cover letter
% Usage: \makelettertitle
\newcommand*{\makelettertitle}{%
. . .
. . .
  \letteropeningstyle{\@letteropening}
}

A way to increase the spacing between lettertittle and letteropening is to add \vspace{} as shown below, adjusting {1.4em} to whatever spacing you want.

% Define a title of the cover letter
% Usage: \makelettertitle
\newcommand*{\makelettertitle}{%
  \vspace{8.4mm}
  \setlength\tabcolsep{0pt}
  \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0pt}
  \begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}} L{\textwidth - 4.5cm} R{4.5cm}}
    \recipienttitlestyle{\@recipientname} & \letterdatestyle{\@letterdate}
  \end{tabular*}
  \begin{singlespace}
    \recipientaddressstyle{\@recipientaddress} \\\\
  \end{singlespace}
  \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@lettertitle}}
    {}
    {\lettertitlestyle{\@lettertitle}\vspace{1.4em} \\}
  \lettertextstyle{\@letteropening}
}

@OJFord: Can I nominate this to be closed?

[OJFord]

Yep certainly, thanks, I tend to convert general latex questions (by which I include 'I want to modify the class to make the style slightly different') into 'Discussions' when I see them, since they're not issues even before they're answered IMO.

(Unless they're phrased as or seem that they should be feature requests - 'this styling should be configurable' sort of thing. Otherwise I think the project's raison d'etre is surely as a somewhat 'opinionated'/pre-styled CV template/class, and such requests aren't going to lead to a code change.)

[chulao14]

I really naïve, sorry for the question.
I'm using Rstudio to build my CV, but I don't now how to do the cover letter. What command should I use?