On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 05:27:20AM +0000, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > As far as I can see, the last thing not obeying the 'text block' is > the table of contents. I can't see any reason why this is so – > actually, the page number is uncomfortably near to the top line of the > TOC, as can be seen on the attached image. [This is with @afourpaper > in case it matters.]
It is due to the use of \raggedbottom, which is from plain TeX and sets \topskip to 10pt, which was 36pt by default and 44pt with @afourpaper. I am not sure if the \raggedbottom is actually achieving what was intended here, if the contents pages actually are raggedbottom.
