On Thu, 5 Nov 2020 at 14:21, mf <massifr@fastwebnet.it> wrote:

> \blank[.25\paperheight,force]
>
> A blank at the top of a page is ignored, because usually you use a blank
> as a separator, that is useless at the top of a page, because the page
> break is enough to separate two texts.
>
> Sometimes you need a blank on top anyway, i.e. at the start of a chapter.
> In that case use "force".
>

Thanks Massi, this is exactly what I was looking for.

Sylvain