[texhax] Uppercase Accented Characters with titlesec

[Uwe Lueck]

> Gesendet: Samstag, 19. April 2014 um 14:42 Uhr
> Von: "Alessandro Ceschini" <alescesc1986 at yahoo.it>
> Betreff: [texhax] Uppercase Accented Characters with titlesec
>
> Customized sections, etc., with titlesec display an odd quirk: uppercase
> accented characters on the SECOND line increase line spacing. This,
> however, doesn't occur on the first or third lines, nor in any other
> part of the text. Take a look for yourself.
>
[...]
> \subsection{Ce qu'il a a écrit au Président des États Unis est plus
> nouveau que le New Deal, plus juste que le Fair Deal des États Unis et
> aussi vieux que la Constitution des États-Unis. Qu'on le dise aux jeunes.}
>
> Could you please suggest a workaround?

For a real quick and dirty workaround, I would try \smash{États}.

Cheers,

    Uwe.