Add more rows to the title field
/**
 * hook_form_FORM_ID_alter() function implementation.
 * @param unknown_type $form
 * @param unknown_type $form_state

 */
function yourmodule_form_article_node_form_alter(&amp;$form, &amp;$form_state) {
    // Add your own function to the array of validation callbacks
    $form['title'] = array(
            '#type' =&gt; 'textarea',
            '#title' =&gt; 'Title1',
            '#required' =&gt; 1,
    );
    return $form;
}


I have created for article node type. You can use same for other node typw also.
I have used hook_form_FORM_ID_alter() API function.