Multiple line attribution at end of quote/verse environment

Question

I want to be able to write an attribution at the end of a quote/verse environment that spans multiple lines. I found this answer which suggests this piece of code

\def\signed#1{{\unskip\nobreak\hfil\penalty50
    \hskip2em\hbox{}\nobreak\hfil\sl#1
    \parfillskip=0pt \finalhyphendemerits=0 \par}}

I have adapted it by changing its name from \signed to \attribute, removing \sl and replacing it with \small.

I have tried using this \attribute{...} code on separate lines to achieve what I'm looking for. However, this requires me to manually reduce the vertical space between lines, I'm currently using vspace{-0.15cm}. This is an inelegant solution I know, is there a better way to do this? Ideally, I wouldn't have to use \attribute{...} on separate lines like this and could just write \attribute{First line \\ Second line \\ Third Line} and it would get all the spacing correct. (If there was a way I could specify the line spacing for the attribution using \setstretch that would be ideal)

Code

\documentclass[11pt]{book}
\usepackage[a5paper,inner=2.5cm,outer=1.5cm,bottom=2.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{ebgaramond}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{setspace}
\setstretch{1.1}

\def\attribute#1{{\unskip\nobreak\hfil\penalty50
    \hskip2em\hbox{}\nobreak\hfil\small #1
    \parfillskip=0pt \finalhyphendemerits=0\par}}

\begin{document}

\blindtext
%
\begin{verse} 
There is pleasure in the pathless woods,\\
There is rapture in the lonely shore, \\
There is society where none intrudes,\\
By the deep Sea, and music in its roar:\\
I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

\attribute{\textsc{Lord Byron}}
\vspace{-0.15cm}
\attribute{\textit{Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage}}
\vspace{-0.15cm}
\attribute{Canto IV, st. 178--186}
\end{verse}
%
\blindtext

\end{document}

Steven B. Segletes · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-17T22:18:54.117

3

Stack it!

EDITED to change attribution size to \small and reduce the line spacing therein. Also, made it part of \attribute macro.

\documentclass[11pt]{book}
\usepackage[a5paper,inner=2.5cm,outer=1.5cm,bottom=2.5cm]{geometry}
%\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
%\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
%\usepackage{ebgaramond}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage[usestackEOL]{stackengine}
\setstackgap{L}{11pt}
\setstretch{1.1}

\def\attribute#1{\hfill{\small\Longstack[r]{#1}}}

\begin{document}

\blindtext
%
\begin{verse} 
There is pleasure in the pathless woods,\\
There is rapture in the lonely shore, \\
There is society where none intrudes,\\
By the deep Sea, and music in its roar:\\
I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

\attribute{
  \textsc{Lord Byron}\\
  \textit{Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage}\\
  Canto IV, st. 178--186}
\end{verse}
%
\blindtext

\end{document}

edited Jun 17 '18 at 22:18

answered Jun 17 '18 at 22:09

Steven B. Segletes

237,551

Thanks, is there an easy way to make everything within this stack appear \small? Also, is there a way to control line spacing within it, using \setstretch perhaps? – Milo Jun 17 '18 at 22:15
1

@Milo Of course. Done. With the long stack, \setstackgap{L}{...} does the line spacing trick. – Steven B. Segletes Jun 17 '18 at 22:19
1

@milo I am a mind reader. Did it before you asked. – Steven B. Segletes Jun 17 '18 at 22:29
1

@Milo So we are both mind readers! – Steven B. Segletes Jun 17 '18 at 22:30

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 18 '18 at 08:58

You can use a flushright combined with a spacing environment to specify the line spacing. You will need to set \topsep to 0pt and (perhaps) remove some vertical space afterwards:

\documentclass[11pt]{book}
\usepackage[a5paper,inner=2.5cm,outer=1.5cm,bottom=2.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{ebgaramond}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{setspace}
\setstretch{1.1}

\newenvironment{attribute}{%
  \setlength{\topsep}{0pt}%
  \begin{spacing}{0.9}%
    \begin{flushright}%
      \small}%
{\end{flushright}%
  \end{spacing}%
  \vspace{-\smallskipamount}%
}

\begin{document}
\showoutput
\blindtext
%
\begin{verse}
There is pleasure in the pathless woods,\\
There is rapture in the lonely shore, \\
There is society where none intrudes,\\
By the deep Sea, and music in its roar:\\
I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

\begin{attribute}
  \textsc{Lord Byron}\\
  \textit{Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage}\\
  Canto IV, st. 178--186
\end{attribute}
\end{verse}
%
\blindtext

\end{document}

Multiple line attribution at end of quote/verse environment

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