Epigraph bottom page

Question

Is there a more elegant way to keep the epigraph at the bottom of the chapter page (with no content-text)?

I could simply update/change the \beforeepigraphskip but that will cause me problems when the epigraph has more lines. I am trying to avoid extra packages since memoir already includes a lot.

I did try to follow this question, but the solution did not work, maybe I am just adding the \vfill at the wrong spot. Hard to tell since OP did not include full MWE...

MWE:

\documentclass[openleft]{memoir} 
\usepackage[]{csquotes}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\setlength{\epigraphwidth}{0.7\textwidth}
\setlength{\epigraphrule}{0pt}
\setlength{\beforeepigraphskip}{32\baselineskip}
\setlength{\afterepigraphskip}{3\baselineskip}
%
\makechapterstyle{mykoma}{
    \renewcommand*{\chapterheadstart}{\vspace{\beforechapskip}}
    \setlength{\beforechapskip}{2\onelineskip}%
    \setlength{\afterchapskip}{1.5\onelineskip}%
    \renewcommand*{\printchaptername}{ }%
    \renewcommand*{\chapternamenum}{}%
    \renewcommand*{\chapnumfont}{\fontfamily{phv}\selectfont\bfseries\normalsize}%
    \renewcommand*{\printchapternum}{\chapnumfont \thechapter\space}%
    \renewcommand*{\afterchapternum}{}%
    \renewcommand*{\chaptitlefont}{\fontfamily{phv}\selectfont\bfseries\normalsize}
    \renewcommand*{\afterchaptertitle}{\par \vspace{2ex}\rule{\columnwidth}{0.35cm}}
}
\begin{document} 
    \chapterstyle{mykoma}
    \chapter{Revisão Bibliográfica} \label{cha:revisao}
    \vspace*{-8ex}
    \epigraph{\blockquote{Someone said something really worth repeating.}}%
    {Not me, 1787, etc. }
\lipsum[1-3]
\end{document}

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 08 '22 at 00:49

You can either redefine the way \epigraph works, inserting the appropriate spacing/content that suits your needs:

\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\epigraph}[2]{\par\vfill%\vspace{\beforeepigraphskip}
  {\epigraphsize\begin{\epigraphflush}\begin{minipage}{\epigraphwidth}
    \@epitext{#1}\\ \@episource{#2}
    \end{minipage}\end{\epigraphflush}
    \pagebreak%\vspace{\afterepigraphskip}%
}}
\makeatother

This replaces \vspace{\beforeepigraphskip} with \par\vfill (to push the epigraph down) and \vspace{\afterepigraphskip} with \pagebreak. Since memoir naturally sets its content using \flushbottom, \pagebreak will ensure a full stretch of the space above to have the epigraph at the bottom of the page.

Alternatively, keep the original definition and insert a hook to break the page after \epigraph with a 0pt \afterepigraphskip:

\setlength{\beforeepigraphskip}{\fill}
\setlength{\afterepigraphskip}{0pt}
\AddToHook{cmd/epigraph/after}{\pagebreak}

Here is a complete minimal example using the latter approach:

\documentclass[openleft]{memoir}
\usepackage[]{csquotes}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\setlength{\epigraphwidth}{0.7\textwidth}
\setlength{\epigraphrule}{0pt}
\setlength{\beforeepigraphskip}{\fill}
\setlength{\afterepigraphskip}{0pt}
%
\makechapterstyle{mykoma}{%
  \renewcommand{\chapterheadstart}{\vspace{\beforechapskip}}
  \setlength{\beforechapskip}{2\onelineskip}%
  \setlength{\afterchapskip}{1.5\onelineskip}%
  \renewcommand{\printchaptername}{ }%
  \renewcommand{\chapternamenum}{}%
  \renewcommand{\chapnumfont}{\fontfamily{phv}\selectfont\bfseries\normalsize}%
  \renewcommand{\printchapternum}{\chapnumfont \thechapter\space}%
  \renewcommand{\afterchapternum}{}%
  \renewcommand{\chaptitlefont}{\fontfamily{phv}\selectfont\bfseries\normalsize}
  \renewcommand{\afterchaptertitle}{\par \vspace{2ex}\rule{\columnwidth}{0.35cm}}
}
\AddToHook{cmd/epigraph/after}{\pagebreak}
\begin{document}
\chapterstyle{mykoma}%
\chapter{Revisão Bibliográfica} \label{cha:revisao}
\vspace*{-8ex}
\epigraph{%
  \blockquote{Someone said something really worth repeating.}}%
    {Not me, 1787, etc. }
\lipsum[1-3]
\end{document}

Epigraph bottom page

1 Answers1