scrletter/scrlttr2 footer position and format

Question

Using scrletter, I cannot get the exact same footer as on the first page (position and text). Here's a MWE:

\documentclass[a4paper,
headlines=8.1,
headheight=3cm,
footlines=1.1,
footheight=2cm,
parskip=full,
british]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[a4paper,
%    %showframe,
rmargin=2cm,
marginparsep=0cm,
marginparwidth=0cm,
footskip=1cm,
lmargin=2cm,
bmargin=2cm,
tmargin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[%
foldmarks=false,
fromalign=right,
fromrule=off,
refline=dateleft,
fromphone=false,
fromemail=true,
pagenumber=footright,
fromlogo=false]{scrletter}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[en-GB]{datetime2}
\DTMlangsetup[en-GB]{ord=raise}
\usepackage[british]{babel}
%\usepackage{showframe}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% dummy text
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[pdflang=en-GB]{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
    colorlinks=true,
    linkcolor=black,
    filecolor=magenta,
    urlcolor=blue,
    %pdftitle={Overleaf Example},
    %pdfpagemode=FullScreen,
}
\clearpairofpagestyles
\renewcommand*\pagemark{\thepage of \letterlastpage}
\let\letterpagemark\pagemark
\setkomavar{firstfoot}{\raggedleft \thepage\ of \letterlastpage}
\setkomavar{nextfoot}{\usekomavar{firstfoot}}
\renewcommand*{\letterpagestyle}{scrheadings}
\rofoot{\usekomavar{nextfoot}}
\refoot{\usekomavar{nextfoot}}
\setkomavar{myref}[Internal #]{Testref1234}
\setkomavar{date}[Date]{\today}
\setkomavar{yourref}[Your #]{Testref5678}
\setkomavar{fromname}{A N Other}
\setkomavar{signature}{A N Other}
\renewcommand*{\raggedsignature}{\raggedright}
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{%
    Building Number\
    Street\
    State\
    ZIP Code%
}
\setkomavar{backaddress}{}
\setkomavar{subject}[]{\underline{Testing letter}}
\setkomavar{subjectseparator}[]{}
\begin{document}
    \begin{letter}{%
            A. Person\
            Someplace\
            ZIP CODE%
        }
        \opening{test}
        \lipsum[1-4]
    \blindtext

    \lipsum[1-4]\footnote{\blindtext}
    \closing{cheers}
\end{letter}

\end{document}

The n of N in the footer on every page after the first is italicized and does not match the distance from the bottom margin as on the first page. Also notice the footer is hidden in the long footer because of this.

esdd · Answer 1 · 2022-03-02T09:16:11.017

In your MWE you set footskip=1cm (distance between the text area and the baseline of the footer) and footheight=2cm (height of the footer box). Therefore the footer overlaps the text area.

The first letter page uses page style empty. Header and footer on this page are positioned by pseudolength (see the KOMA-Script documentation).

There are some possibilities to get the same footer (same content and same position) on all pages, eg.

Change the position of the footer layers for the page style used on second, third etc. page using the pseudolengths of the first page.
Define a new layer using the pseudolengths of the first page and declare a new layer page style including this layer.
Use page style plain on the first letter page. Then option firstfoot=false is needed to disable the default footer of the first letter page.
etc.

Here are two examples for the third possibility:

plain as alias of plain.letter:

\documentclass[
  headheight=3cm,
  %footheight=2cm,% <- remove this!!
  parskip=full,
  british
]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[
margin=2cm,
marginparsep=0cm,
marginparwidth=0cm,
footskip=1cm,
]{geometry}
%\usepackage{showframe}
\usepackage[%
  foldmarks=false,
  fromalign=right,
  fromrule=off,
  refline=dateleft,
  fromphone=false,
  fromemail=true,
  backaddress=false,
  subject=underlined,
  pagenumber=footright,
  firstfoot=false% <- added!
]{scrletter}% <- loads package scrlayer-scrpage automatically
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[en-GB]{datetime2}
\DTMlangsetup[en-GB]{ord=raise}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{lipsum}% dummy text
\usepackage[pdflang=en-GB]{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
  colorlinks=true,
  linkcolor=black,
  filecolor=magenta,
  urlcolor=blue
}
\renewcommand*\pagemark{\usekomafont{pagenumber}{\thepage\ of \letterlastpage}}% <- changed
\let\letterpagemark\pagemark
\AddToHook{cmd/opening/after}{\thispagestyle{plain}}% <- added
\setkomavar{myref}[Internal #]{Testref1234}
\setkomavar{date}[Date]{\today}
\setkomavar{yourref}[Your #]{Testref5678}
\setkomavar{fromname}{A N Other}
\setkomavar{signature}{A N Other}
\renewcommand*{\raggedsignature}{\raggedright}
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{Building Number\Street\State\ZIP Code}
\setkomavar{subject}{Testing letter}
\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{A. Person\Someplace\ZIP CODE}
\opening{test}
\lipsum[1-9]\footnote{\lipsum[2]}
\closing{cheers}
\end{letter}
\end{document}

plain as alias of plain.scrheadings:

\documentclass[
  headheight=3cm,
  %footheight=2cm,% <- remove this!!
  parskip=full,
  british]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[
  margin=2cm,
  marginparsep=0cm,
  marginparwidth=0cm,
  footskip=1cm
]{geometry}
%\usepackage{showframe}
\usepackage[%
  foldmarks=false,
  fromalign=right,
  fromrule=off,
  refline=dateleft,
  fromphone=false,
  fromemail=true,
  backaddress=false,
  subject=underlined,
  pagenumber=footright,
  firstfoot=false% <- added!
]{scrletter}% <- loads package scrlayer-scrpage automatically
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[en-GB]{datetime2}
\DTMlangsetup[en-GB]{ord=raise}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{lipsum}% dummy text
\usepackage[pdflang=en-GB]{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
  colorlinks=true,
  linkcolor=black,
  filecolor=magenta,
  urlcolor=blue
}
\renewcommand\letterpagestyle{}% <- added
\clearpairofpagestyles
\ofoot{\pagemark}% <- changed
\renewcommand*\pagemark{\usekomafont{pagenumber}{\thepage\ of \letterlastpage}}% <- changed
\let\letterpagemark\pagemark
\AddToHook{cmd/opening/after}{\thispagestyle{plain}}% <- added
\setkomavar{myref}[Internal #]{Testref1234}
\setkomavar{date}[Date]{\today}
\setkomavar{yourref}[Your #]{Testref5678}
\setkomavar{fromname}{A N Other}
\setkomavar{signature}{A N Other}
\renewcommand*{\raggedsignature}{\raggedright}
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{Building Number\Street\State\ZIP Code}
\setkomavar{subject}{Testing letter}
\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{A. Person\Someplace\ZIP CODE}
\opening{test}
\lipsum[1-9]\footnote{\lipsum[2]}
\closing{cheers}
\end{letter}
\end{document}

For additional suggestions and information see also

Update:

If the page number must not be on the same vertical position on all pages, you can use firstfoot=true (default, eg. remove firstfoot=false) and KOMA-Script variable firstfoot:

\documentclass[
  headheight=3cm,
  %footheight=2cm,% <- remove this!!
  parskip=full,
  british
]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[
margin=2cm,
marginparsep=0cm,
marginparwidth=0cm,
footskip=1cm,
]{geometry}
%\usepackage{showframe}
\usepackage[%
  foldmarks=false,
  fromalign=right,
  fromrule=off,
  refline=dateleft,
  fromphone=false,
  fromemail=true,
  backaddress=false,
  subject=underlined,
  pagenumber=footright
]{scrletter}% <- loads package scrlayer-scrpage automatically
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[en-GB]{datetime2}
\DTMlangsetup[en-GB]{ord=raise}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{lipsum}% dummy text
\usepackage[pdflang=en-GB]{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
  colorlinks=true,
  linkcolor=black,
  filecolor=magenta,
  urlcolor=blue
}
\renewcommand*\pagemark{\usekomafont{pagenumber}{\thepage\ of \letterlastpage}}% <- changed
\let\letterpagemark\pagemark
\setkomavar{firstfoot}{\raggedleft\pagemark}
\setkomavar{myref}[Internal #]{Testref1234}
\setkomavar{date}[Date]{\today}
\setkomavar{yourref}[Your #]{Testref5678}
\setkomavar{fromname}{A N Other}
\setkomavar{signature}{A N Other}
\renewcommand*{\raggedsignature}{\raggedright}
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{Building Number\Street\State\ZIP Code}
\setkomavar{subject}{Testing letter}
\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{A. Person\Someplace\ZIP CODE}
\opening{test}
\lipsum[1-9]\footnote{\lipsum[2]}
\closing{cheers}
\end{letter}
\end{document}

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 28 '22 at 18:45

1

Thanks to @esdd. However, only using these statements are what were needed for me:

\setkomavar{firstfoot}{\raggedleft \thepage\ of \letterlastpage}    
\renewcommand*\letterpagemark{\usekomafont{pagenumber}{\thepage\ of \letterlastpage}}

(2) nor the following didn't seem to be useful:

...
firstfoot=false
...
\clearpairofpagestyles
\AddToHook{cmd/opening/after}{\thispagestyle{plain}}

answered Feb 28 '22 at 18:45

Timmy

95

Then you use page style empty on the first letter page and page style plain.letter on the next letter pages. Note the different height of the page numbers on the first letter page than on the other pages. You can uncomment either geometry option showframe or package showframe to visualize the different position. Additionally a different page style will be used outside the letter environment. – esdd Mar 02 '22 at 08:29

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