Basic coffin positioning

Question

Recipient address is shifted to the right in French letters. I'm adding an indication that it will be sent by email ((via ...@...fr)) just below the formal address, and centered. I have somewhat achieved the desired result using two calls to makebox. I'm looking to experiment with xcoffins. Could someone suggest a way to complete it to resemble the benchmark case?

\documentclass{article}   
\usepackage{xcoffins}
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage{lipsum}% dummy tex
\NewCoffin\CoffTop
\NewCoffin\CoffBot
%%%%%%%%%   set figures width/height  plus height of text area
\newlength{\maxwidthT}
\setlength{\maxwidthT}{\widthof{XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XX XXXXX}}
\newlength{\maxwidthB}
\setlength{\maxwidthB}{\widthof{(via \texttt{xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.fr})}}
\NewDocumentCommand{\MyAddressTop}{}
{\begin{tabular}{@{\extracolsep{0mm}}l@{\extracolsep{0mm}}}
   XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XX XXXXX\
   XXXXXXX / XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX\
   XXXXXX XX XXXXXXXX XX XXXXX\
   XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XX
 \end{tabular}}
\NewDocumentCommand{\MyAddressBot}{}
{\begin{tabular}{@{\extracolsep{0mm}}c@{\extracolsep{0mm}}}
   \multicolumn{1}{l}{(via \texttt{xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.fr})}
 \end{tabular}}
\begin{document}
% Approach 1)
\makebox[0.9\textwidth][r]
{ \frame{\MyAddressTop} }\par
\makebox[0.96\textwidth][r]
{  \frame{\MyAddressBot} }
\vspace{2em}
% Approach 2)
\SetVerticalCoffin\CoffTop{\maxwidthT}{\frame{\MyAddressTop}}
\SetVerticalCoffin\CoffBot{\maxwidthT}{\frame{\MyAddressBot}}
\JoinCoffins*\CoffTop[hc,b]\CoffBot[hc,t]
%\TypesetCoffin⟨coffin⟩⟨pole1⟩,⟨pole2⟩
\TypesetCoffin\CoffTop
\clearpage
\end{document}

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 22 '21 at 09:47

If you are not tied to the use of coffins, stackengine offers a trivial solution in the form of \stackunder[\fboxrule]{\frame{\MyAddressTop}}{\frame{\MyAddressBot}}. Here is the MWE.

\documentclass{article}   
\usepackage{stackengine}
\NewDocumentCommand{\MyAddressTop}{}
{\begin{tabular}{@{\extracolsep{0mm}}l@{\extracolsep{0mm}}}
   XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XX XXXXX\
   XXXXXXX / XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX\
   XXXXXX XX XXXXXXXX XX XXXXX\
   XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XX
 \end{tabular}}
\NewDocumentCommand{\MyAddressBot}{}
{\begin{tabular}{@{\extracolsep{0mm}}c@{\extracolsep{0mm}}}
   \multicolumn{1}{l}{(via \texttt{xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.fr})}
 \end{tabular}}
\begin{document}
\stackunder[\fboxrule]{\frame{\MyAddressTop}}{\frame{\MyAddressBot}}
\end{document}

Were you to \renewcommand\stackalignment{l} in advance of the stack, the resulting stack would be left-aligned. Likewise r for right-alignment.

Thx, likely the way to go for such a narrow problem. Still, I'd like to see the solution with coffins. — Erwann, Sep 22 '21 at 13:04

Basic coffin positioning

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