How does one right justify a dedication?

Question

Below is an MWE. How may the dedication be justified so that it aligns with the right margin of the text?

\documentclass[12pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\title{\textbf{\LARGE The Recursionist Theory of Something}}
\date{}
\dedication {\scriptsize To the memory of my teacher,

\ldots\ldots\ldots\ldots\ldots.,.,.,\
and  to the sleepless nights these problems caused.}
\author{ Sapiens}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\maketitle
\lipsum[1-2]
\end{document}

unrelated but \LARGE does not take an argument. \LARGE{The Recursionist Theory of Something} should be \LARGE The Recursionist Theory of Something (although of course you should not have formatting such as \LARGE or \textbf in \title at all) — David Carlisle, Sep 27 '23 at 08:39

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 27 '23 at 09:04

In table 3.3 of the komascript manual, you find the defaults for the elements of the title.

For the title proper, \usekomafont{disposition} is the default, but you can change it at wish.

Similarly, the dedication uses \Large (and \centering).

\documentclass[12pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\setkomafont{title}{\bfseries\LARGE}
\setkomafont{dedication}{\footnotesize\raggedleft}
\title{The Recursionist Theory of Something}
\author{Sapiens}
\date{}
\dedication{%
  Dedicated to \
  the masters of directing \
  by which I mean \
  John Ford, John Ford \
  and John Ford
}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\maketitle
\lipsum[1-2]
\end{document}

How does one right justify a dedication?

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