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I was looking into automaticallly calculating the epigraph width while keeping the epigraph quote left-aligned and non-italic. The following code, copied from a nice solution provided on the page Width of epigraphs, got me pretty far:

\usepackage{epigraph,varwidth}

\renewcommand{\epigraphsize}{\small}
\setlength{\epigraphwidth}{0.6\textwidth}
\renewcommand{\textflush}{flushright}
\renewcommand{\sourceflush}{flushright}
% A useful addition
\newcommand{\epitextfont}{\itshape}
\newcommand{\episourcefont}{\scshape}


\makeatletter
\newsavebox{\epi@textbox}
\newsavebox{\epi@sourcebox}
\newlength\epi@finalwidth
\renewcommand{\epigraph}[2]{%
  \vspace{\beforeepigraphskip}
  {\epigraphsize\begin{\epigraphflush}
   \epi@finalwidth=\z@
   \sbox\epi@textbox{%
     \varwidth{\epigraphwidth}
     \begin{\textflush}\epitextfont#1\end{\textflush}
     \endvarwidth
   }%
   \epi@finalwidth=\wd\epi@textbox
   \sbox\epi@sourcebox{%
     \varwidth{\epigraphwidth}
     \begin{\sourceflush}\episourcefont#2\end{\sourceflush}%
     \endvarwidth
   }%
   \ifdim\wd\epi@sourcebox>\epi@finalwidth 
     \epi@finalwidth=\wd\epi@sourcebox
   \fi
   \leavevmode\vbox{
     \hb@xt@\epi@finalwidth{\hfil\box\epi@textbox}
     \vskip1.75ex
     \hrule height \epigraphrule
     \vskip.75ex
     \hb@xt@\epi@finalwidth{\hfil\box\epi@sourcebox}
   }%
   \end{\epigraphflush}
   \vspace{\afterepigraphskip}}}
\makeatother

How can I adjust this code to keep the epigraph quote left-aligned and non-italic?

Kind regards,

Jansen

Jansenzoon
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  • this seems to be massive amount of code but for non italic just change \newcommand{\epitextfont}{\itshape} to \upshape and for flush left change \renewcommand{\textflush}{flushright} but I would probably just replace all of this with \begin{flushright}\begin{tabular}{@{}l@{}}text here with \\ if needed\\ \hline\end{tabular}\end{flushright} – David Carlisle Nov 13 '23 at 09:13
  • Can you please add a minimal example with at least one epigraph? – egreg Nov 13 '23 at 17:01

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