HowTo_MultipleSignatures

How to specify signatures for multiple signatories in a letter

As of KOMA-Script 3.44, scrlttr2 and scrletter can handle multiple signatories of a letter. The signatories are separated from each other with \and in the signature variable. Several lines can be set with \\ within a signatory:

\documentclass{scrlttr2}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\setkomavar{fromname}{Markus Kohm}
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{Musterhausen}
\setkomavar{signature}{Markus Kohm\\Maintainer \and Peter Musterman\\Developer}
\let\raggedsignature\raggedright
\usepackage{blindtext}
\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{Someone\\Somewhere}
  \opening{Hi,}
  \blindtext
  \closing{Regards}
\end{letter}
\end{document}

The \sigspace command is inserted between the individual signatories. This is defined as \quad by default. For example, you can use

\renewcommand*{\sigspace}{\hfill}

to ensure that the signatories are distributed across the available total width.

Note: Internally each signatory is printed using a table of the form:

\rule[-\dp\strutbox]{0pt}{\dimeval{\baselineskip+\useplength{sigbeforeskip}}}%
\begin{tabular}[t]{@{}\sigalign @{}}
  Signatory
\end{tabular}

By default, \sigalign is determined automatically based on \raggedsignature. If \raggedsignature is neither \raggedright nor \raggedleft nor \centering, a warning is issued and \sigalign l is used. This can be prevented by explicitly setting \sigalign to a valid column definition before \closing. Using the document preamble for such definitions is recommended.

The arrangement of the signatures can be changed via an explicit definition of \sigspace and \sigalign. In the following example, the first signature is left-aligned and the second is output after half the width of the type area:

\documentclass{scrlttr2}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\setkomavar{fromname}{Markus Kohm}
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{Musterhausen}
\setkomavar{signature}{Markus Kohm\\Maintainer \and Peter Musterman\\Developer}
\let\raggedsignature\raggedright
\renewcommand*{\sigspace}{}
\renewcommand*{\sigalign}{p{.5\textwidth}}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{Someone\\Somewhere}
  \opening{Hi,}
  \blindtext
  \closing{Regards}
\end{letter}
\end{document}