You vertical skip between the paragraphs can be done by the option parskip
. So load the class with:
\documentclass[a4paper,parskip=full,]{scrlttr2}
The adjustment of \closing
depends on the definition of \raggedsignature
which is set to \centering
so you can change it as follows:
\renewcommand*{\raggedsignature}{\raggedright}
Based on this modification the following example results:
\documentclass[a4paper,parskip=full,]{scrlttr2}
\usepackage[urw-garamond]{mathdesign}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{fontspec}
%\setmainfont{GaramondNo8}
%\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\nonfrenchspacing
\setkomavar{fromname}{Ole Nordmann}
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{Storebakken 15 \\ 5500 Haugesund}
\setkomavar{fromphone}{+47 5222 8183}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand*{\raggedsignature}{\raggedright}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{Christine Lagarde \\ Director \\ International Monetary Fund
\\ 700 19th Street, N.W. \\ Washington, D.C. 20431 \\ United States of America}
\KOMAoptions{fromphone=true,fromfax=false}
\setkomavar{subject}{Request for a loan}
\setkomavar{customer}{4455992}
\opening{Dear Ms. Lagarde,}
Attached please find my application for a home loan. Since the financial crisis, my family and I have been living in a tent. We're hopeful that in this fifth year, you'll see fit to grant us the credit we need to start our new life.
In 2009, my income for the year was almost zero.
In 2010, my mortgage was foreclosed on, the house seized by the bank, rented to Korean drug lords, turned into a marijuana grow operation, raided by police, then razed and the leftover wood thrown into a chipper. As a result, the rental income in 2010 for the basement suite was limited and went mostly to cover court costs.
I trust nonetheless that my prior years as a reliable debtor will give you sufficient confidence to accept this loan risk.
\closing{Sincerely}
\encl{loan application, gift certificate for chocolate}
\end{letter}
\end{document}
Class scrbook
is designed to have a titlepage, then a new page is started with headings and text or table of contents etc.
Usually a book starts on page 1 (the title page) or page I (roman number, often not printed for title page). Most books start a new chapter on the right (odd) page and class scrbook
reflects this behaviour.
The binding correction is used to mask the part of paper used to bind the several pages together. Therefore this part can not be seen by a reader. Therefore it has to be there but must not contain printed text.
In the following MWE I added package showframe
to visualize the resulting printing area and I added a titlepage. I commented the command chapter for the first run.
MWE:
\documentclass[%
fontsize=12pt,
paper=a4,
% twoside, % default for scrbook!
% BCOR=12mm
]{scrbook}
%\KOMAoptions{appendixprefix=true}
\usepackage[english,ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{showframe}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\begin{document}
\title{The title}
\author{The author}
\date{today}
\maketitle
%\chapter{The first chapter}
\Blindtext
\end{document}
Compile please three times. Now check the resulting pdf. Title page is page 1, the next page 2 has the correct layout for an even page.
Result:
See red arrows marked the place where BCOR
would be added, if you uncomment it in the code.
Now please uncomment class option BCOR
and compile again. Compare both resulting pdfs. Now you can see the correctly added BCOR
.
Now comment BCOR
please again and uncomment command chapter
, compile again. Now chapter 1 starts on page 3, because that is the designed behaviour, that chapters should start on the next odd page. KOMA-Scripts adds the relevant BCOR
, if you uncomment class BCOR
again and recompile ...
Please compare my pdf view with yours: I activated the "book view" to get the first page shown as one page, similar to a book. Your view shows a double side at once, therefore the pages are not shown similar to a book ...
Compare the first screenshot with this with uncommented BCOR class:
You see the difference? And the logical place where the BCOR has to be added (red arrows)?
Best Answer
Marco Daniel already showed how to modify the behaviour of
scrlttr2
. The default behaviour is explained in section 21.1.7 of theKOMA-Script
manual:In other words, the closing phrase will be indented not if it is "relatively short", but if the phrase plus the appended comma is shorter than the signature.