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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | % From TeXMaG Volume 2, Number 6
% Don Hosek <DHOSEK@HMCVAX.BITNET>
%
\long\def\epigram#1{% We use \long\def to allow the argument
% to span several paragraphs.
\bigskip % extra space above.
\setbox0=\hbox{#1} % put the text into a box
\ifdim\wd0>\critwidth %check the length
\centerline{\vtop{\hsize=\episize\noindent#1}}
% If the length is greater than
% the critical length, make a
% displayed paragraph
\else % otherwise, we just center the text.
\centerline{\box0}
\fi
\smallskip % extra space for the end.
}
\newdimen\critwidth \critwidth=.75\hsize
\newdimen\episize \episize=.6\hsize
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