Misalignment of \vrule

[cgnieder]

Hello, I have been writing my thesis and there is this one problem that I cant seem to figure out why it happens :
The following is a segment of the code from my thesis style sheet. This defines the first reader and second reader for my signature page.
And I have also attached a output snap of my pdf of the problem.
Can someone please tell me why this occurs ?

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% Signature page
\def\signaturepage{%
      \newpage
      \thispagestyle{empty} % KS 2009
      \begin{center}
        \Large\uppercase\expandafter{\@title}
      \end{center}
      \vspace{.4in}
      \centerline{\shortstack[c]{\vrule width 2in height 0.4pt\\
           \@author}}
      \vfill
%      \vspace{0.15in}
%      \hspace{0in} \rm APPROVED:
      \leftline{ Approved:} % KS 2009
      \vspace{0.15in}
      \rightline{\shortstack[l]{\vrule width 3in height 0.4pt\\ \@adviser}}
 %     \vspace{0.15in}
       \vfill
 
      \leftline{Committee Members:} % KS 2009
 %    \vspace{0.375in}
     \vspace{0.15in}
      \rightline{\shortstack[l]{\vrule width 3in height 0.4pt\\ \@firstreader}}
  %    \vspace{.375in}
      \vfill

      \rightline{\shortstack[l]{\vrule width 3in height 0.4pt\\ \@secondreader}}
  %    \vspace{.375in}
      \vfill

Please see the mis-alignment in the first reader and second reader.

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[cgnieder]

Could you make that code fragment into a minimal working example? I tried but cannot get the behaviour your picture shows:

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\documentclass{article}

\makeatletter
\def\adviser#1{\gdef\@adviser{#1}}
\def\firstreader#1{\gdef\@firstreader{#1}}
\def\secondreader#1{\gdef\@secondreader{#1}}
% Signature page
\def\signaturepage{%
  \newpage
  \thispagestyle{empty} % KS 2009
  \begin{center}
    \Large\uppercase\expandafter{\@title}
  \end{center}
  \vspace{.4in}
  \centerline{\shortstack[c]{\vrule width 2in height 0.4pt\\
   \@author}}
  \vfill
%  \vspace{0.15in}
%  \hspace{0in} \rm APPROVED:
  \leftline{ Approved:} % KS 2009
  \vspace{0.15in}
  \rightline{\shortstack[l]{\vrule width 3in height 0.4pt\\ \@adviser}}
 % \vspace{0.15in}
   \vfill
 
  \leftline{Committee Members:} % KS 2009
 %\vspace{0.375in}
 \vspace{0.15in}
  \rightline{\shortstack[l]{\vrule width 3in height 0.4pt\\ \@firstreader}}
  %\vspace{.375in}
  \vfill

  \rightline{\shortstack[l]{\vrule width 3in height 0.4pt\\ \@secondreader}}
  %\vspace{.375in}
}
\makeatother

\author{Author}
\title{Title}
\adviser{Advisor\\Sample University}
\firstreader{Firstreader\\Sample University}
\secondreader{Secondreader\\Sample University}

\begin{document}

\signaturepage

\end{document}

Regards

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[Stefan_K]

I support Clemens' remark: also I would test your code if you would post a compilable example, with your thesis style as attachment to the post. Just click the "Upload attachment" link when editing.
Once we can test code, we would be able to fix it.

Stefan

[abikutn]

Oh ok. I can upload the style package and the master file.
Select AS_Thesis_Dev1.tex as master file to compile and view

[Stefan_K]

The \vrule of 3in is too short. The wider text below pushes it to the left. Redefine \signature to make it wider. One could simply patch, such as

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\usepackage{etoolbox}
\newcommand*{\patch}[1]{%
  \patchcmd{\signaturepage}{\vrule width 3in}{\vrule width 3.5in}{#1}{}}
\patch{\patch{\patch{}}}

Perhaps in your case it's easier to shorten the departments or to introduce a line break for the wider texts, such as

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\firstreader{E. Joe Charlson, Professor\\ Dept. of Electrical and\\ Computer Engineering}

Stefan

[abikutn]

Thank you cgnieder and sthephen. Great help and also I shall remem to post link to outside posts apart from this ...

Best,
Abhi=