I have no problem of aligning two or more \framedtext boxes bottomwise on the baseline, nor centering them vertically within a \vcenter. But I do not succeed in placing them with their top aligned without the following trick: typeset them in a box, determine largestheight and then typeset again each within: \vbox to largestheight and \vill'ed to the bottom. All very well, but it is disastrous when there are side effects: twice typesetting then fails in some instances. I hope I described the question sufficiently clear, because an MWE is not so minimal. Therefore my question: how can I align two or more \framedtext's thus: |----------] |----------] |----------] ... | ] [ ] [ ] | ] [ ] [ ] | ] [ ] [ ] | ] |----------] [ ] | ] [ ] | ] [ ] |----------] [ ] |----------] yours sincerely dr. Hans van der Meer