[texhax] \vsplit-ting and aligning boxes

[David Carlisle]

sorry you want

\splittopskip=12pt
\setbox2=\vsplit0 to 9cm
\setbox4=\vsplit0 to 8cm
\setbox6=\vsplit0 to 7cm


so they all have 12pt as the top baselineskip

Note you also have loads of missing characters

Missing character: There is no � in font cmr10!
Missing character: There is no � in font cmr10!
Missing character: There is no � in font cmr10!
Missing character: There is no � in font cmr10!
Missing character: There is no � in font cmr10!
Missing character: There is no � in font cmr10!
Missing character: There is no � in font cmr10!
Missing character: There is no � in font cmr10!
Missing character: There is no � in font cmr10!

But I assume your real document handles that.


the spacing of the positioned box on the page then needs to be
adjusted with a negative vskip to adjust for the fact that you have

10pt topskip
  hbox with vboxes with first line height 12pt

instead of the usual

10pt - height of first line topskip
first line of text