[XeTeX] Large brace in multiline table cell

[Philip Taylor]

Does this accomplish what you need ?

% !TeX Program=XeLaTeX
\documentclass {minimal}
\begin {document}
\parindent = 0 pt
\tolerance = 1999
\halign
\bgroup
&$\left . \vcenter {\hsize = 0,2\hsize #}\quad \right \rbrace \quad $&
	$\vcenter {\hsize = 0,7 \hsize #}$\cr
	Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party.  The
quick brown fox jumps right over the lazy dog's back.  The Leith police
dismisseth us, for we sufficeth them.
	&
	Of all the fish within the sea, the mermaid is the one for me.
	We plough the fields and scatter the good seed on the land.
	\cr
	\noalign {\kern \baselineskip}
	Short left part, spanning only two lines.
	&
	Excessively long right part, suggesting that the extensible brace
perhaps needs to size itself to the taller of the left and right parts.
	Excessively long right part, suggesting that the extensible brace
perhaps needs to size itself to the taller of the left and right parts.
	Excessively long right part, suggesting that the extensible brace
perhaps needs to size itself to the taller of the left and right parts.
	\cr
\egroup
\end {document}

Philip Taylor