%%
%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
%%
%% Example 7-5-8 on page I-566 in "Subfloat and multifloat pages".
%%
%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
%%
%% It may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions
%% of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c
%% of this license or (at your option) any later version.
%%
%% See https://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
%%

\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{79.2008pt}


  \addtolength\textwidth{3pt}
  \setlength\textheight{11\baselineskip}
  \setlength\textfloatsep{8pt plus 3pt}
  \setlength\floatsep{4pt}
  \sloppy

%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{lipsum,hvfloat}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\hvFloat[multiFloat,
         capFormat={singlelinecheck=false}]
 +{figure}{\includegraphics[scale=.5]{cat}}
        {Cat}{fig:cat}
 +{figure}{\includegraphics[width=2cm]{elephant}}
     {Elephant}{fig:elephant}
 +{figure}{\includegraphics[]{cat}
           \includegraphics[scale=1.1]{cat}}
     {Two cats}{fig:2cats}
\lipsum[1][1-2]
\end{document}