Problem with absolute positioning with block-container

[Johannes Caspary]

Dear list,

I was preparing an XSL template for formatting a letter that conforms 
the standard DIN 676. As the standard is very clear about the absolute 
position of e.g. the address information to display in the window of the 
envelope or the folding marks, I decided to use block-container absolute 
positioning for these items.

Thus, I tried to make up a very basic stylesheet that contains the 
folding marks at 105mm, 148,5mm and 210mm from top. Also, I included the 
window for the address which is positioned at 20mm from the left and 
45mm from top.

The curious thing about the processed PDF document is, that the top 
positioning is about 3mm too far away from the top for the folding 
marks, while the window top is positioned just fine. Also it seems that 
the left positioning is not exact either, as there the distance to the 
left is 1mm to little for the window.

I have set the margins to 0mm and used the absolute-position="fixed" 
attribute.

You'll find a sample XML file, the XSL file and the PDF output file 
attached. I have no idea, what else I could do. Am I missing something? 
I really don't want to enter virtual proportions so that the letter will 
look good when printed out.

Thanks and regards,
Johannes Caspary


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Johannes Caspary <johannes.casp...@cms.hu-berlin.de>
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<results>
	<result />
</results>


out.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document


stylesheet.xsl
Description: XML document
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