This approach could have worked if it wasn't for the fact that the fonts and sizes may vary. I guess it also suggests that all characters should have the same width which they normally don't.
But thanks anyway /Marcus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Partridge, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 5:38 PM Subject: RE: Centering a _block_ (read div) of text You could try indent calculation based on the length of the string for each line. indent = (page-width - string-length) / 2 That's obviously not the xpath syntax you'd need to use, but it should give you the result you want. Use the xpath function string-length() and pass in your string. Then for the second line that needs extra indent, try indent = ((page-width - string-length) / 2) + extra-indent Mike -----Original Message----- From: Marcus Andersson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 8:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Centering a _block_ (read div) of text Hello First: Thanx for the help with the questions yesterday. I need a block of text to be centered. Just to center it is no problem, the problem is that I want one line in one font and the next line in another font and the second line should also be "skewed" relative to the first line. See ascii image: The whole region-body: ****************************** * This is the first line * * This is the second line * * * * etc... * So I want the complete block of the two lines to be centered. If I create a block element with text-align="center" and in the block element put a block element for each line and also put a start-indent on the second line then the whole block don't get centered. The two lines get centered separatly and then the second lines get an indent from the centered position and that is not the result I want. The result I want can be compared with creating a div-block that is centered in the body and having the first line to the far left in that div and then the second line relative-positioned some pixels to the right. Doing indent on each line with a constant amount isn't an option since I'm generating pdf's from different xml sources (as I guess most people are) and the line lengths can vary. Hope you understand the question. /Marcus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
