Re: Centering Text

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From: Jeffrey H. Coffield
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:38

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Johann__Myrkraverk__Oskarsson@adobeforums.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Here is a routine I have used to center text horizontally on a given x, y location:
> 
> /center { % x y string
>   /string exch def
>   /y exch def
>   /x exch def
> 
> 0 0 moveto
>   string dup stringwidth pop
>   2 div
>   x exch sub
>   y moveto
>   show
> } def
> 
> I hope this helps you,
> 
> Johann

How about this:
% string x y
/center {moveto dup stringwidth pop -2 div 0 rmoveto show} def

No side effects like redefining x, y and the postscript operator "string".

Jeff Coffield

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