Centering Text

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3 total messages Started by Ted_Weimer Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:49

#18

Author: Ted_Weimer
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:49

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Is there a way to code the line so it will center on the page without my recalculating the values (161.88 is the horizontal position of the moveto obviously) This particular line was origionally generated with Quark 3 and I use some moveto operators similar to this in my application. The vertical must be 410.05 as this text is 'envelope' sensitive.

161.88 410.05 m .5 5 24 175.25 (Certificate of Coverage)d

Thanks TGW

Re: Centering Text

#19

Author: Johann__Myrkraverk__Oskarsson
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:29

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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

Re: Centering Text

#20

Author: 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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