Text alignment in generated PDFs (print card from ... to... into...)

[Ben Rubinstein]

That fixed it - thanks Mark.

On 13/05/2026 15:25, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote:
> On 2026-05-12 18:35, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode wrote:
>> Anyway, this email got longer as I continued to investigate. All I really 
>> want is to figure out a way to get my nice right-aligned text right. Is it 
>> perhaps possibly that if I started with a different font or font size, it 
>> would render the same way in the PDF as it does on screen?
> 
> Assuming you are doing this on macOS (which I'm guessing you are, given 
> preview could generate PDFs!).
> 
> Does the stack you are printing have fonts explicitly set on the fields or at 
> the stack level? If not that could be the issue...
> 
> At least for the pdf printer, the default macOS font is some sort of strange 
> font which doesn't have a proper name (.blahblahblah) and appears not to like 
> being poked in the way needed to print. If you set the textFont of the field/ 
> stack to a font name (i.e. non-empty, and one which exists) your formatting 
> problems might go away.
> 
> Failing that - if you submit a bug report with the offending stack, we can 
> take a look.
> 
> Warmest Regards,
> 
> Mark.
>