[reportlab-users] valign with large fonts

[Robin Becker]

Arkadi Colson wrote:

> So the only option will be detecting the font hight some way and using 

> bottom padding to enlarge the cell?

> 

.......

Arkadi,
the code that does the alignment for simple cells looks like this
just = cellstyle.alignment
valign = cellstyle.valign
........
vals = string.split(str(cellval), "\n")
n = len(vals)
leading = cellstyle.leading
fontsize = cellstyle.fontsize
if valign=='BOTTOM':
	y = rowpos + cellstyle.bottomPadding+n*leading-fontsize
elif valign=='TOP':
	y = rowpos + rowheight - cellstyle.topPadding - fontsize
elif valign=='MIDDLE':
	#tim roberts pointed out missing fontsize correction 2004-10-04
	y = rowpos + (cellstyle.bottomPadding + 
rowheight-cellstyle.topPadding+n*leading)/2.0 - fontsize
else:
	raise......

so the valign style attribute should be doing something different. Can you send 
an example piece of text together with the style that's supposed to be being 
used eg font, font size leading etc etc. Then I'll try and have a look to see 
what's going on.


>>>

........nt size is variable.

>>>

>>>

>>> Thanks in advance,

>>>    Arkadi

>>> nfo/reportlab-users

>>>

>>

>> I have a feeling that valign should be middle, but the vertical 

>> alignment has always caused trouble so it might be busted.

> 



-- 
Robin Becker