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dan

<ckirchho@d...> wrote in message 
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> Hallo,
>
> I use renderx's XEP to generate PDFs out of xsl-fo documents. In the
> document there is a horizontal "bar". I would like to place text in
> such a way that the baseline of the text is equal to the upper edge of
> that bar.
>
> Right now I place the block containing the text in a block-container
> which an absolute position. But as soon as I change the size or even
> the family of the font that is used for the text, the baseline of this
> text changes. This behaviour seems to be correct if I understand the
> XEP reference. So I always have to adjust the position of the
> block-container.
>
> Of course I would like to define e.g. that if the upper edge of the bar
> is at 2.5 in, then this should be the vertical position of the baseline
> of the text, no matter what font family or size I use.
>
> Is this possible, and if yes: how?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Christian Kirchhoff
>