There's a good set of code here I adapted to separate and alter the text for us. Once the space 'goes over' expected space, additional spacing is tested in a subset of the text only to get as close as possible to the correct measurement. As each line is calculated, it has the regular space characters replaced with hair space characters. So to justify text, we basically need to divide the text into paragraphs by carriage returns, then by words with spaces, and measure the size of how each word will render in the selected font to determine how many words will fit on each line, and as a result, how many Unicode 'hair space' characters are needed between each word in that line to present that line as justified. Admittedly, keeping it as text provides superior quality when printing or exporting to PDF, especially in limited memory environments.

This was developed because I had a client in just this situation: wanting justified text without converting to an image in the resulting rendered document. It leaves you at the mercy of the font's implementation of the Unicode 'hair space' character and how well that evenly divides into the amount of required 'empty space' between words. This method is provided solely in the event that your user base wants the rendered result to still be 'text.' It is not as accurate, rather gives the 'feeling' of justified text.

the best looking way ( here in part 1), and the 'poor man's' justification using added spaces in this entry.

There are two ways we can accomplish this (well, without having to buy custom SSRS components or switch to Crystal Reports). Here's where some Googling (or Binging depending on your search engine preference), some language conversion, and some SSRS knowledge can come in handy to make all your text justification dreams come true. Unfortunately for those using SSRS to render extended text blocks from a database, SSRS just can't do it. (You'll notice this is the only entry on the Phidiax blog that is full justified) Those are the only options right? That might be how SSRS views the world, but nope.įull justification basically just means that both the left and the right sides of the text end at exactly the same place on the page, regardless of the line length. October 2017 Microsoft Business Intelligence, Phidiax Technology.

How to justify text in html