On 2014-11-03, Deepak Jois <deepak.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > I want \centerline to properly center a line on a page with a custom > size. The minimal example below does not work for me. I even tried to > compile the code with "xetex -papersize=a5" What am I missing? > > Code: > > \special{papersize=5.8in,8.3in} > \hoffset0in > \hsize5.8in > \centerline{hi there} > \bye
You're missing that \{h,v}offset are relative to the default position of (+1in,+1in) relative to the top left of the page. You mean \hoffset-1in -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex