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#### 4.19.4.5 Pen Text Drawing and Alignment

The pen is capable of aligning text inside of a box, without the user having to do all sorts of complex operations. This makes text positioning much easier to perform.

The following constants may be used to align text.

`ALIGN_TOP`

  Align text vertically to the top of the box. The top of the text will touch the top of the box.

`ALIGN_BOT`

  Align text vertically to the bottom of the box. The bottom of the text will touch the bottom of the box.

`ALIGN_LEFT`

  Align text horizontally to the left-hand side of the box. The left edge of the text will touch the left side of the box.

`ALIGN_RIGHT`

  Align text horizontally to the right-hand side of the box. The right edge of the text will touch the right side of the box.

`ALIGN_CENTER`

  Align text horizontally or vertically to the center of the box. The center of the text will be in the center of the box.

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