Text rendering with {fast} tag

[togs]

My apologies, I KNOW I've seen a reference to this somewhere, but can't find it!

I have a scene where a character calls out to another, repeating his name, with a pause in between iterations, like this:

"Steve... Steve! I mean it, Steve, I'll quit... Steve!"

The code, such as it is, looks like this:

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        ls "[pname]..."

        ls "[pname]...{fast} [pname]!"

        ls "[pname]... [pname]!{fast} I mean it, [pname], I'll quit..."

        ls "[pname]... [pname]! I mean it, [pname], I'll quit...{fast} {i}[pname]!{/i}"

My problem is that the text is rendered slightly differently with each line, so it kind of jumps around a little.

As I said at the beginning, I know I've seen this mentioned. Can anyone point me to the solution?

[Ocelot]

You have several possibilities.

First of all, you do not even need several line. A wait tag will work there just fine:

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ls "[pname]...{w] [pname]!{w} I mean it, [pname], I'll quit...{w} {i}[pname]!{/i}"

If you do need several tags (for example, if there are sprite changes between lines), then done tag should be used:

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ls "[pname]...{done} [pname]! I mean it, [pname], I'll quit... {i}[pname]!{/i}"
ls "[pname]...{fast} [pname]!{done} I mean it, [pname], I'll quit...{fast} {i}[pname]!{/i}"
ls "[pname]... [pname]!{fast} I mean it, [pname], I'll quit...{done} {i}[pname]!{/i}"
ls "[pname]... [pname]! I mean it, [pname], I'll quit...{fast} {i}[pname]!{/i}"

[togs]

Wow, I really overthought that one!

Thank you!