Why does centering not work with calligra?

Question

I'm trying out the calligra package for a wedding order of service. Just trying to make the titles look a little nicer. When I use the \centering command, however, it doesn't seem to work:

\centering
Test1\\
\calligra{Test}

Produces calligraphic text that doesn't seem to be centered. Is this fixable?

Thanks all,

James

Answer 1

Here's what @DavidCarlisle was suggesting in his comments:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{calligra}
\begin{document}

  \centering
  {Test1}\\
  \hspace*{-0.5em}%%
  {\calligra Test}

\end{document}

You can help yourself visualize the center by doing something like the following:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{calligra}
\setlength\fboxsep{0pt} % just for the example
\def\visualCenter{%%
  \raisebox{0pt}[0pt][0pt]{%%
     \makebox[0pt]{\rule{2cm}{0.4pt}}%%
     \makebox[0pt]{\color{blue}\rule[-0.75cm]{2em}{0.4pt}}%%
     \makebox[0pt]{\color{red}\rule[-1in]{0.4pt}{2in}}%%
    }}
\begin{document}

  \centering
  \visualCenter\\
  {Test1}\\
  \hspace*{-0.5em}{\calligra Test}

\end{document}

Answer 2

It is centered. The italic effect creates an illusion. And the alignment is decided by regard to the bottom of the letters.

And, in your example, "test1" is obviously larger than "test" (because of the "1").

The original example with \fbox to testify the centering:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{calligra}
\setlength\fboxsep{0pt} % just for the example
\begin{document}
\centering
\fbox{Test1}\\
\fbox{\calligra Test}
\end{document}

The calligra font is smaller than the normal one but it is centered.