Formatting text with llSetText with HUD

I am trying to create a HUD that displays text dynamically using llSetText. I need to display several lines of text on the HUD. The problem is, the output from llSetText displays the first line in the expected position but the second two lines appear offset and above the first line by a considerable amount. It appears on the HUD as follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|---------------------------------------> Fat Intake: 0
|
|---------------------------------------> Cholesterol Intake: 0
|
|
|
|
| Caloric Budget: 0
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

*note: the "--------------------------------------->" are just used to indicate indentation



The line of code that generates the text is:

llSetText("Caloric Budget: " + (string)calories +
"\nFat Intake: " + (string)fat +
"\nCholesterol Intake: " + (string)cholesterol, <1,1,1>, 1);

Does anyone know why this may be happeing or have any suggestions to fix the problem?

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I've never seen anything like that. Usually the '\n' just causes the next line of text to be directly below the previous line. Is there anything unusual about the prim that the script is attached to? Like really convoluted parameters or something? Can you try putting the same llSetText on another prim to see if you can recreate the problem in a simpler environment?

Why is the caloric budget* line below the others? Shouldn't it be above? And why is it so far down? A screenshot would be better, if you can capture the hover text and HUD.

MM

llSetText will center the text, so any difference in line lengths will cause offsets to appear.
Are there a lot of spaces or tab characters in the lines?

Here is a screen shot. I removed all unecessary spaces from the strings, but it didn't seem to change much. The prim displaying the text is a tiny box, .02 x .02 x .02, is that unusual?

here is the entire script:

integer calories = 0;
integer fat = 0;
integer cholesterol = 0;


default
{
state_entry()
{
llSetText("Caloric Budget: " + (string)calories +
"\nFat Intake: " + (string)calories +
"\nCholesterol Intake: " + (string)cholesterol, <1,1,1>, 1);
}
}


This seems like really unusual behavior, is there just something I'm not seeing or understanding correctly?

I don't see anything wrong with it. I'm currently working on a HUD that uses llSetText on prims that are .01 x .01 x .01, so I doubt that's the problem. Try making a new box prim and putting the same script on it. Maybe your prim is somehow bugged.

That script works fine for me with all text centered.