code: def _preformat_text(self, text, style='Normal', space=None, fontsize=12,
                          alignment='left'):
          
          if space is None:
              space=(1,12)
          ptext = ('<para alignment=\"%s\"><font size=%d>%s</font></para>'
                   % (alignment, fontsize, text))
          para = Paragraph(ptext, self.styles[style])
          sp = Spacer(*space)
          return para, sp
docs: Format the text for addition to a story list.