formatting output *resolved*

[DarkMoose]

how do you get text to be printed in a specific column, like 20 spaces from the left? THat is, without just printing blank space like this " ", though, because I might have text before it that would affect the aligned text~!

some text           aligned at 20
                    more aligned at 20
',cr.pgp.l,eo       and again
random stuff        but this is still aligned at 20!

thanks in advance