<#assign addressSplit = subsidiary.mainaddress_text?split("/\n/g","r")>
   <#list addressSplit[0..2] as addressLine>
       ${addressLine}<br>
   </#list>

Trying to split the subsidiary.mainaddress in freemarker not sure what else I can try... tried <br> as well, anyone hint me what else I should try?

"/\r/g" , "<br>" "/\n/g"

am I missing something?

probably want to try rendering it as html first

@battk i can't i'm actually playing with standard advanced pdf rendered via say more actions>print pdf

use render.transaction

just a guess, but it could be

<br />

instead of

<br>

, since it is a self-closing tag