Would anyone happen to know how to format the header here so that Back Ordered and Item Weight aren't spread out the way that they currently are?

Left align

Yes, the BFO default is rather annoying, and I was surprised to learn that they insert a

<p>

around all

<td>

context, and

<th>

as well. There’s a few ways to fix it. Just know that the left align has to be applied to the <p> inside of the <td> or <th>, and not the td or th itself, to work: https://blog.prolecto.com/2016/03/18/netsuite-advanced-pdf-templates-how-to-fix-table-cell-alignment-justification-anomaly/#comment-7101

perfect! thank you both! I was going a bit insane trying to figure out why it was happening