How to do formatted printing with jq?

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bash command-line text-formatting printf jq

                          jq has built-in ability to convert numbers to string or concatenate strings.  
How can I format strings inside jq similar to printf like padding (%4s).  

For example, how can I force number to occupy 10 char spaces with left alignment?  
echo '{"title" : "A sample name", "number" : 1214}' | jq '(.title) + " " + (.number | tostring)'

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Jul 20, 2021, 07:10 PM
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How to do formatted printing with jq?

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