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Is there a version of the Arial or Tahoma font with monospaced digits and spaces?

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Mar 15, 202617461 views
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Problem

The digits in the Arial font supplied with Windows are monospaced, in that they each take up the same horizontal space, but they seem to have neglected to provide a "monospaced" version of the space character. This means that you can't format a column of digits right-justified in (say) 12 spaces an…

Error Output

1
        12
       123
      1234
     12345
   1234567
  12345678
 123456789
1234567890

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Fix for: Is there a version of the Arial or Tahoma font with monospaced digits and spaces?

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Try using a figure space which should be the same width as a digit even in a proportional font: A figure space is a typographic unit equal to the size of a single typographic figure (numeral or letter), minus leading. Its size can fluctuate somewhat…

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