From: Matthew Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
To: Ryan <rswaggie@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Custom Fonts Fail with Tables
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:57:22 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2ljspq0ql.fsf@fastmail.fm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <227896780902011347r79856fc2ha2b64da60d2eb21d@mail.gmail.com> (Ryan's message of "Sun\, 1 Feb 2009 15\:47\:12 -0600")
Ryan <rswaggie@gmail.com> writes:
> When I change the default font to a custom font (such as Calibri or Arial),
> the tables seem to get messed up.
Calibri and Arial are sans-serif (i.e., not monospaced) fonts. Tables in
these fonts will not align, since the space between characters varies.
>
> I'm going to suppose that this is some kind of Windows fonts issue with
> fixed-width fonts. Are there any solutions? I really prefer a font other
> than Courier.
This page has a list of fixed-width/monospace fonts:
http://www.lowing.org/fonts/
Best,
Matt
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-01 21:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-01 21:47 Custom Fonts Fail with Tables Ryan
2009-02-01 21:57 ` Matthew Lundin [this message]
2009-02-02 6:42 ` Yee Keat Phuah
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