* Custom Fonts Fail with Tables
@ 2009-02-01 21:47 Ryan
2009-02-01 21:57 ` Matthew Lundin
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From: Ryan @ 2009-02-01 21:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
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Hi,
When I change the default font to a custom font (such as Calibri or Arial),
the tables seem to get messed up. For instance, if I have a table where I
have forced a column to a width of 40 that has an entry greater than 40
characters, it will correctly clip the entry and display the full item with
a tooltip. If, however, I then change the font, the table becomes
disfigured, and a re-align does not fix it. When I change the font back to
Courier and do a re-align, the table then becomes readable again.
Info:
Emacs 23 (latest EmacsW32)
XP Pro
6.16
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.
Thanks,
Ryan
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* Re: Custom Fonts Fail with Tables
2009-02-01 21:47 Custom Fonts Fail with Tables Ryan
@ 2009-02-01 21:57 ` Matthew Lundin
2009-02-02 6:42 ` Yee Keat Phuah
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From: Matthew Lundin @ 2009-02-01 21:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ryan; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
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
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* Re: Custom Fonts Fail with Tables
2009-02-01 21:57 ` Matthew Lundin
@ 2009-02-02 6:42 ` Yee Keat Phuah
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From: Yee Keat Phuah @ 2009-02-02 6:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Matthew Lundin; +Cc: emacs-orgmode, Ryan
Hi,
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 5:57 AM, Matthew Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> wrote:
>
> 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.
Adding to that, I would like to report that Chinese characters inside
tables will also cause the table to be misaligned. I guess its the
font width calculation issue as well. As far as I can tell visually,
each chinese character occupies 1.5 places of a monospaced font width.
Cheres,
Phuah Yee Keat
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