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From: Matthew Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
Subject: Re: Custom Fonts Fail with Tables
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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