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Aligning individual characters/glyphs like a monospace font


Can I turn a variable width font into a fixed-width font?grabbing a single Greek glyph from an alternative font in math mode?Text aligning like numbers aligningLongtable monospace fontMonospaced font with U+1D400..U+1D7FF range (for editing)?Fixing fonts with LuaTeX feature filesalternative to METAFONTAlign decimal point & proportional fontDefining individual glyphs breaks kerningHow is line spacing usually calculated?Taking individual glyphs from another font in fontspec













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You know how most fonts and typography in general have characters/glyphs of various widths? Like if you compare a regular font:




A E I O U

Z X C V B

a e i o u

z x c v b




They don't quite line up perfectly like a fixed width or monospace font does:



A E I O U 
Z X C V B
a e i o u
z x c v b


I've just discovered how it's possible to align parts of a LaTeX document (still getting the hang of it) and I was curious to find out if it's possible to align and center every individual character of an ordinary font, so as to emulate fixed width characters of monospaced fonts.



If you look closely the actual characters are not all necessarily the same width, but the characters and the empty space around them amount to the same dimensions, which is what makes me think it might be possible:
A E I O U
a e i o u
Z X C V B
z x c v b



Some more obvious comparisons:
1 I ! | .
0 W ?



Anyway, it could be quite useful to me, if it's possible. Might end up just being to ugly for this life, but I'd like to give it a shot if anyone can think of a way to do it.










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  • Have you seen tex.stackexchange.com/q/182972 ?

    – Thérèse
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  • @Thérèse I have now, thanks.

    – tjt263
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You know how most fonts and typography in general have characters/glyphs of various widths? Like if you compare a regular font:




A E I O U

Z X C V B

a e i o u

z x c v b




They don't quite line up perfectly like a fixed width or monospace font does:



A E I O U 
Z X C V B
a e i o u
z x c v b


I've just discovered how it's possible to align parts of a LaTeX document (still getting the hang of it) and I was curious to find out if it's possible to align and center every individual character of an ordinary font, so as to emulate fixed width characters of monospaced fonts.



If you look closely the actual characters are not all necessarily the same width, but the characters and the empty space around them amount to the same dimensions, which is what makes me think it might be possible:
A E I O U
a e i o u
Z X C V B
z x c v b



Some more obvious comparisons:
1 I ! | .
0 W ?



Anyway, it could be quite useful to me, if it's possible. Might end up just being to ugly for this life, but I'd like to give it a shot if anyone can think of a way to do it.










share|improve this question
























  • Have you seen tex.stackexchange.com/q/182972 ?

    – Thérèse
    4 hours ago











  • @Thérèse I have now, thanks.

    – tjt263
    4 hours ago














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You know how most fonts and typography in general have characters/glyphs of various widths? Like if you compare a regular font:




A E I O U

Z X C V B

a e i o u

z x c v b




They don't quite line up perfectly like a fixed width or monospace font does:



A E I O U 
Z X C V B
a e i o u
z x c v b


I've just discovered how it's possible to align parts of a LaTeX document (still getting the hang of it) and I was curious to find out if it's possible to align and center every individual character of an ordinary font, so as to emulate fixed width characters of monospaced fonts.



If you look closely the actual characters are not all necessarily the same width, but the characters and the empty space around them amount to the same dimensions, which is what makes me think it might be possible:
A E I O U
a e i o u
Z X C V B
z x c v b



Some more obvious comparisons:
1 I ! | .
0 W ?



Anyway, it could be quite useful to me, if it's possible. Might end up just being to ugly for this life, but I'd like to give it a shot if anyone can think of a way to do it.










share|improve this question
















You know how most fonts and typography in general have characters/glyphs of various widths? Like if you compare a regular font:




A E I O U

Z X C V B

a e i o u

z x c v b




They don't quite line up perfectly like a fixed width or monospace font does:



A E I O U 
Z X C V B
a e i o u
z x c v b


I've just discovered how it's possible to align parts of a LaTeX document (still getting the hang of it) and I was curious to find out if it's possible to align and center every individual character of an ordinary font, so as to emulate fixed width characters of monospaced fonts.



If you look closely the actual characters are not all necessarily the same width, but the characters and the empty space around them amount to the same dimensions, which is what makes me think it might be possible:
A E I O U
a e i o u
Z X C V B
z x c v b



Some more obvious comparisons:
1 I ! | .
0 W ?



Anyway, it could be quite useful to me, if it's possible. Might end up just being to ugly for this life, but I'd like to give it a shot if anyone can think of a way to do it.







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  • Have you seen tex.stackexchange.com/q/182972 ?

    – Thérèse
    4 hours ago











  • @Thérèse I have now, thanks.

    – tjt263
    4 hours ago


















  • Have you seen tex.stackexchange.com/q/182972 ?

    – Thérèse
    4 hours ago











  • @Thérèse I have now, thanks.

    – tjt263
    4 hours ago

















Have you seen tex.stackexchange.com/q/182972 ?

– Thérèse
4 hours ago





Have you seen tex.stackexchange.com/q/182972 ?

– Thérèse
4 hours ago













@Thérèse I have now, thanks.

– tjt263
4 hours ago






@Thérèse I have now, thanks.

– tjt263
4 hours ago











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I use a tabbed stack, with an input space as the tab character (it does not show in the output). I also force all columns to be equal width, which will take on the widest character in the matrix.



documentclassarticle
usepackage[T1]fontenc
usepackagetabstackengine
begindocument
setstackTAB
fixTABwidthT
tabbedCenterstack
A E I O U\
a e i o u\
Z X C V B\
z x c v b\
1 I !
enddocument


enter image description here



I can employ a negative tab gap, setstacktabbedgap-4pt, to squeeze the columns together, but then the em-dash and ellipsis overlap:



enter image description here






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    A simple solution is to use the listingspackage with fixed width columns:



    documentclassarticle

    usepackage[utf8]inputenc
    usepackagelistings

    lstset
    columns=fixed,
    literate=—---1 …...1


    begindocument
    beginlstlisting
    A E I O U
    a e i o u
    Z X C V B
    z x c v b

    1 I ! | .
    0 W ? — …
    endlstlisting
    enddocument


    enter image description here



    Note that listings doesn't work well with Unicode characters (TeX.SX has several questions on that matter), so I used the literate option as a quick fix here.






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      I use a tabbed stack, with an input space as the tab character (it does not show in the output). I also force all columns to be equal width, which will take on the widest character in the matrix.



      documentclassarticle
      usepackage[T1]fontenc
      usepackagetabstackengine
      begindocument
      setstackTAB
      fixTABwidthT
      tabbedCenterstack
      A E I O U\
      a e i o u\
      Z X C V B\
      z x c v b\
      1 I !
      enddocument


      enter image description here



      I can employ a negative tab gap, setstacktabbedgap-4pt, to squeeze the columns together, but then the em-dash and ellipsis overlap:



      enter image description here






      share|improve this answer





























        2














        I use a tabbed stack, with an input space as the tab character (it does not show in the output). I also force all columns to be equal width, which will take on the widest character in the matrix.



        documentclassarticle
        usepackage[T1]fontenc
        usepackagetabstackengine
        begindocument
        setstackTAB
        fixTABwidthT
        tabbedCenterstack
        A E I O U\
        a e i o u\
        Z X C V B\
        z x c v b\
        1 I !
        enddocument


        enter image description here



        I can employ a negative tab gap, setstacktabbedgap-4pt, to squeeze the columns together, but then the em-dash and ellipsis overlap:



        enter image description here






        share|improve this answer



























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          2







          I use a tabbed stack, with an input space as the tab character (it does not show in the output). I also force all columns to be equal width, which will take on the widest character in the matrix.



          documentclassarticle
          usepackage[T1]fontenc
          usepackagetabstackengine
          begindocument
          setstackTAB
          fixTABwidthT
          tabbedCenterstack
          A E I O U\
          a e i o u\
          Z X C V B\
          z x c v b\
          1 I !
          enddocument


          enter image description here



          I can employ a negative tab gap, setstacktabbedgap-4pt, to squeeze the columns together, but then the em-dash and ellipsis overlap:



          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer















          I use a tabbed stack, with an input space as the tab character (it does not show in the output). I also force all columns to be equal width, which will take on the widest character in the matrix.



          documentclassarticle
          usepackage[T1]fontenc
          usepackagetabstackengine
          begindocument
          setstackTAB
          fixTABwidthT
          tabbedCenterstack
          A E I O U\
          a e i o u\
          Z X C V B\
          z x c v b\
          1 I !
          enddocument


          enter image description here



          I can employ a negative tab gap, setstacktabbedgap-4pt, to squeeze the columns together, but then the em-dash and ellipsis overlap:



          enter image description here







          share|improve this answer














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          answered 2 hours ago









          Steven B. SegletesSteven B. Segletes

          159k9204412




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              A simple solution is to use the listingspackage with fixed width columns:



              documentclassarticle

              usepackage[utf8]inputenc
              usepackagelistings

              lstset
              columns=fixed,
              literate=—---1 …...1


              begindocument
              beginlstlisting
              A E I O U
              a e i o u
              Z X C V B
              z x c v b

              1 I ! | .
              0 W ? — …
              endlstlisting
              enddocument


              enter image description here



              Note that listings doesn't work well with Unicode characters (TeX.SX has several questions on that matter), so I used the literate option as a quick fix here.






              share|improve this answer



























                1














                A simple solution is to use the listingspackage with fixed width columns:



                documentclassarticle

                usepackage[utf8]inputenc
                usepackagelistings

                lstset
                columns=fixed,
                literate=—---1 …...1


                begindocument
                beginlstlisting
                A E I O U
                a e i o u
                Z X C V B
                z x c v b

                1 I ! | .
                0 W ? — …
                endlstlisting
                enddocument


                enter image description here



                Note that listings doesn't work well with Unicode characters (TeX.SX has several questions on that matter), so I used the literate option as a quick fix here.






                share|improve this answer

























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                  A simple solution is to use the listingspackage with fixed width columns:



                  documentclassarticle

                  usepackage[utf8]inputenc
                  usepackagelistings

                  lstset
                  columns=fixed,
                  literate=—---1 …...1


                  begindocument
                  beginlstlisting
                  A E I O U
                  a e i o u
                  Z X C V B
                  z x c v b

                  1 I ! | .
                  0 W ? — …
                  endlstlisting
                  enddocument


                  enter image description here



                  Note that listings doesn't work well with Unicode characters (TeX.SX has several questions on that matter), so I used the literate option as a quick fix here.






                  share|improve this answer













                  A simple solution is to use the listingspackage with fixed width columns:



                  documentclassarticle

                  usepackage[utf8]inputenc
                  usepackagelistings

                  lstset
                  columns=fixed,
                  literate=—---1 …...1


                  begindocument
                  beginlstlisting
                  A E I O U
                  a e i o u
                  Z X C V B
                  z x c v b

                  1 I ! | .
                  0 W ? — …
                  endlstlisting
                  enddocument


                  enter image description here



                  Note that listings doesn't work well with Unicode characters (TeX.SX has several questions on that matter), so I used the literate option as a quick fix here.







                  share|improve this answer












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