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DaveC wrote:
> I have always used crude methods to get around screen font spacing
> problems, like choosing another font that looked better. Truthfully,
> I never understood why some characters are closer together than
> others, and how to fix the problem, not just avoid the symptom.
>
You need a monospace font if you want identically sized letters.
> How can I fix a font's spacing on-screen, so that it is uniform.
>
Use a monospace font, not a proportional font like American
Typewriter.
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www.granatedit.com
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