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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.

fonts horizontal-alignment vertical-alignment

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  4 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Thérèse I have now, thanks.
  
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  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.

fonts horizontal-alignment vertical-alignment

share|improve this question

edited 2 hours ago

siracusa

5,13011429

asked 5 hours ago

tjt263tjt263

1676

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Have you seen tex.stackexchange.com/q/182972 ?
  
  – Thérèse
  4 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Thérèse I have now, thanks.
  
  – tjt263
  4 hours ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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.

fonts horizontal-alignment vertical-alignment

share|improve this question

edited 2 hours ago

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tjt263tjt263

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A E I O U  

Z X C V B  

a e i o u  

z x c v b  

share|improve this question

edited 2 hours ago

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asked 5 hours ago

tjt263tjt263

1676

share|improve this question

edited 2 hours ago

siracusa

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asked 5 hours ago

tjt263tjt263

1676

edited 2 hours ago

siracusa

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edited 2 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.

documentclass{article}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

usepackage{tabstackengine}

begin{document}

setstackTAB{ }

fixTABwidth{T}

tabbedCenterstack{

A E I O U\

a e i o u\

Z X C V B\

z x c v b\

1 I ! | .\

0 W ? — … 

}

end{document}

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

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edited 2 hours ago

answered 2 hours ago

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1

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

documentclass{article}



usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

usepackage{listings}



lstset{

    columns=fixed,

    literate={—}{{---}}1 {…}{{...}}1

}



begin{document}

begin{lstlisting}

A E I O U

a e i o u

Z X C V B

z x c v b



1 I ! | .

0 W ? — …

end{lstlisting}

end{document}

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.

documentclass{article}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

usepackage{tabstackengine}

begin{document}

setstackTAB{ }

fixTABwidth{T}

tabbedCenterstack{

A E I O U\

a e i o u\

Z X C V B\

z x c v b\

1 I ! | .\

0 W ? — … 

}

end{document}

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

share|improve this answer

edited 2 hours ago

answered 2 hours ago

Steven B. SegletesSteven B. Segletes

159k9204412

add a comment | 

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.

documentclass{article}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

usepackage{tabstackengine}

begin{document}

setstackTAB{ }

fixTABwidth{T}

tabbedCenterstack{

A E I O U\

a e i o u\

Z X C V B\

z x c v b\

1 I ! | .\

0 W ? — … 

}

end{document}

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

share|improve this answer

edited 2 hours ago

answered 2 hours ago

Steven B. SegletesSteven B. Segletes

159k9204412

add a comment | 

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.

documentclass{article}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

usepackage{tabstackengine}

begin{document}

setstackTAB{ }

fixTABwidth{T}

tabbedCenterstack{

A E I O U\

a e i o u\

Z X C V B\

z x c v b\

1 I ! | .\

0 W ? — … 

}

end{document}

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

share|improve this answer

edited 2 hours ago

answered 2 hours ago

Steven B. SegletesSteven B. Segletes

159k9204412

documentclass{article}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

usepackage{tabstackengine}

begin{document}

setstackTAB{ }

fixTABwidth{T}

tabbedCenterstack{

A E I O U\

a e i o u\

Z X C V B\

z x c v b\

1 I ! | .\

0 W ? — … 

}

end{document}

share|improve this answer

edited 2 hours ago

answered 2 hours ago

Steven B. SegletesSteven B. Segletes

159k9204412

answered 2 hours ago

Steven B. SegletesSteven B. Segletes

159k9204412

answered 2 hours ago

Steven B. SegletesSteven B. Segletes

159k9204412

1

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

documentclass{article}



usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

usepackage{listings}



lstset{

    columns=fixed,

    literate={—}{{---}}1 {…}{{...}}1

}



begin{document}

begin{lstlisting}

A E I O U

a e i o u

Z X C V B

z x c v b



1 I ! | .

0 W ? — …

end{lstlisting}

end{document}

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

answered 2 hours ago

siracusasiracusa

5,13011429

add a comment | 

1

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

documentclass{article}



usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

usepackage{listings}



lstset{

    columns=fixed,

    literate={—}{{---}}1 {…}{{...}}1

}



begin{document}

begin{lstlisting}

A E I O U

a e i o u

Z X C V B

z x c v b



1 I ! | .

0 W ? — …

end{lstlisting}

end{document}

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

answered 2 hours ago

siracusasiracusa

5,13011429

add a comment | 

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

documentclass{article}



usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

usepackage{listings}



lstset{

    columns=fixed,

    literate={—}{{---}}1 {…}{{...}}1

}



begin{document}

begin{lstlisting}

A E I O U

a e i o u

Z X C V B

z x c v b



1 I ! | .

0 W ? — …

end{lstlisting}

end{document}

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

answered 2 hours ago

siracusasiracusa

5,13011429

documentclass{article}



usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

usepackage{listings}



lstset{

    columns=fixed,

    literate={—}{{---}}1 {…}{{...}}1

}



begin{document}

begin{lstlisting}

A E I O U

a e i o u

Z X C V B

z x c v b



1 I ! | .

0 W ? — …

end{lstlisting}

end{document}

share|improve this answer

answered 2 hours ago

siracusasiracusa

5,13011429

answered 2 hours ago

siracusasiracusa

5,13011429

answered 2 hours ago

siracusasiracusa

5,13011429