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From: jaap@mcvax.UUCP (Jaap Akkerhuis)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: How to kill proportional Spacing on the &%$# Typesetter?
Message-ID: <541@mcvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 18-Mar-85 13:58:52 EST
Article-I.D.: mcvax.541
Posted: Mon Mar 18 13:58:52 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 22-Mar-85 00:54:27 EST
References: <370@usl.UUCP> <4109@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: jaap@mcvax.UUCP (Jaap Akkerhuis)
Distribution: net.unix-wizards
Organization: CWI, Amsterdam
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Summary: 

In article <4109@umcp-cs.UUCP> chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
 > Surprise!  Standard troff doesn't have any fixed width fonts.  I don't
 > know what (if any) fonts supplied with itroff are fixed width.
 > 
 > One horrible kludge is to use the \z and \h commands to force fixed width
 > characters.  However, it looks awful.  If you must use it, try (e.g.)
 > 
 >    \z'A'\h'15u'\z'B'\h'15u'
 > 

A better way to do this is to use the .cs request. But it will still look
horrible.