# Fixed spaces/true type in a post...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-spaces-true-type-in-a-post/25085>\
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**Created:** [July 10, 2000, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-spaces-true-type-in-a-post/25085 "2000-07-10T04:43:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-spaces-true-type-in-a-post/25085/1 "2000-07-10T04:43:08Z")

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I need to post the figure shown below. How do you force spaces into a post at the start of a line? Also, can you select a true type font?

Here’s what I want to post:  
…/  
…/–  
…/|**|  
…|/|  
…/**  
…/| |  
…/ | |   
…/ | |   
…/ | |   
…/------------  
…/| |  
…/ | | \

Periods have been added to the start of each line to force space, but w/o TT it’s still compressed.

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**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-spaces-true-type-in-a-post/25085/2 "2000-07-10T04:47:41Z")

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Try this instead, FWIW…

…/  
…/–  
…/|\_\_|  
…|/|  
…/–  
…/|…|  
…/ |…|   
…/…|…|…  
…/…|…|…  
…/------------  
…/|…|  
…/.|…|.\

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-spaces-true-type-in-a-post/25085/3 "2000-07-10T05:15:17Z")

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Let’s try it using the CODE command.

```auto

........../\
........./--\
......../|__|\
.........|/\|
........./__\
......../| |\
......./ | | \
....../ | | \
...../ | | \
..../------------\
.../| |\
../ | | \

```

How’s that? {code} to turn it on; {/code} to turn it off. (Using straight brackets instead of curly ones.)

your humble TubaDiva

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**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-spaces-true-type-in-a-post/25085/4 "2000-07-10T05:46:17Z")

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Wow. It was even used in the OP I replied to; dunno how I missed it. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-spaces-true-type-in-a-post/25085/5 "2000-07-10T07:38:15Z")

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Meanwhile, we have no other control over the font than that afforded by the bold, italic, sub, sup, and code tags. Dangit, I want my Symbol font! Wingdings would be nice, too, but they’re less universal (I don’t think that Macs have Wingdings).