>>>OK, found it - these numbers are in 1/10000ths of an inch. You can do the math from there.
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>>Hi Dragan,
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>>I've tried Arial Narrow, but for numbers I need non-proportional font, since all the amounts are actually in one string. What would be your suggestion? I guess, if it's non-proportional, it can not be narrower.
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>Once upon a time all the digits and the space, in any font, were supposed to have a fixed width, so even proportional fonts would line up the amounts properly. Recently, I've discovered that this is not a case anymore - try this:
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_screen.FontName="Tahoma"
>?PADL(132423,44)
>?PADL(132,44)
>_screen.FontName="Times New Roman"
>?PADL(132423,44)
>?PADL(132,44)
>?PADL(132,44,"0")
>and you'll see. Maybe Lucida Console - still looks good at smaller font sizes, although it isn't as narrow as we'd wish.
That's what I tried, but bold and normal fonts are not aligned :( Still looking for the ideas.
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