Displaying decimals with arial font are not aligned

[thomasr]

Hi

I need to display a report in arial font but the decimals do not line up properly because arial is a proportional font. When displaying 1.11 and 11.11 underneath each other the decimal point is not in line because of the leading spaces not using the same width as numbers.
Is there a way around this problem.
I am using VPE 3.20

Thanks
Thomas Rothlisberger

[IDEAL Software Support]

Digits are always monospaced, even in proportional fonts. To make the decimal point aligned, output the whole decimal numbers right-aligned, i.e. set the property TextAlignment = ALIGN_RIGHT.

It is also recommended to strip off all leading and trailing blanks around the decimal-numbers, before inserting them into the VPE document.

Hint: at least for Arial and Times New Roman there is also a second rule: two blanks have the equal width of a single digit.