Re: [Groff] Misformatting of CR font in PIC macros

[Clemens Ladisch]

Roger Leigh wrote:
> The left-hand boxes in the figure contain "Filename" in Roman and
> below it "hash.c" in Courier.  While in the pic macros both have the
> same x offset, "hash.c" is offset further to the right than "Filename",
> when both were expected to be exactly left-aligned.  Note that changing
> \fC to \fR results in perfect alignment.

> "\s12\fC hash.c\fP" at 1.062,8.721 ljust
> "\s12\fR Filename\fP" at 1.062,9.096 ljust

Both strings _are_ exactly left-aligned; what you see is the difference
between a Times space and a Courier space.  (You probably inserted the
space to prevent the text bumping against the box.)


Regards,
Clemens