Editing Monospaced font (section)

== Tabular figures ==
{{see also|Typeface#Typesetting numbers}}[[File:Proportional vs Tabular figures.svg|thumb|Some fonts, such as [[Hepta Slab]] (shown above), contains both proportional (left) and tabular (right) figures. [[CSS]] can be used to choose between these two sets of numeral glyphs.]] 
[[File:Proportional & Tabular figures.tiff|thumb|Proportional (upper) and tabular (lower) figures in [[Palatino]]]]
Many fonts that generally are not monospaced have numerals that are known as tabular figures.<ref name="Adobe Clean">{{cite web|title=A New Face for Adobe|url=http://blog.typekit.com/2009/05/05/a_new_face_for_1/|website=Typekit Blog|publisher=Adobe|access-date=8 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="Shinntype Modern Suite specification">{{cite web|last1=Shinn|first1=Nick|title=Shinntype Modern Suite specification|url=http://shinntype.com/wp-content/uploads/files/pdf/Scotch_Modern.pdf|publisher=Shinntype|access-date=16 October 2015|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225042806/http://shinntype.com/wp-content/uploads/files/pdf/Scotch_Modern.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> As tabular spacing makes all numbers with the same number of digits the same width, it is used for typesetting documents such as price lists, stock listings and sums in mathematics textbooks, all of which require columns of numbers to line up on top of each other for easier comparison.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Strizver|first1=Elaine|title=Proportional vs. Tabular Figures|url=http://www.fonts.com/content/learning/fontology/level-3/numbers/proportional-vs-tabular-figures|website=fonts.com|publisher=Monotype Imaging|access-date=4 August 2014}}</ref> Tabular spacing is also a common feature of simple printing devices such as [[cash register]]s and date-stamps.<ref>{{cite web|title=Revenue|url=http://www.typography.com/fonts/numbers/inside/revenue|publisher=Hoefler & Frere-Jones|access-date=4 August 2014}}</ref> Fonts intended for professional use in documents such as business reports may also make the bold numbers take up the same width as the numbers in regular style; the consistency between styles is called "[[duplexing (font)|duplexing]]".<ref name="gotham-numerics">{{cite web|title=Gotham: Numerics|url=http://www.typography.com/fonts/gotham/features/gotham-numerics|publisher=[[Hoefler & Frere-Jones]]|access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref>

[[File:Duplexing numerals Concourse.png|thumb|[[duplexed (font)|Duplexed]] numerals in [[Matthew Butterick|Concourse]]. The bold and non-bold digits have the same width.]]

The alternative to tabular spacing is proportional spacing, which places the numbers closely together, reducing empty space in a document, and is thought to allow the numbers to blend into the text more effectively.<ref name="gotham-numerics"/> With modern fonts using the TrueType or [[OpenType]] formats, it is possible to include both proportional and tabular figures in the same font file, and choose between them using font options settings in applications such as [[word processor]]s or web browsers.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Butterick|first1=Matthew|title=Alternate figures: consider the context|url=http://practicaltypography.com/alternate-figures.html|website=Butternick's Practical Typography}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Saller|first1=Carol|title=Old-Style Versus Lining Figures|url=http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2012/03/14/old-style-versus-lining-figures/|newspaper=[[Chronicle of Higher Education]]|access-date=4 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Bergsland|first1=David|title=Using numbers in the proper case|url=http://www.graphic-design.com/DTG/bergsland/numbering_typography.html|publisher=Design & Publishing Center|access-date=4 August 2014|archive-date=19 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019050624/http://www.graphic-design.com/DTG/bergsland/numbering_typography.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>