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Old 05-27-2014, 07:46 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Derek R View Post
Just as a postscript, 0.4em seems to work well with most fonts, but changing to Courier threw the alignment. It would be interesting to know if there is a neat solution that avoids the use of a table.

No. There is not. The quotation marks will have a different width for virtually every font. You're beating yourself to death for no reason. TRUST me on this.

Simply drop in styling for a slightly-indented line--all that matters is the ability to convey to the reader that a new line has started. Perfect alignment in this situation is daft. Don't forget that you'll need to use settings with a negative indent, as well (and padding), so that when people use enormous font settings, which MANY do, particularly on smartphones, you'll get an indented line-wrap for material too long for (that) line.

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