How do I format text as the width of a number?

[MikeMcCollister]

I have just switched a spreadsheet from Calibri as the font to Aptos Narrow. Now that I have switched, I am having some minor alignment issues. I have some cells stacked to have Week 1 through Week 5 and then a speical case where a week has not been defined yet. When it is not defined, I use an em dash, with Calibri would be the same width of a number. Now with Aptos Narrow, it is not the same width. See image to see that "Week –" does not perfectly align with "Week 5".

Is there any way to format the cell so that the em dash, or even a period will fill the width of a number?

The custom formatting that I have for the the cells is as follows:

_("Week" 0_);_("ERROR" -0_);_("ERROR" 0_);_("Week" @_)

Thanks,

Mike

 

[RoryA]

You could use a unicode figure dash?
=UNICHAR(8210)

 

[MikeMcCollister]

You could use a unicode figure dash?
=UNICHAR(8210)

Thanks. Still not the same width. Must be a "feature" of the font.

 

[RoryA]

It looks the same to me.

 

[MikeMcCollister]

It looks the same to me.
View attachment 107645

It is better than them em dash but on my 4K display it is off by one pixel.

Thanks,

Mike

 

[Joe4]

I just have to ask, what is so important about the perfect alignment? If is just a visual preference type of thing, or is there a more important reason why it is needed?

If lining them is really important, why not just continue to use the Calibri font (if that was working for you), or left-justify the text instead of centering?
Note: When I try the Calibri font, it seems to have the same issue too.

 

[MikeMcCollister]

I just have to ask, what is so important about the perfect alignment? If is just a visual preference type of thing, or is there a more important reason why it is needed?

If lining them is really important, why not just continue to use the Calibri font (if that was working for you), or left-justify the text instead of centering?
Note: When I try the Calibri font, it seems to have the same issue too.

View attachment 107653

No real reason to have it perfectly aligned. More of an OCD thing for me and a learning experience.

 

[Joe4]

No real reason to have it perfectly aligned. More of an OCD thing for me and a learning experience.

LOL! That would be a little OCD for 1 pixel!

Have you considered left justifying though?

 

[MikeMcCollister]

LOL! That would be a little OCD for 1 pixel!

Have you considered left justifying though?

I considered left justifying but liked the right justify with the one-pixel discrepancy better.