same size letters

Question

I need to write a text where the letters are aligned with each other, I mean something like this :

however since usually not all letters occupy the same space, I get this:

is there some font where all uppercase letters have the same size? or is there maybe another way to do this?

Sure: monospaced font. Try \texttt{} for the Computer Modern one — Au101, Dec 25 '16 at 13:42

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

Like Au101 already mentionend, texttt{your text} is your way to go. Actually it produces output similar to this one, so every letter has the same width.

You can use it as follows:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\texttt{your text - IN CAPITALS}

{\ttfamily yourtext no. 2}
\end{document}

An alternative would be {\ttfamily yourtext}

Depending on your use, this might be helpful: When should one use \verb and when \texttt

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 25 '16 at 18:06

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One way is to use the stretch optional argument to \makebox (or \framebox).

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[margin=2cm]{geometry}

\newcommand*{\mybox}[2][5cm]{%
  % \framebox
  \makebox[#1][s]{#2}}

\begin{document}

\mybox[3cm]{M I C H I G A N} \hfill \mybox{T E C H N O L O G I C A L} \hfill \mybox[4cm]{U N I V E R S I T Y}

\mybox[3cm]{H O U G T O N} \hfill \mybox{H O U G H T O N H O U G H} \hfill \mybox[4cm]{T O N H O U G H N T O}

\end{document}

answered Dec 25 '16 at 18:06

jon

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This is the 'other' way for when a monospaced font is inappropriate. – jon Dec 25 '16 at 18:07
That took a bit more space than I intended but it worked too, thanks – DS_UNI Dec 25 '16 at 21:01

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