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Oliver Scholz <alkibiades@gmx.de> writes:

> * Check for the width as above, but care for the proper alignment by
>   inserting spaces after the Latin font. (IIRC Emacs allows for spaces
>   of arbitrary width.)

Maybe it's possible to just draw pixels in Emacs?  If not, that might
be a useful addition.  Then you ask Emacs about the width in pixels
of the text and draw some lines for the box.

Maybe something has to be added to the display engine for this to
work.

kai
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