On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 02:59:51PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@janestreet.com>

[...]

> > Is there a way to achieve this with display properties?
> 
> Why do you need display properties?  What's wrong with
> 
>   (format "%5s" THE-STRING)

This was my "inner question", too. Then I thought that some folks might
like to use proportional fonts (yeah, Computer Modern has explicit fixed
width for numerals, but not everyone's as wise as DEK ;-)

Not that I would allow a proportional font near my Emacs, ever...

Cheers
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t