Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
> Hi,
>
> for fine-adjusting I need to have a variable horizontal space
> sometimes the width of "999" sometimes of "1", for example.
> Is there a command that reads the width of a character so it can be
> used in some kind of horizontal space?
There is a \fontcharwd primitive to measure the width of a single
character is a specific font:
\hskip \the\fontcharwd \font `1
but it may be easier to put the number(s) in a box and measure the
width of that:
\setbox\scratchbox=\hbox{999}%
\hskip \the\wd \scratchbox
Greetings, Taco
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