For formatting reasons, I would like to add extra spaces between words. Discourse normally removes these spaces, but sometimes it improves readability. I can use backticks, but that changes the font. I can use 
but that vanishes the next time I edit the text.
Is there a way to add extra spaces between words and keep it persistent, without changing font?
I am writing an after action report in a game. The report includes minerals present on a planet, with their accessibility. This is how it looks in Word (screenshot).
This is how it looks in Discourse.
Earth Survey Report
Duranium: 374,100 1.00
Neutronium: 121,600 0.60
Corbomite: 148,400 0.90
Tritanium: 183,700 0.70
Boronide: 146,400 0.90
Mercassium: 124,500 0.80
Vendarite: 125,600 0.70
Sorium: 166,700 0.80
Uridium: 105,200 0.70
Corundium: 275,000 0.70
Gallicite: 406,000 0.90
I can remove the extra lines, but it is more readable with spaces between the numbers.
Ah okay you meant in the composer specifically, so you can choose when and where to add them?
What about a table?
Earth Survey Report
| Material | Value | Modifier |
|---|---|---|
| Duranium | 374,100 | 1.00 |
| Neutronium | 121,600 | 0.60 |
| Corbomite | 148,400 | 0.90 |
| Tritanium | 183,700 | 0.70 |
| Boronide | 146,400 | 0.90 |
| Mercassium | 124,500 | 0.80 |
| Vendarite | 125,600 | 0.70 |
| Sorium | 166,700 | 0.80 |
| Uridium | 105,200 | 0.70 |
| Corundium | 275,000 | 0.70 |
| Gallicite | 406,000 | 0.90 |
If you don’t use backticks for anything else, you could just overrule the CSS for them.
Might be the easiest way.
You could also put a named wrap around your report and apply CSS to that:
I find this easiest in the Markdown composer:
[wrap=game-report]
Duranium: 374,100 1.00
Neutronium: 121,600 0.60
Corbomite: 148,400 0.90
...etc.
[/wrap]
Add your custom CSS:
[data-wrap="game-report"] {
word-spacing: 1em;
}
Result:
Yes, I independently arrived at this solution before I came back here. Much better for what I need. Thanks.
I really need to start learning markup properly. My background is C++/C# etc.
And I just programmed the game to generate the survey data including the table markdown, as an option 
Thanks, this is also an interesting solution. I have no experience with CSS at all. Something else I need to learn
Making custom CSS changes on your site is a nice primer & walkthrough.
Thanks - that looks very interesting. I’ve bookmarked and I will spend some time on it.
