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I like to use variable-pitch mode when working with prose in org-mode, but I have to turn it off when I involve tables or code blocks. Using answers found elsewhere, such as https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3758139/variable-pitch-for-org-mode-fixed-pitch-for-tables I can obtain what I am looking for in vanilla Emacs.

My issue is that this does not work with the code blocks in Spacemacs. Spacemacs seems to add font-lock'd faces to code blocks, and I do not know how to make only these faces stay fixed-pitch while the rest of the buffer is in variable-pitch-mode. Would anyone have any advice?

I currently use the following Spacemacs layers:

 auto-completion
 better-defaults
 emacs-lisp
 git
 markdown
 org
 (shell :variables
        shell-default-height 30
        shell-default-position 'bottom)
 spell-checking
 syntax-checking

A screenshot of Spacemacs entirely in fixed-pitch mode.

A screenshot of Spacemacs entirely in variable-pitch mode.

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You can configure the faces org-block-background and org-table, respectively, and set a fixed-width font foundry.

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    From my understanding, org-block-background was removed from org-mode in this commit: orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f8b42e8 Has it been re-added? I don't seem to have it.
    – user11569
    Mar 29, 2016 at 20:40
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    However, customizing org-table does indeed make tables fix-pitched.
    – user11569
    Mar 29, 2016 at 20:50
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    You're right, I was using the org-mode that came bundled with Emacs 24.5.
    – Lindydancer
    Mar 30, 2016 at 7:07

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