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I'm using the "Charis SIL Compact" font for Org mode and everything looks fine except the second, third lines of list items that span multiple lines don't align properly.

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When using a variable pitch font some elements don't align properly such as code blocks, tables, etc.. I have these rules applied:

(use-package org-faces
    :ensure nil
    :custom-face
    (org-table ((nil (:inherit fixed-pitch))))
    (org-block ((nil (:inherit fixed-pitch :foreground nil))))
    (org-code  ((nil (:inherit (shadow fixed-pitch)))))  
    (org-indent ((nil (:inherit (org-hide fixed-pitch)))))
    (org-special-keyword ((nil (:inherit (font-lock-comment-face fixed-pitch))))))

Any suggestion is welcome.

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  • Are you using org-superstar (for example via Doom)? Or how do you get the UTF bullets?
    – orgtre
    Commented Mar 6, 2023 at 16:17

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The left-most spaces should all have face org-indent assigned already (this is the default face of the wrap- and line-prefix text properties set by org-indent-mode). So the only way the misalignment can arise is if the width of the bullet or the space after it are of a different width than a space of font org-indent.

When I call C-u M-x what-cursor-position (or C-u C-x =) at the space after a bullet, the face is already org-indent, while doing the same at a bullet reveals its face is org-list-dt. Setting this face to inherit fixed-pitch like you do for org-indent should solve the alignment issue:

(use-feature org-faces
    :ensure nil
    :custom-face
    (org-table ((nil (:inherit fixed-pitch))))
    (org-block ((nil (:inherit fixed-pitch :foreground nil))))
    (org-code  ((nil (:inherit (shadow fixed-pitch)))))  
    (org-indent ((nil (:inherit (org-hide fixed-pitch)))))
    (org-special-keyword ((nil (:inherit (font-lock-comment-face fixed-pitch)))))
    (org-list-dt ((nil (:inherit fixed-pitch)))))

If this doesn't help, ensure that the UTF character used for the bullet isn't wider than a default fixed-pitch character. This can for example be done by evaluating (> (string-pixel-width "•") (frame-char-width)) in the scratch buffer with "•" replaced by whatever character you use for the bullet.

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Of course they don’t. The spaces at the beginning of the line are not the same width as the other characters. Since each character from a variable width font has a different width, there’s no way that they could ever line up.

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  • Here's a website zzamboni.org/post/beautifying-org-mode-in-emacs as you can see in this image zzamboni.org/post/beautifying-org-mode-in-emacs/images/… they can line up
    – Zoli
    Commented Mar 3, 2023 at 23:04
  • The problem only happens when org-indent-mode is enabled.
    – Zoli
    Commented Mar 3, 2023 at 23:35
  • Here you say it's org-indent-mode that's causing it. In your question, you say the opposite. Which is it? Please fix the question if necessary.
    – NickD
    Commented Mar 4, 2023 at 19:51
  • The only way the variable-width font can be a problem here is if the width of the bullet and the space after it are of a different width than a space of font org-indent. So one solution would be to assign face org-indent (which is fixed-pitch) to these two characters.
    – orgtre
    Commented Mar 6, 2023 at 16:01

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