How to widen the SPACE character in Font72x53rle

[ParkesFlyer]

Hi Bodmer,
I'm relatively new to the Arduino world, and am currently learning lots with project using a 128x160 ST7735 display. My project calls for displaying a one, two, or three digit number using your lovely 72x53rle font. When assembling a string to display, I pad out the number with spaces, i.e. char space space, char char space, char char char ,which works fine until I go from a 3-digit number to a 2-digit one, in which case I end up with a lingering fragment of the third digit because the space character is narrower than the digits 0-9 (alternatively, I've tried right justifying by placing the spaces first). I could solve this by using leading zeros but feel that spaces are rather more elegant. How can I define a full width SPACE character, and how would I go about substituting it for the narrow one in my local library?

[Bodmer]

Use the text padding feature of the library, see example:

https://github.com/Bodmer/TFT_eSPI/blob/master/examples/480%20x%20320/TFT_Padding_demo/TFT_Padding_demo.ino

[ParkesFlyer]

Thanks for the quick response, this is exactly what I needed. I'd completely misunderstood the function of the PADDING feature. All working now, with the added bonus of simplifying my code!
Thanks again.