WhitespaceRules

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Using [@

 i      i    l    M    W    &darr;
Line 1  iiiiilllllMMMMMWWWWW
 Line 2 iiiiilllllMMMMMWWWWW
 L      i    l    M    W    &uarr;

Note: (+) No font changes and, thus, no loss of alignment that might "break" preformatting. (-) No rendering of markup, including special characters.

Using white-space=pre WikiStyle

 i      i    l    M    W    ↓

Line 1 iiiiilllllMMMMMWWWWW

 Line 2 iiiiilllllMMMMMWWWWW
 L      i    l    M    W    ↑

Note: (+) Markup and special characters rendered. (-) Font changes break alignment and preformatting on lines starting with white space.

Using white-space=pre WikiStyle and font-family = courier new

 i      i    l    M    W    ↓

Line 1 iiiiilllllMMMMMWWWWW

 Line 2 iiiiilllllMMMMMWWWWW
 L      i    l    M    W    ↑

Note: (+) Markup and special characters rendered. (-) Font changes break alignment and preformatting on lines starting with white space.

Using white-space=pre WikiStyle and font-family = courier

 i      i    l    M    W    ↓

Line 1 iiiiilllllMMMMMWWWWW

 Line 2 iiiiilllllMMMMMWWWWW
 L      i    l    M    W    ↑

Note: (+) Markup and special characters rendered. (+) Font changes do not always break alignment and preformatting on lines starting with white space. (-) Fonts are still different and differences may increase, resulting in broken alignment, dpending on the fonts available in a particular browsing environment.

Using "pre" WikiStyle

 i      i    l    M    W    ↓

Line 1 iiiiilllllMMMMMWWWWW

 Line 2 iiiiilllllMMMMMWWWWW
 L      i    l    M    W    ↑

Note: (+) Markup and special characters rendered. (-) Font changes break alignment and preformatting on lines starting with white space.