Why does true type fonts consolidate spaces and is there any way to stop this? I need *easily* add white space between words equal to the width of a space(which for monospace should be the same for all letters).

```
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{inconsolata}
\begin{document}
\catcode`_=11
\par\texttt{this is monospaced text    Where  are  the  spaces  ?    !!!}%
\par\texttt{this_is_monospaced_text____Where__are__the__spaces__?____!!!}
\end{document}​

```

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update:

Using `\obeyspaces` or `\verb` works BUT *something* seems to be ruining the spacing:

```
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{fancyvrb}
\usetikzlibrary{matrix}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}%
\matrix (m) [matrix of nodes, every node/.style={font=\ttfamily},%
    row 1/.style={text width=7em, align=left,font=\ttfamily},
    row 2/.style={text width=7em, align=left,font=\ttfamily},]
    {
        \verb+A  B  C  D +\\
        \verb+Ac Ad Be Cf+\\
    };
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}​

```

The output looks like the monspace font is not used.

---

update2:

Weird behavior: extra spaces between ? and !!!! Breaks the tikz matrix for some reason(remove tikzpicture to get it to work):

```
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{fancyvrb}
\usetikzlibrary{matrix}

\begin{document}

\catcode`_=11
\par\obeyspaces{\texttt{this is monospaced text    Where  are  the  spaces  ?    !!!}}%
\par\texttt{this_is_monospaced_text____Where__are__the__spaces__?____!!!}
\catcode`_=8

\begin{tikzpicture}%
\matrix (m) [matrix of nodes, every node/.style={font=\ttfamily},%
    row 1/.style={text width=7em, align=left,font=\ttfamily},
    row 2/.style={text width=7em, align=left,font=\ttfamily},]
    {
        \verb+A  B  C  D +\\
        \verb+Ac Ad Be Cf+\\
    };
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}​

```