Left and right align axis text with exact spacing between

Question

I have some y axis labels I want to have all the same spacing. The labels are composed of 2 variables and I\'d like to put the correct spacing in between to the left variable i

Answer 1

Your text strings are nicely spaced based on a monospace font (which is what R console uses).

Setting the axis label's font family to a monospace font will give the correct alignment:

ggplot(mtcars,
       aes(x = drat, y = label)) +
  geom_point() +
  theme(axis.text.y = element_text(family = "mono"))

(Not the prettiest look, I know... But you get the basic idea. I haven't worked much with fonts in R & this is the only monospace font I can think of right now.)