Android monospace space ( ) width is different than character width

Question

I\'m developing a little webapp. I tried displaying some output in an sort of ascii art way, using boxdrawing characters. However, I noticed that on Android the space (

Answer 1

I ran into this exact same problem! Box drawing gliphs are missing in Google fonts.

Adobe's Source Code Pro has them. Mononoki should too.

I suspect may other issues with Android monospace are due to this general issue.