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Kyle,

If you think about it for a moment, why would you want tabular figures here? Generally, reserve tabular spacing for tables, where columns of figures must align, such as in annual reports, phonebooks, pricelists, etc.

Monospaced figures are often a problem in letterhead materials as the amount of text is light, and the rivers of space are more obvious. I almost always nip and tuck spacing there, as well as in headlines and subheads, signage, advertising, packaging, displays, and anywhere else where the spacing would be readily apparent. I also try to use OS figures whenever available, and again, reserve lining figures for financial tables.

OK, that said, if you have an address that includes several phone numbers, you may have to make a judgment call. Depending upon how you design the art, the separators (hyphens, spaces, periods, etc.) may look stranger if they don't vertically align than do the figures themselves. This, of course is more of a consideration for copy that aligns right.

And if you put a gun to my head, yes, yes, I'll admit that when I'm setting many pages of text with lots of numbers buried in the copy, and I'm stuck with a font with monospaced lining figures, I'll generally ignore the "problem". But certainly not in letterhead materials.

Neil