It it a <pre> formatted section from an old usenet post with 80 char line length... often on usenet posts were specially formatted with whitespace chars. Usene

It it a <pre> formatted section from an old usenet post with 80 char line length... often on usenet posts were specially formatted with whitespace chars. Usenet display tools almost always use PRE and preserve that using monospace fonts to preserve the full possibilities of the information transfer.