> What matters is that tabs let developers control how much space each indent has, while also allows you to set it to your preferred size. Everyone wins! Could

> What matters is that tabs let developers control how much space each indent has, while also allows you to set it to your preferred size. Everyone wins! Couldn't you make a custom font with a ligature between two spaces that then takes up more horizontal space? That way, you could still control how big each indent is, yet still use spaces.