What you need to do is (he said, crossing his fingers):

• make sure that you type in the original text using a fixed font rather than a proportional one (so that you get the spacing right). For example select Courier New.
• include the HTML tag <FONT FACE="Courier,'Courier New'"> just before the text.
• include the HTML tag </FONT> after the text (this is important, else the rest of the thread can finish up using the same font!)

For example, entering:

<FONT FACE="Courier,'Courier New'">
-------C----------------------F<BR>
You're everywhere and nowhere baby<BR>
</FONT>

should come out looking like:

-------C----------------------F
You're everywhere and nowhere baby

-mike-