Publisher - Create more space before a character via character style sheet

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In Publisher, you can use tracking to adjust the space that appears after a character. And this can be saved to a character style sheet. 

Is there any way you can put space before a character via the character style sheet? 

 

Here is my use case:

I am making a quiz type publication where users have to enter information (via ink pen) to complete the text. 

E.g. The publication looks like this. 

Then after the user fills it in, it would be:

The space after the lines is correct, I'd just like to insert more space before the lines so it looks more balanced.

 

The reason I'd like to do it via the character style is because of my work flow. The lines where the user writes is actually a font, which has all the numbers as lines (i.e. so the lines in the image are actually entered as the number '4' in the text).

The same publication is made as a PDF where the lines are replaced with the actual numbers. I do this by swapping the typeface in the character style sheet, which causes the numbers to appear in place of the lines. 

I know I can just enter a space before the lines, but then when it's converted to PDF, I'd have to go back and remove all the extra spaces. That's why I am looking for a character style sheet solution to insert more space, as that way the same document can be exported to different formats with the alterations only being made at a global level to the character style sheets.  

[David in Яuislip]

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