The instinctive answer is yes...
BUT, in instances where the italic's design is much narrower than that of the roman, forcing the italic .tf to have the same width makes them awkwardly large and/or loosely spaced compared to the rest of the glyphs.
I'm curious to know your position. Do you sacrifice æsthetics for the sake of italic-roman compatibility? Or do you generally don't care and go for a more harmonious design?
Thanks in advance
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In my Brill family, the italics often end up setting wider than the roman.
There are certain kinds of document in which both roman and italic tabular figures are required. A quick search found this:
In other words: should *all* tabular figures of a given typeface have the same width? — unless of course if the family has compressed or extended styles.