[Tex/LaTex] Old-Style Financial Statement

Question

I am interested in using LaTeX to recreate some old financial reports. How would I make the following chart, including the proper (or similar) font? The font has been identified as Monotype's Century.

Answer 1

There are some subtle points:

1. The vertical spacing in the header
2. Alignment between the leader dots
3. Horizontal alignment in the last two columns

Here's a way for solving these issues. The \? command produces a horizontal space as wide as a digit.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{tgschola}
\usepackage{tabularx}

\newcolumntype{I}{@{}X<{\xdotfill}}
\newcolumntype{R}{>{\qq}r<{\qq}}

\makeatletter
% http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/41758/how-can-i-reproduce-this-table-with-thick-lines
\newcommand{\thickhline}{%
    \noalign {\ifnum 0=`}\fi \hrule height 1pt
    \futurelet \reserved@a \@xhline
}
% dot filler
\newcommand{\xdotfill}{\leavevmode\leaders\hb@xt@.44em{\hss.\hss}\hfill\hskip-\tabcolsep\kern\z@}
\makeatother
\newcommand\qq{\quad}
\newcommand\tablesec[1]{\multicolumn{1}{@{}l|}{#1}&&\\}
\newcommand\tabletitle[1]{\multicolumn{1}{@{}c|}{\SEPx{2}#1}}
\newcommand\SEPx[1]{\vrule width 0pt height \dimexpr\fontcharht\font`A+2ex depth #1ex\relax}
\newcommand\SEP{\SEPx{0}}
\newcommand\?{\hphantom{0}}

\begin{document}

\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.2}
\noindent
\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{I|R|R}
\thickhline
\tabletitle{Item} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{1939} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{1940}\\
\hline\SEP
Sales & \$187,400 & \$468,300 \\
Net income & 18,284 & 27,684 \\
\tablesec{Dec. 31 figures:}
\qq Inventory & 44,163 & 74,452 \\
\qq Total current assets & 76,995 & 109,481\\
\qq Current ratio & 3.7:1\? & 2.0:1\? \\
\qq Working capital per dollar of sales & 41\textcent\? & 23\textcent\? \\
\tablesec{Per share of common:}
\qq Earned in year & \$4.22\?\? & \$10.02\?\? \\
\qq Dividend & 4.00\?\? & 4.00\?\? \\
\qq Net-asset value & 45\? & 76\? \\[2ex]
\thickhline 
\end{tabularx}
\end{document}