Nested lists in PDF

Steps to reproduce

  1. create new note with next content:
1) a
2) b
3)   forward spaces here are essential
	1) c
	2) d  
4) e
  1. export to pdf

Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]

Yes

Expected result

pdf with nested lists

Actual result

pdf as content of note is

1. a
2. b
3. forward spaces here are essential
4. c
5. d
6. e

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
	Obsidian version: v1.11.5
	Installer version: v1.11.5
	Operating system: #37~24.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Nov 20 10:25:38 UTC 2 6.14.0-37-generic
	Login status: not logged in
	Language: ru
	Insider build toggle: off
	Live preview: on
	Base theme: dark
	Community theme: none
	Snippets enabled: 1
	Restricted mode: off
	Plugins installed: 6
	Plugins enabled: 5
		1: Git v2.34.0
		2: JupyMD v1.3
		3: Mermaid Tools v1.3.0
		4: Desmos v0.6.8
		5: Style Settings v1.0.9
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Additional information

This looks expected as the Markdown → HTML conversion collapses whitespace. You can see the same in Reading view which will most closely match the PDF export.

live preview | reading view

This is just a workaround.

Since Obsidian seems to count additional spaces after the list marker as contributing to indentation, you could add one space after the tab on lines c and d to indent them (or delete the tab and use five spaces):

1) a
2) b
3)   forward spaces here are essential
	 1) c
	 2) d  
4) e