Thin space

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Spacing examples. The top row is unspaced, the middle row has a thin space between the words, and the bottom has a regular space.

In

thousands separator when writing numbers in groups of three digits, in order to facilitate reading.[1]

In Unicode, thin space is encoded at U+2009   THIN SPACE ( ,  ). Some text editors, such as IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio, will display the character as its suggested abbreviation of "THSP".[2] Unicode's U+202F   [[ |NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE]] is a non-breaking space with a width similar to that of the thin space.

In

Plain TeX, \thinspace produces a narrow, non-breaking space.[3][4]
Inside and outside of math formulae in LaTeX, \, also produces a narrow, non-breaking space.

In all versions of LibreOffice and in some of Microsoft Word, the special characters and symbols dialog (often available via Insert > Symbol or Insert > Special Characters), has both the thin space and the narrow no-break space available for point-and-click insertion. In LibreOffice's Symbol dialog, there is an easy-to-find box field to narrow the searching; in Word's Symbol dialog, under font = "(normal text)", the characters are found in subset = "General Punctuation", Unicode character 2009 and nearby. Other word processing programs and in many Linux configurations, have ways of producing a thin space using keyboard shortcuts.

See also

Look up thin space in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

References

  1. ^ "8th edition of the SI Brochure" (PDF). Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM). Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. ^ Schneider, Marcel (January 13, 2020). "Proposal to extend support for abbreviations - For consideration by Unicode Technical Committee (20007-abbreviations.pdf)" (PDF).
  3. OL 7406778M. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on September 24, 2004.
  4. ^ Braams, Johannes; et al. (October 1, 2015). The LaTeX 2ε Sources (PDF) (1.2 ed.). p. 79.
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