Meaning of thin space | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A metal block used to separate words, one fifth of an em in width.
2. In digital text, a character representing a thin space.

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Examples

“If it be only a Single Letter or two that drops, he thruſts the end⟳ of his Bodkin between every Letter of that Word, till he comes to a Space: and then perhaps by forcing thoſe Letters closer, he may have⟳ room to put⟳ in another Space or a Thin Space; which if he cannot do, and he finds the Space ſtand Looſe in the Form⟳; he with the Point⟳ of his Bodkin picks the Space up and bows it a little; which bowing makes the Letters on each ſide of the Space keep⟳ their parallel diſtance; for by its Spring⟳ it thruſts the Letters that were cloſed with the end⟳ of the Bodkin to their adjunct Letters, that needed no cloſing.”

“All you may see⟳ on the keyboard is a space bar, but typographers use⟳ several invisible characters: the word space, fixed spaces of various sizes (em space, en space, thin space, figure⟳ space, etc) and a hard space or no-break space.”

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