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Re: Thin Space?

Subject: Re: Thin Space?
From: Dick Margulis <margulis -at- fiam -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 17:57:36 -0500

Lin and all,

Simon and I corresponded off-list about our disparate definitions of a thin. We came to the conclusion that traditional US usage is one-third of an em (shorthanded as 3-em) and international usage (apparently including Microsoft Typography) is 5-em. 4-em occurs sometimes, too. Your best bet is to say what you mean (using a number) if there is any chance of confusion.

Dick

Simon North wrote:

Lin,
A thin space is a 1/5th of an em space (the width of the letter m in that particular font). In practical terms, it's about the width of a comma. It's often used for fine typographic control and especially with foreign languages and typesetting math.




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