From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Wed Mar 31 2004 - 16:16:45 EST
On 31/03/2004 12:27, fantasai wrote:
> Peter Kirk wrote:
>
>>
>> Louis<THREE-PER-EM SPACE>XVI may have lost his head, but we don't
>> want his number also to fall off on to the next line, or even to
>> become too far separated from his name. We need to know what kind of
>> space to use to resist the guillotine!
>
>
> NBSP
>
> You should not rely on fixed-width spaces to approximate regular spaces.
> A simple switch from Arial Narrow to Verdana will demonstrate why: the
> widths of normal spaces and non-breaking spaces are related to the width
> of the fonts' glyphs, whereas the width of a fixed-width space is related
> to the /height/ of the glyphs.
>
But, as Ken has just clarified, with NBSP Louis' neck may be stretched
rather uncomfortably, if not cut completely. Here is what I don't want
to see (fixed width font required):
Louis XVI was
guillotined in
1793.
Here is what I do want:
Louis XVI was
guillotined in
1793.
These columns are unrealistically narrow to make the point clear,
although such narrow columns are sometimes found in newspapers.
-- Peter Kirk peter@qaya.org (personal) peterkirk@qaya.org (work) http://www.qaya.org/
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