From: C J Fynn (cfynn@gmx.net)
Date: Fri Apr 02 2004 - 09:39:05 EST
"Andrew C. West" <andrewcwest@alumni.princeton.edu> wrote:
> The problem with newly introduced characters such as NNBSP, is that although
> they may in theory be just what you're looking for, you know that you can't
> actually use them on web pages as all the standard fonts (Arial, Times New
> Roman, or dare I say Comic Sans) will display a little rectangular box, which
is
> worse than nothing. And then because nobody uses it the major font vendors
don't
> see any point in adding support for the character ... vicious circle.
> Andrew
It's always going to take some time before newly introduced characters are
supported in fonts - and much longer before you can be sure people viewing your
pages have the latest version of the font.
Meanwhile, in normal size text something like:
<span style="font-size = xxsmall"> </span>
should give you a thin non breaking space.
- Chris
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