Special character: punctuation space

[Christenson, Pat]

Hi Lin -

I found a lot of information on line and in Unicode, the punctuation space (Unicode 2008) is the same size as a comma or period so it's very useful in lining up columns of numbers. A numeric space is too large and a thin space is too small.

Maybe FrameMaker's support for Unicode isn't as complete as I thought? I'm on FrameMaker 10.

Thanks.

Pat


From: Lin Sims [mailto:ljsims.ml at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 1:05 PM
To: Christenson, Pat
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Special character: punctuation space

And if I'd read more closely, I'd have seen you knew how to do thin space.

I believe those are the only "special" spaces available, though, so if thin space isn't what you want, you might try numeric. I don't recall ever seeing one that was "the width of punctuation", and I doubt if there is one, since how much space a mark of punctuation takes up depends on the mark in proportional spacing. For example, a "?" will take up more room than a "!".

If thin space isn't what you want, try the numeric. Beyond that, I got nothing. :)
On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com<mailto:ljsims.ml at gmail.com>> wrote:
Number space: Esc+<space>+1
Em space: Esc+<space>+m
En space: Esc+<space>+n
Thin space: Esc+<space>+t

You probably want thin space.
On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Christenson, Pat <PChristenson at ftportfolios.com<mailto:PChristenson at ftportfolios.com>> wrote:
Thanks for pointing me to bookvars.

Now a new question: I thought there was a way to insert a space that's the width of punctuation, such as a period or comma (similar to Esc spacebar m for em space, Esc spacebar t for thin space, etc.). I found the Unicode  for it is x2008. I've tried (and had other people) try this, holding down Alt and typing 2008 on the numeric keypad. We get a character that looks like a long equal sign with a vertical line through it.

Does anyone know how to create a punctuation space in FrameMaker?

As always, you guys will almost certainly have the answer!

Thanks.

Pat Christenson
Resource Coordinator
Fitzgerald Marketing and Communications
PChristenson at ftportfolios.com<mailto:PChristenson at ftportfolios.com>


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