Template:Spaces
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This template inserts any number of non-breaking spaces, all enclosed in a 'nowrap' style.
Usage
[edit]{{spaces|number of spaces}}
Use this template anywhere you want a space and for the text either side of it to not be broken over a line-ending. For example, between the number and the units of a distance measurement.
| Wikitext | Output |
|---|---|
| It is 400{{spaces}}km away. | It is 400 km away. |
The {{nbsp}} shorthand form can also be used for this template.
When to use
[edit]Controlling spacing in typography is a big topic, and often open to argument, but some generally-accepted examples of when to prevent spacing are as follows (from Knuth, Donald Ervin (1984), The TeXbook, Computers and Typesetting, Massachusetts, USA: Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-13448-9.):
Chapter{{nbsp}}12
Theorem{{nbsp}}1.2
Appendix{{nbsp}}A
Figure{{nbsp}}3
Table{{nbsp}}B-8
Lemmas 5 and{{nbsp}}6
Donald{{nbsp}}E. Knuth
Luis{{nbsp}}I. Trabb{{nbsp}}Pardo
Bartel{{nbsp}}Lendert van{{nbsp}}der{{nbsp}}Waerden
Charles{{nbsp}}XII
Charles Louis Xavier{{nbsp}}Joseph de{{nbsp}}la Vall\'ee{{nbsp}}Poussin
dimension{{nbsp}}d
width{{nbsp}}w
function{{nbsp}}f(x)
string{{nbsp}}s of length{{nbsp}}l
string{{nbsp}}s of length l{{nbsp}}or more
1,{{nbsp}}2, or{{nbsp}}3
a,{{nbsp}}b, and{{nbsp}}c.
1,{{nbsp}}2, …,{{nbsp}}n.
of{{nbsp}}x
from 0 to{{nbsp}}1
increase z by{{nbsp}}1
in common with{{nbsp}}m
of u{{nbsp}}and{{nbsp}}v.
equals{{nbsp}}n
less than{{nbsp}}ε
(given{{nbsp}}X)
mod{{nbsp}}2
modulo{{nbsp}}p<sup>e</sup>
for all large{{nbsp}}n
is{{nbsp}}15
is 15{{nbsp}}times the height
(b){{nbsp}}Show that f(x) is (1){{nbsp}}continuous; (2){{nbsp}}bounded
See also
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