How to create small SPACES in HTML?

Question

There is em dash and en dash. Is there an "en" equivalent to   ? Is there an en equivalent to pure Ascii 32?

I want a better way to write this:

123<span class="spanen">&nbsp;</span>456<span class="spanen">&nbsp;</span>789

or this:

123<span class="spanen"> </span>456<span class="spanen"> </span>789

Answer 1

  (thin space) should do

and   has not the same with as an — (—), to separate numbers you should use a narrow no-break space (U+202F).

as others have mentioned, you are better off using the css property word-spacing to define the width of your spaces. it's probably a good idea to combine it with white-space:no-break;

Answer 2

The Unicode character U+2002 EN SPACE ( ,   or as entity reference  ) is a space with en width.

Answer 3

You could alter your CSS in such:

.spanen{word-spacing:.6em;}

Answer 4

Don't use hacks that make no sense. If you wish to separate some words, I suggest you use the CSS property word-spacing:

<span class="strangeNumbers">123 456</span>

.strangeNumbers {
  word-spacing: 0.5em;
}