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...@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> _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as ljsims.ML at gmail.com<mailto:ljsims.ML at gmail.com>. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com>. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com> or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ljsims.ml%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com<mailto:listadmin at frameusers.com>. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Lin Sims -- Lin Sims -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130701/584e335a/attachment.html>
