John Kilopacal wrote in USMA 24280:
I personally feel the space between numbers and units should only apply when the unit symbol is a letter of either Greek or Roman alphabet. Symbols, such as ¡, '," should be right up to the number. It looks like crap when it hangs far away. I will always put these symbols next to the number without the space no matter what.
I agree. That is also my practice. It is illogical to
leave no space between the number and the degree symbol when it refers
to an angle, but to insert a space when it refers to a temperature.
There is no possibility of misunderstanding.
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Joseph B. Reid
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