- From: Smylers <Smylers@stripey.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:37:13 +0100
- To: public-html@w3.org
Ben Boyle writes: > I want a space between numbers and units in many cases, e.g. "5 in" or > "24 hours". A minor but regular nuisance with this is the wrapping of > text... it's not good practice to have a line break between the number > and associated units. Indeed. When you want a space that doesn't break, a non-breaking space character would seem ideal. It's or U+A0. > The solution for now is wrapping an element in a tag and defining > 'nowrap' in the css. That's worse than a non-breaking space, because it requires CSS be enabled. > (One solution I'd contend is that unit abbreviations are commonly > defined - in dictionaries, or as SI units - thus we don't need to keep > redefining them as abbreviations in webpages.) Sounds good to me. Smylers
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