Re: [klreq] Extra spacing between Hangul and other scripts? (#58)

> 2. When there are no spaces (U+0020) between Hangul and non-ideographic letters/numerals, should the browser insert some extra spacing (like Chinese and Japanese)?

I think the answer should be NO as well. IMO the extra spacing should be determined by the semantics of spacing in that language rather than ideo/non-ideo. In Korean, spaces separate a _word cluster_ that consists of a content word (noun or verb stem) plus particles or inflections. So, putting an extra space between the two may lead to ambiguity, and it is not the current practice of Korean language.

I found a good example posted in that csswg issue: https://github.com/prettier/prettier/issues/5028#issuecomment-417825085 You can see the difference between the first two lines:

<ins>Google을</ins> 홈페이지로 설정하기 -> Set <ins>Google as</ins> your homepage (actually Google + object marker `을`)
<ins>Google 설정</ins> 관리 -> Manage <ins>Google settings</ins>

![](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6244462/44941341-452d3f80-add6-11e8-996b-687dcff700fc.png)



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