U+2005 " " Four-Per-Em Space Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2005 " " Four-Per-Em Space is a typographic whitespace character that occupies exactly one quarter of the width of an em space, which is traditionally equal to the point size of the current font. This space is frequently used in fine typography and typesetting to create precise, small gaps between elements such as numbers and units of measurement, or in justified text to fine tune spacing without breaking word boundaries. It is invisible in rendered text, serving solely as a width specifier, and is distinct from other spaces like the thin space or the regular word space, offering a specific measurement for professional layout and design work.

General Properties

Code Point U+2005
Version Added 1.1
Name Four-Per-Em Space
Block General Punctuation
General Category Space Separator
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class White Space
Decomposition Type Compat
Decomposition Mapping "SP" U+0020 Space

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding  
HTML Hex Encoding  
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x80 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2005
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002005
C/C++/Java Escape \u2005

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Break After
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "SP" U+0020 Space
NFKC Simple Casefold "SP" U+0020 Space
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
White Space Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break WSegSpace
Sentence Break Sp