#Blank space copy and paste manuals#

If I understand correctly, your application is displaying text as keystrokes (or text and special keys).

(U+00B7 mono spaced)įor historical notes, usages and more alternatives, see and (buried in Overview/Definition and ambiguity/Unicode/Substitutes). A⸱pretty⸱good⸱job⸱of⸱displaying⸱a⸱space.A⸱pretty⸱good⸱job⸱of⸱displaying⸱spaces.The first is advisable, the second has broad font support. U+2422: These␢do␢not␢do␢a␢pretty␢good␢job␢of␢conveying␢a␢space.Ī modern solution is to use the U+2E31 Word Separator Middle Dot (⸱) or U+00B7 Middle dot ( U+0338: Theseb̷dob̷notb̷dob̷ab̷prettyb̷goodb̷jobb̷ofb̷conveyingb̷ab̷space. Using overlays to simulate the old ways and U+2422 directly: There is a Unicode for that, U+2422 Blank Symbol (␢), but without the same impact of the former representation in most fonts.

#Blank space copy and paste manuals#

In the old days of console, manuals represented spaces as a combination of b and a slash (/). Visual representation of spaces in text are more diverse beast. U+2423 Open Box, HTML &blank (␣) was better supported, looks better with other punctuation but is ugly in isolation: ␣ vs ⎵. It's a symbol utilized in keyboards and virtual keyboards of cell phones, but has low font coverage. U+2423: ␣␣␣␣Four␣spaces␣before,␣now␣␣two,␣one␣at␣end.␣įor space bar, U+23B5 Bottom Square Bracket, HTML ⎵ ( ⎵ ) is way to go.To represent spaces in text use the interpunct, U+2E31 Word Separator Middle Dot (⸱) or U+00B7 Middle dot ( In HTML parlace, ⎵ and &blank, respectively. To represent a space bar of a keyboard, U+23B5 Bottom Square Bracket (normal ⎵ bold ⎵ monospace ⎵). I suppose it's worth noting that this is purely for display purposes the user has no interaction with the character other than acknowledging it's there when reading through the page (so I'm not asking about What character can I use to represent the space bar?). A block character ( █ (█)) like those used in a terminal to represent the cursor.A faint bottom border in a different colour.I didn't even know this existed until I started looking for answers to this question myself, so I'm not sure if this is widely recognised. This looks a bit too similar to the underscore character. I've tried a couple of options, but I'm not sure if these would just lead to confusion: How can I best display the blank space character? I have a very limited area in which the character can be displayed (which is basically the width of a W character in the font I'm using) meaning I can't display the word 'space' or 'blank space'. A web app I'm writing singles out individual characters found on a traditional keyboard.