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Nonbreaking space

Meaning in graphic design, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In graphic design, nonbreaking space means: A space that prevents a line break between the items it separates.

In Turkish: bölünmez boşluk

How it is used

Use where a number and unit or another short pair should stay together.

Example sentences

  1. A nonbreaking space keeps 25 and kg together in the narrow column.

    The value cannot be separated from its unit at the line ending.

  2. Remove that nonbreaking space if the whole address becomes impossible to fit.

    Preventing breaks can create fitting problems in a constrained text area.

Common collocations

  • insert a nonbreaking space
  • nonbreaking space character
  • body copyThe main, longer text of a design, such as paragraphs in a brochure or article, as opposed to headlines, captions and other short text.
  • widowA very short last line of a paragraph left alone, especially at the top of a new column or page, which looks untidy and breaks the reading flow.

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