Thinspace and Narrow No-Break Space

[maybegeek]

Describe the bug

• Thinspace should be narrower than Space.
• Narrow No-Break Space should be around the width of Thinspace.

To Reproduce

metrics from release version 3.9

fullname	em	thinspace	space	nbsp	nnbsp
Inter Black Italic	2816	868	560	560	860
Inter Black	2816	868	560	560	864
Inter Bold Italic	2816	746	653	653	833
Inter Bold	2816	746	653	653	835
Inter Extra Bold Italic	2816	807	606	606	846
Inter Extra Bold	2816	807	606	606	850
Inter Extra Light BETA	2816	443	792	792	763
Inter Extra Light Italic BETA	2816	443	792	792	765
Inter Italic	2816	564	792	792	792
Inter Light BETA	2816	503	792	792	778
Inter Light Italic BETA	2816	503	792	792	778
Inter Medium Italic	2816	625	746	746	806
Inter Medium	2816	625	746	746	806
Inter Regular	2816	564	792	792	792
Inter Semi Bold Italic	2816	686	699	699	819
Inter Semi Bold	2816	686	699	699	821
Inter Thin BETA	2816	382	792	792	749
Inter Thin Italic BETA	2816	382	792	792	751

Expected behavior

• Thinspace should be narrower than Space.
• Narrow No-Break Space should be around the width of Thinspace.

As small space between abbreviations z. B., d. h. or between S. 12 (page 12) or in french spacing espace fine insécable.

Additional context

The Unicode Standard, Version 12.1 (Code Chart for General Punctuation):

https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2000.pdf page 3 and 4.

• (2009) THIN SPACE, a fifth of an em (or sometimes a sixth)
• (202F) NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE, a narrow form of a no-break space, typically the width of a thin space or a mid space

thanks,
christoph

[rsms]

Thank you :-)

[rsms]