EN Space is a fixed-width space measuring exactly half an em. Unlike the regular space, whose width the font chooses and justification stretches, an EN Space is always the same fraction of your font size - which is exactly why typographers reach for it.
Click the button above to copy EN Space, then paste it wherever you need it. Nothing will appear on your clipboard preview - that is expected, because the character is blank.
| Unicode code point | U+2002 |
|---|---|
| Character name | EN Space |
| Unicode category | Zs (Space Separator) |
| Rendered width | Exactly 1/2 em - half the current font size |
| Line breaking | Breaking - a line can wrap here |
| Collapses in HTML | No |
| Survives trim() | Usually yes |
| HTML entity | |
| JavaScript escape | '\u2002' |
| CSS escape | \2002 |
Need these values in another format? The HTML space characters converter turns any Unicode whitespace character into HTML entities, JavaScript escapes and CSS escapes.
U+2002 EN SPACE is named after the en, the typographic unit equal to half an em. At 16px type it is 8px wide; at 32px type it is 16px wide. It scales with the font size and never changes width for any other reason, so spacing set with EN Spaces stays proportional when the text is resized.
It also does not collapse in HTML, because it is not one of the ASCII whitespace characters the parser folds together. That makes it a clean way to put deliberate, repeatable gaps into text without resorting to CSS margins or strings of .
The same character can be preserved in one place and silently removed in another. Here is what actually happens to EN Space in the three contexts that matter most.
Does not collapse. Each EN Space renders at its full half-em width, and justification will not stretch it.
Usually survives trimming, since most validators only strip ASCII whitespace. Strict Unicode-aware validators will still catch it.
Preserved by many platforms, and visible - it produces a real, noticeable gap. That makes it useful for spacing inside a name, but not for looking empty.
Not sure what is in a string you already have? Paste it into the invisible character detector to see every hidden character with its code point, or use remove invisible characters to strip them out.
Typography where you need a predictable half-em gap. Because it is visibly wide, it is a poor choice for blank text that should look like nothing.
If what you actually need is text that looks completely empty - a blank WhatsApp message, an empty Instagram highlight name, a blank comment or a Free Fire name space - then Hangul Filler is the character to use, because it is not classified as whitespace and survives the trimming that removes EN Space.
Different apps prefer different Unicode characters. Start with these combinations.
Best first choice: Hangul Filler (U+3164). Alternatives: Zero Width Space and No-Break Space.
Best first choice: Hangul Filler. Alternative for tighter formatting: Zero Width Space.
Start with Hangul Filler. If the game rejects it, try Space or No-Break Space.
Use No-Break Space for preventing line breaks, EN Space and EM Space for wider spacing, and Thin Space or Hair Space for finer adjustments. For code-ready values and conversion, see HTML Space Characters.
Width is the fastest way to choose between these characters. If EN Space is not right for your use case, one of these probably is.
| Character | Unicode | Width |
|---|---|---|
| EM Space | U+2003 | Exactly 1 em - equal to the current font size |
| Three-Per-Em Space | U+2004 | Exactly 1/3 em |
| Four-Per-Em Space | U+2005 | Exactly 1/4 em |
| Six-Per-Em Space | U+2006 | Exactly 1/6 em |
| Figure Space | U+2007 | Exactly the width of a digit in the current font |
| Punctuation Space | U+2008 | Exactly the width of a period in the current font |
| Thin Space | U+2009 | About 1/5 em, though the exact width is left to the font |
| Hair Space | U+200A | The narrowest visible space - typically about 1/10 em or less |
| Narrow No-Break Space | U+202F | Narrow, similar to Thin Space |
| Medium Mathematical Space | U+205F | Exactly 4/18 em - two ninths of the font size |
See all 18 Unicode space and invisible characters compared →
Exactly half an em, meaning half the current font size. In 16px text it renders 8px wide. This is fixed, unlike a regular space whose width depends on the font's design.
Width, and nothing else. EN Space is half an em; EM Space is a full em, so it is twice as wide. Both are fixed-width and neither collapses in HTML.
For layout, use CSS margin or padding - it is easier to maintain and does not affect the text content. Use EN Space when the gap belongs to the text itself, such as inside a heading you need to copy and paste intact.
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