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HTML Character - Invisible space

I have a website called DaltonEmpire.

When a user copies "DaltonEmpire" I would like "Dalton Empire" to be added to their clipboard.

I only came to one solution; use a space, but make the letter-spacing -18px. Isn't there a neater solution, such as a HTML character for this?

My example JSFiddle and code:

span.nospace {
  letter-spacing: -18px;
}
<ol>
  <li>Dalton<b>Empire</b></li>
  <li>Dalton&zwnj;<b>Empire</b></li>
  <li>Dalton&zwj;<b>Empire</b></li>
  <li>Dalton&#8203;<b>Empire</b></li>
  <li>Dalton<span class="nospace"> </span><b>Empire</b> <i>The only one that works</i>
  </li>
</ol>

Solution

  • You can use word-spacing for this. However to make a more dynamic property you want to use the em unit. This way the unit is based on the font-size, so actually supports all the font families and font sizes:

    ol li
{
    word-spacing: -.2em;
}

    em is not an absolute unit - it is a unit that is relative to the currently chosen font size.

    source: Why em instead of px?

    jsFiddle