In a message dated 2001-06-28 4:10:23 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
> I think what you want is maybe characters with 0 width. But just because it
> has 0 width doesn't mean it can't show up. This is really weird, but what 0
> width really means is that the cursor doesn't move when you type the
> character.
>
> Zero width:
> The character has no width of its own, so what it can do instead is borrow
> some width from another character. It does not rob the other character's
> width; instead, it shares it. It might appear above or below the other
> character to share its width.
I think this is an accurate description of non-spacing marks, like those in
the U+0300 block. Zero-width characters (like U+200B and U+FEFF) are
different; they really do appear only within their own width.
-Doug Ewell
Fullerton, California
