Aw: Proposing an Emoji Space character
Marius Spix via Unicode <[email protected]> Wed, 20 May 2026 13:19:41 +0000
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<html><body><div style=3D"font-family: verdana; font-size: 12=2E0px; color:= #000000;">Dear Christoph,</div> <div style=3D"font-family: verdana; font-size: 12=2E0px; color: #000000;">= </div> <div style=3D"font-family: verdana; font-size: 12=2E0px; color: #000000;">= there is no specification that emoji must be fixed-width characters=2E Emoj= is were originally used on Japanese mobile devices, but even their East_Asi= an_Width property varies=2E The guidelines for submitting Unicode emoji pro= posals only states that you must include examples with the sizes 18=C3=9718= and 72=C3=9772 px as examples=2E Everything else depends on the implementa= tion=2E For example, not every font may have ligatures all ZWJ sequences=2E= </div> <div style=3D"font-family: verdana; font-size: 12=2E0px; color: #000000;">= </div> <div style=3D"font-family: verdana; font-size: 12=2E0px; color: #000000;">= W3Tutorials states that emojis are are often designed with variable widths = <span style=3D"background-color: #ffffff;">[1] and users on StackOverflow s= uggest to use tabs to align emojis properly=2E[2]</span></div> <div style=3D"font-family: verdana; font-size: 12=2E0px; color: #000000;">= </div> <div style=3D"font-family: verdana; font-size: 12=2E0px; color: #000000;">= [1] <a href=3D"https://www=2Ew3tutorials=2Enet/blog/how-to-display-special-= unicode-characters-using-monospace-font-in-html-with-preserved-character-wi= dth/#3-1-emojis-and-pictographs" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener noreferr= er" data-href=3D"https://www=2Ew3tutorials=2Enet/blog/how-to-display-specia= l-unicode-characters-using-monospace-font-in-html-with-preserved-character-= width/#3-1-emojis-and-pictographs">https://www=2Ew3tutorials=2Enet/blog/how= -to-display-special-unicode-characters-using-monospace-font-in-html-with-pr= eserved-character-width/#3-1-emojis-and-pictographs</a></div> <div style=3D"font-family: verdana; font-size: 12=2E0px; color: #000000;">= [2] <a href=3D"https://stackoverflow=2Ecom/questions/66496671/is-there-a-bl= ank-unicode-character-matching-emoji-width" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopen= er noreferrer" data-href=3D"https://stackoverflow=2Ecom/questions/66496671/= is-there-a-blank-unicode-character-matching-emoji-width">https://stackoverf= low=2Ecom/questions/66496671/is-there-a-blank-unicode-character-matching-em= oji-width</a></div> <div style=3D"font-family: verdana; font-size: 12=2E0px; color: #000000;">= </div> <div style=3D"font-family: verdana; font-size: 12=2E0px; color: #000000;">= </div> <div style=3D"font-family: verdana; font-size: 12=2E0px; color: #000000;">= What is the purpose of that suggestion? If you use a monospace font, you ca= n use any spacing character to align characters=2E</div> <div style=3D"font-family: verdana; font-size: 12=2E0px; color: #000000;">= </div> <div style=3D"font-family: verdana; font-size: 12=2E0px; color: #000000;">= Best Regards</div> <div style=3D"font-family: verdana; font-size: 12=2E0px; color: #000000;">= </div> <div style=3D"font-family: verdana; font-size: 12=2E0px; color: #000000;">= Marius</div> <div style=3D"font-family: verdana; font-size: 12=2E0px; color: #000000;">= <span style=3D"background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></div> <div style=3D"font-family: verdana; font-size: 12=2E0px; color: #000000;">= <span style=3D"background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></div> <div id=3D"sub-body-container" style=3D"margin: 10=2E0px 5=2E0px 5=2E0px 1= 0=2E0px; padding: 10=2E0px 0 10=2E0px 10=2E0px; border-left: 2=2E0px solid = rgb(195,217,229);"> <div style=3D"margin: 0 0 10=2E0px;"> <div><strong>Gesendet: </strong>Mittwoch, 20=2E Mai 2026 um 10:11</div> <div><strong>Von: </strong>"Christoph P=C3=A4per via Unicode" <unicode@= corp=2Eunicode=2Eorg></div> <div><strong>An: </strong>"via Unicode" <unicode@corp=2Eunicode=2Eorg&g= t;</div> <div><strong>Betreff: </strong>Proposing an Emoji Space character</div> </div> Dear list members <br><br>Last year I had drafted a proposal for adding a = (White) Space Emoji character to Unicode, but unfortunately failed to meet = the submission deadline=2E Since the process started again in April, I am n= ow revising the document and was wondering again: Will it be declined simpl= y because it fails to meet the formal requirements? <<a href=3D"https://= www=2Eunicode=2Eorg/emoji/proposals=2Ehtml" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopen= er noreferrer" data-href=3D"https://www=2Eunicode=2Eorg/emoji/proposals=2Eh= tml">https://www=2Eunicode=2Eorg/emoji/proposals=2Ehtml</a>> <br>As an i= nvisible character with the metrics of an emoji glyph, I can hardly provide= any evidence of frequency by using the means described in the document=2E = (I think they are severely flawed and inappropriate for assessing the value= of other proposed emojis as well, but that is not the point here=2E) Do yo= u have any advice on how to argue here? <br><br>Also, which character name = should I suggest? <br>- EMOJI SPACE <br>- SPACE EMOJI <br>- WHITE SPACE EMO= JI <br>- WHITESPACE EMOJI <br>- SPACING EMOJI <br>- TRANSPARENT SQUARE EMOJ= I <br>- INVISIBLE SQUARE EMOJI <br>- =E2=80=A6 <br><br>Do I explicitly need= to refute possible alternatives like U+0020+FE0F (SPACE + VS-16) or U+3000= +FE0F (IDEOGRAHPIC SPACE + VS-16), or even plain U+3000? <br><br>Within the= block U+2000=E2=80=A6206F =E2=80=9CGeneral Punctuation=E2=80=9D, which, pa= rticularly in its first row, contains many whitespace characters, U+2065 is= the only position left unassigned still=2E Would it be a likely one for an= emoji character? (U+203C and U+203A are first-generation emojis=2E) <br><b= r>Should I suggest any character properties that are different from normal = emojis?</div></body></html>