zero-width
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[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]zero-width (not comparable )
- (computing , of a character) Adding no additional width to a line of text.
- 2016 November 14, Rob Reed, "Everything You Need To Know About Emoji", in Smashing Magazine [1] , archived from the original on 12 February 2025:
- The zero-width joiner (ZWJ) has a code point but no corresponding symbol. It is used to connect two or more other Unicode code points to create a new "compound character" with a unique glyph all its own. [...] I'm making a point of mentioning Ninja Cat because it is another example of the use of zero-width joiners.