correct spaces between number and unit

Stefan Ollermann

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Sep 10, 2005, 4:04:49 AM9/10/05

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example: 1 km
I think 1~km is to large and 1\/km is to small...

The same question but in the case of numbers e.g. separation in telephone
number 08 15 47 11

Best regards,

Stefan

Stefan Nobis

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Sep 10, 2005, 4:51:42 AM9/10/05

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Stefan Ollermann <Stefan.O...@gmx.de> writes:

> example: 1 km
> I think 1~km is to large and 1\/km is to small...

What about \unit[1]{km}? -> Package units

> The same question but in the case of numbers e.g. separation in
> telephone number 08 15 47 11

For this kind of grouping I use \,

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Mat Cross

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Sep 10, 2005, 4:03:04 PM9/10/05

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"Stefan Nobis" <sno...@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:878xy5s...@snobis.de...

Also, see
http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb18-1/tb54becc.pdf
and particularly item 2 on page 45.

Bo Thide'

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Sep 10, 2005, 5:09:29 PM9/10/05

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A reasonably good compromise is to use \, (thin space in TeX) or \thinspace (in
LaTeX). In TeX/LaTeX a thin space is normally 1/6 of a quad. In Swedish
typography 1/9 is recommended space between groups of numrals in a phone
number, zip code etc. but, as far as I know, there is no \verythinspace in
LaTeX.

Bo

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Bo Thide'

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Sep 10, 2005, 5:15:35 PM9/10/05

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Bo Thide' wrote:
>
> Stefan Ollermann wrote:
> >
> > example: 1 km
> > I think 1~km is to large and 1\/km is to small...
> >
> > The same question but in the case of numbers e.g. separation in telephone
> > number 08 15 47 11
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Stefan
>
> A reasonably good compromise is to use \, (thin space in TeX) or \thinspace (in
> LaTeX). In TeX/LaTeX a thin space is normally 1/6 of a quad. In Swedish

> typography 1/9 is recommended space between groups of numerals in a phone

> number, zip code etc. but, as far as I know, there is no \verythinspace in
> LaTeX.
>
> Bo

\newcommand*{\verythinspace}{\kern .111111em }

is sometimes useful to have.

Bo

Danie

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Sep 12, 2005, 7:30:05 AM9/12/05

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Look at the SIstyle documentation. It is based on the SI docs as well
as NIST Special Publication 811:

http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/rules.html

For the telephone number i would use a thin space \,

Danie

Ulrich M. Schwarz

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Sep 12, 2005, 10:19:44 AM9/12/05

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Stefan Ollermann <Stefan.O...@gmx.de> writes:

> example: 1 km
> I think 1~km is to large and 1\/km is to small...
>
> The same question but in the case of numbers e.g. separation in telephone
> number 08 15 47 11

If I'm not mistaken, according to DIN 5008:2001-11, only area codes
and extension numbers are seperated, e.g. like this: (0431) 5708182-0
(Page hat a special issue on typography recently, that's where I'm
quoting from.)

Ulrich
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