Add zero-width space

[AlsoScratch]

Sorry forgot to mention in #317 but U+200B (zero-width space) is useful for strings like "Yes/No/Maybe" if you want each word to separate into new lines.

[BoldMonday]

The fact that the glyph in question does not exist in the font does not by definition mean that it will not be rendered. There are environments that use fallback fonts in this case. Applications such as Adobe InDesign are able to synthesize these kinds of spaces by itself.

[johnnyshields]

Without use of fallback, how does it appear in plex? As tofu?

[BoldMonday]

Probably. Without fallback any glyph that is non-existent should be displayed with the .notdef character (AKA “tofu”).

[johnnyshields]

Would be worthwhile to properly handle all the ZWJ / ZWNJ characters maybe as part of the Math Symbols project?

[BoldMonday]

Would be worthwhile to properly handle all the ZWJ / ZWNJ characters maybe as part of the Math Symbols project?

That could be a consideration.

FWIW – ZWJ and ZWNJ are currently included in Plex Sans Thai (Looped) and Plex Sans Devanagari.

[AlsoScratch]

Probably. Without fallback any glyph that is non-existent should be displayed with the .notdef character (AKA “tofu”).

Well, this could be an actual problem.

[BoldMonday]

Well, this could be an actual problem.

Perhaps. But when I use a zero width space with Plex in a macOS application such as TextEdit then I see no problem.

[AlsoScratch]

Perhaps. But when I use a zero width space with Plex in a macOS application such as TextEdit then I see no problem.

I can't trust every application to use a fallback font... but those that do shouldn't matter, probably.

[mjabbink]

Could be consideration for Plex Math but tabled for now.

[tay1orjones]

Hey there! v6.1.0 was just released that references this issue.

Comment here or join the release discussion to provide feedback or voice concerns. Thanks!