What are "em" and "en" spaces?

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An em is a unit of width in the field of typography, equal to the currently specified point size.

An en is a typographic unit, half of the width of an em.

by Kirsty Ward G2G6 Mach 3 (36.3k points)
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Thank you Kirsty. Now I have to figure out what one does with them!  And I actually was naive enough to think it was all about genealogy!!  devil

 

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