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Is it possible to type a hair space (u200a) and a thin space (u2009) in Ubuntu without entering the Unicode code? Something with the Compose key?

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Got it! Keyboard preferences > Layouts > Options... > Using space key to input non-breakable space character > Non-breakable space at third level, thin non-breakable space at fourth level.

(The fourth level is called the same way as the third plus Shift. To set the 3rd level switch, go to Keyboard preferences > Layouts > Options... > Key to chose 3rd level.)

Update 2022: Apologies to all people asking questions in the comments: I have not used Ubuntu GUI for years now, so frankly don't even understand my own answer here :/ I also don't have any hardware on which I could try it. But generally speaking:

  • Keyboard levels modify what you get when you press a key: just pressing a key is the 1st level, shift+key is the second level and so on.
  • To type a third-level character, press the 3rd level modifier and the key of interest.
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    The hair space still to be found, but I probably want too much in the everyday typography.
    – texnic
    May 26, 2011 at 16:05
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    What do levels mean?
    – jonallard
    Aug 23, 2013 at 21:59
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    So how do you enter them ? How do you type a 3rd level character ?
    – Nikana Reklawyks
    Dec 5, 2017 at 0:53
  • I wanted hair space because that is what is supposed to go before and after an em dash.
    – Steve Jorgensen
    Sep 10, 2021 at 19:46
  • Apparently, the answer does not clear. Could you please explain more clearly?
    – Benyamin Jafari
    Jul 7, 2022 at 13:56

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