# U+2003 EM SPACE

Invisible wide space equal to the font size, called an em space or mutton, used for indentation and wide gaps.

| | |
|---|---|
| Codepoint | U+2003 |
| Name | EM SPACE |
| Also known as | mutton |
| Block | [General Punctuation](https://unicodekit.com/block/general-punctuation) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Space Separator (Zs) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | ` ` ` ` |
| CSS | `\2003` |
| JavaScript | `\u2003` |
| UTF-8 | E2 80 83 |
| UTF-16 | 2003 |
| Decomposition | compat U+0020 |

## Notes

- nominally, a space equal to the type size in points
- may scale by the condensation factor of a font

## Related characters

- [U+2002 EN SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2002)
- [U+2004 THREE-PER-EM SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2004)
- [U+2001 EM QUAD](https://unicodekit.com/char/2001)
- [U+2005 FOUR-PER-EM SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2005)
- [U+2000 EN QUAD](https://unicodekit.com/char/2000)
- [U+2006 SIX-PER-EM SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2006)
- [U+2007 FIGURE SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2007)
- [U+2008 PUNCTUATION SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2008)
- [U+2009 THIN SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2009)
- [U+200A HAIR SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/200A)
- [U+200B ZERO WIDTH SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/200B)
- [U+200C ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER](https://unicodekit.com/char/200C)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/2003 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/2003