What ⁐ means
Remove the space between adjacent text. In the English example, place ⁐ between “news” and “paper” so they become “newspaper.” It marks a correction, not sentence punctuation.
Proof correction marks show changes on manuscripts, typed copies and printer’s proofs—the pages checked before printing. ISO 5776:2022 standardizes text-correction symbols for these formats.
Specialist proof-correction shorthand; obscure outside editing.
In a chat, readers may not understand it as a spacing instruction.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsRemove the space between the marked text.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ⁐ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find ⁐
- Also called
- close-up mark
- Search it as
- proofreader mark · close up space · remove space
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.