\thinspace & \negthinspace (LaTeX2e unofficial reference manual (November 2018))

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### 19.8 `\thinspace` & `\negthinspace`

Synopsis, one of:

    \thinspace
    \negthinspace

Produce an unbreakable and unstretchable space of 1/6em and -1/6em. These are the text mode equivalents of `\,` and `\!` (see Spacing in math mode/\thinspace). You can use `\,` as a synonym for `\thinspace` in text mode.

The `\negthinspace` command is used in text mode mostly for fiddling with spaces. One common use of `\thinspace` is as the space between nested quotes.

    Killick replied, ``I heard the Captain say, `Ahoy there.'\thinspace''

Another use is that some style guides call for a `\thinspace` between an ellipsis and a sentence ending period (other style guides, though, think the three dots are quite enough already). Still another use is between initials, as in `D.\thinspace E.\ Knuth`.

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