The "invisible" / "blank" / "empty space" characters

how-to-make-invisible-characters.md

tags	zero width space zero width non-joiner zero width joiner soft hyphen

Invisible "blank" Characters: How to write invisible characters (zero width space, zero width non-joiner, zero width joiner & soft hyphen

I think only 2 of these are "copy-able":

1. Zero-width space: ‎
2. Zero-width non-joiner: ‌‌‌
3. Zero-width joiner: ‍
4. Soft hyphen: ­

• Note: I had to wrap these in links to get ALL of them to be "copy-able":

1. Zero-width space: ​
2. Zero-width non-joiner: ‌
3. ‍Zero-width joiner: ‍
4. Soft hyphen: ­

Invisible Characters (HTML Entities)

1. Zero-width space: ​
2. Zero-width non-joiner: ‌
3. Zero-width joiner: ‍
4. Soft hyphen: ­

Invisible Characters (Unicode Escape Sequences)

1. Zero-width space: \u200B
2. Zero-width non-joiner: \u200C
3. Zero-width joiner: \u200D
4. Soft hyphen: \u00AD

Accessing through a GUI (mac)

Mac has a built-in Character Viewer that allows you to insert special characters, including invisible ones.

1. Press Command + Control + Space to open the Character Viewer.
2. Search for the specific invisible character you want (e.g., "zero width space").
3. Double-click the character to insert it into your text.