Character spacing of Japanese characters is incorrect when you use a full-width space in an HTML element with the letter-spacing attribute

When you visit a Web page that contains Japanese characters and you use the letter-spacing attribute with an HTML element (for example, SPAN or INPUT TYPE="TEXT"), a full-width space character (U+0x3000) may cause incorrect character spacing, as in the following example:


Note The first line of text contains a full-width space character. The second line does not.

For more information about the letter-spacing attribute, visit the following MSDN Web site:

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

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Internet Explorer 6.0

Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.