fig

Node type: Element (may contain text and/or other elements)

Whitespace: Not protected

Definition

Marks the location of a figure space (a space the width of a digit).

Code Sample

<topic>

<title paraID="12">Totals for 2006</title>

<para paraID="13">623<punc/>03</para>

<para paraID="14"><fig/>18<punc/>72</para>

<para paraID="15">909<punc/>16</para>

</topic>

Display Sample

Totals for 2006

623  03
18  72
909  16

Notes

Used for aligning numbers.

This element is empty in valid ldsXML documents. When an ldsXML document is transformed for print production in InDesign, a Unicode figure space character is inserted into this element. Upon export from InDesign, all figure spaces in the document are deleted and any fig elements are left empty to mark the location of “protected” figure spaces for future production. Unprotected figure spaces (spaces not marked with xml tags) can also be inserted into the document to facilitate copy fitting.

See Whitespace handling standards in InDesign for more information.

See Also

Marking in Microsoft Word

Enter the Unicode character (highlight the text string “2007” and type Alt-X), or enter the XML form (<fig/>) directly using the xmlChar character style.