{"schema":"cpc-unicode-answer-v1","question":"What does a word joiner do?","answer":"An invisible format character used to inhibit a line break at its position. Code points: U+2060. It does not create a visible gap and can be difficult to diagnose. No fallback is suggested. Font coverage, shaping, and application acceptance were not tested, so those results are unknown.","unicodeVersion":"18.0.0","purpose":"general","citation":"Do not invent a platform-support claim from this data.","page":"/answers/what-a-word-joiner-does/","markdown":"/answers/what-a-word-joiner-does.md","sample":"⁠","codepoints":[{"codepoint":"U+2060","name":"WORD JOINER","displayLabel":"[WJ]","warnings":["space-or-formatting","word-joiner"],"explanations":[{"id":"word-joiner","title":"Word joiner","behavior":"An invisible format character used to inhibit a line break at its position.","limitation":"It does not create a visible gap and can be difficult to diagnose.","fix":"Remove it to restore ordinary breaking; test the target layout.","source":"https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr14/","alternatives":[],"evidenceTier":"standards-informed-editorial","evidence":{"behavior":"standards-informed","compatibility":"not-tested","repair":"editorial-guidance"}}]}],"comparison":null,"graphemes":{"status":"available","method":"runtime-intl-segmenter","unicodeDataVersion":"runtime-unknown","count":1,"segments":[{"text":"⁠","utf16Offset":0,"codepoints":["U+2060"]}]},"normalizationChanged":{"NFC":false,"NFD":false,"NFKC":false,"NFKD":false},"normalizationUnicodeDataVersion":"runtime-unknown","targetCompatibility":{"status":"unknown","evidenceTier":"not-tested","purpose":"general","explanation":"No OS, font, browser, application, field policy or rendering engine was tested. Unicode validity and segmentation do not establish actual display or acceptance."}}