Halfwidth and fullwidth forms: Difference between revisions

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{{Short description|Alternative width characters in East Asian typography}}

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[[File:Command Prompt on Windows XP (Korean).png|thumb|349px|A command prompt ([[cmd.exe]]) with Korean localisation, showing halfwidth and fullwidth characters]]

In [[CJK characters|CJK]] (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) computing, [[graphic character]]s are traditionally classed into '''fullwidth'''{{efn|In [[Taiwan]] and [[Hong Kong]]: [[wikt:全形|全形]]; in CJK: [[wikt:全角|全角]].}} and '''halfwidth'''{{efn|In [[Taiwan]] and [[Hong Kong]]: [[wikt:半形|半形]]; in CJK: [[wikt:半角|半角]].}} characters. Unlike [[monospaced font]]s, a halfwidth character occupies half the width of a fullwidth character, hence the name.