Definitions
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- adjective computing, typography Occupying two columns on a traditional text display such as
kanji , as opposed tohalfwidth occupying only one column such asalphanumeric letters. Some characters have both forms: for examplekatakana ka has the fullwidthカ and the halfwidthｶ .
Etymologies
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Calque of Japanese 全角, zenkaku.
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Examples
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Of course these seem to behave differently than other fullwidth characters and halfwidth counterparts, like I described back in
MSDN Blogs Michael S. Kaplan 2010
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Yeah, so like, right there - typing the question mark seemed to shut it off for some reason. fullwidth form for inputting Chinese characters, and shift-spacebar should switch it on and off.
Ask MetaFilter 2009
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CSS looks like this: body {min-width: 630px; / * 2x (LC fullwidth +
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