Suddenly the space between hour numeral and the colon has vanished

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On my home screen layout I have a digital clock showing hours and minutes with a colon separating them, and there was space on either side of the colon. Suddenly there is no space between the hour numeral and the colon so it looks ridiculous. I have two screen layouts I alternate between an this has happened on BOTH of them.

Have you updated KWGT and broken something? I have tried editing to add a space but the program just ignores that space. What has happened? How can I fix it? ( I can send screen shots if that’s helpful - seems to be no way to attache them here).

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Hi there,

You could get the screenshot(s) uploaded to your Google Drive or Dropbox and share the link(s) with us here.

I hope this would help.

:smiling_face::+1:

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Sure - here’s links to the two layouts I use (alternately) and you can see that there is no longer any space between the numeral ‘2’ and the separating colon on both of them:

Google Photos

Google Photos

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Hi there,

You can check the text filter, just in case you accidentally checked the Remove Spaces filter.

Text Filters 01
Text Filters 011080×2168 101 KB

Text Filters 02
Text Filters 021080×2168 119 KB

I hope this would help.

:smiling_face::+1:

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Thanks for that suggestion - I didn’t know about that option - but the filters on all that text is set to ‘None’ so it’s not that. I’m surprised that there is no way for me to simply add somethng/code that forces KWGt to just add a space, or recognise the space I’m adding to it…

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In Kustom, spaces are preserved normally

Screenshot_2026-01-03-15-47-49-999_org.kustom.widget
Screenshot_2026-01-03-15-47-49-999_org.kustom.widget1080×2400 287 KB

you don’t need any special code for them.

If you type spaces, Kustom keeps them. For example:

$df(hh :mm)$

$" helloo"$

Both lines display exactly as written.

So if your spaces are being ignored, something in your setup is interfering.

Feel free to share the widget and I can take a look.

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Hi there,

It could also be caused by the font used in the preset. Try to use another font (try Roboto, Sans, etc.) an see if the space character got trimmed or not. If it shows normal, then the issue is caused by the font used.

I hope this would help.

:smiling_face: :+1:

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re: ‘Re your comment ‘Feel free to share the widget’ - how would I do that?

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Yes, it maintains any spaces put between elements, but it wont allow any trailing spaces or leading spaces - but I’m sure it used to

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To understand what’s causing the spacing issue, I really need to see the actual preset.

Please export your widget (menu → Export preset → Save), upload it to Google Drive, and share the link here.

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There is code that you place in with whichever character you want to adjust space to. I wish I could show you, but themes I’ve used it in have gone corrupt. So I toss them and start over with something else.

I think to find the coding I searched for “Character Spacing in KWGT” . . .

KWGT doesn’t manage Fonts too well. KERN (character spacing) and Lead (line spacing).