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In a text such as `「『捨てる 』技術」` how much space is expected between the first
two characters in typography, if any?
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orthography quotes typesetting
How much space is considered standard between consecutive "「" and "『"s?
Typically in Japanese, you don't really encounter spaces, unless you are
parsing for someone who is struggling to read. The only exception is romaji,
which is typically only used by foreign Japanese learners.

The 「」 and 『』 characters, along with a few others like square brackets, round
brackets and parenthesis, have a space built into the character. This is
because the actual character is half-width, meaning it doesn't take a full
square like other Japanese characters. Because of this, when typing in full-
width modes, you'll notice that the characters have a built in space wither
before or after the character in question. The same also applies to the
sentence final '。' character, as you can see by the single quote positioning.

So to the best of my knowledge the answer is that you usually won't use
spaces, as they are typically built into the system. There may be stylistic
reasons to add spaces, but it isn't required by the language.
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When there is no additional constraints imposed by
[kinsoku](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_breaking_rules_in_East_Asian_languages#Line_breaking_rules_in_Japanese_text_\(Kinsoku_Shori\))
or full-justification, this is how `「『捨てる』技術」` is typically typeset (produced
by Adobe InDesign 2020, font: 小塚明朝 Pr6N, all characters are zenkaku):

[![InDesign
screenshot](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NV1Cm.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NV1Cm.png)

That is, brackets are rendered like zenkaku or hankaku depending on the
surrounding characters/symbols. In other words, the built-in space is usually
50% but it sometimes becomes 0% (or somewhere between 0% and 50% when kinsoku
is relevant).

Note that this is for main body text. In posters, book covers and such, you
may want even narrower spaces, especially between `』` and `技`. Also note that
detailed rules vary from publisher to publisher. The InDesign's settings
dialog looks like [this](http://www.bookhouse.jp/default/spacing02.html).
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