Explain the half-spacebar (NNBSP).

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diff --git a/release/nrc/nrc_crk_cans/source/help/nrc_crk_cans.php b/release/nrc/nrc_crk_cans/source/help/nrc_crk_cans.php
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 kbd { display: inline-block; box-sizing: border-box; border-radius: 4px; min-width: 1.5em; padding: 0 .25em; background-color: #EEE; text-align: center; box-shadow: 0 1px 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.2); }
 kbd.special { padding: .1rem .25rem; font-size: small; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; }
+kbd.spacebar { min-width: 4em }
+kbd.nnbsp { min-width: 2em }
 figure { box-sizing: border-box; width: 100%; margin: 0; text-align: center }
 figure > img { max-width: 100%; }
 END;
@@ -91,6 +93,43 @@
 <p>In this way, every word is typed phonetically &mdash; just as it sounds. </p>
 
 
+<h2>Normal and half spacebar</h2>
+
+<p> This keyboard has two spacebars: the normal spacebar
+<kbd class="spacebar">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</kbd> on the very bottom row of the
+keyboard, and the <em>half</em> spacebar <kbd class="nnbsp">&nbsp;&nbsp;</kbd>, on the
+second-to-bottom row. The half spacebar is not only half the size of a normal
+spacebar on the keyboard, but it also inserts a thinner space. </p>
+
+<h3>When do I use the half spacebar?</h3>
+
+<p>When you want to separate components <strong>within a
+  word</strong>.</p>
+
+<p>If you are familiar with Cree standard Roman orthography (SRO), you use a
+half space <kbd class="spacebar">&nbsp;&nbsp;</kbd> whenever you'd use a dash in SRO. For
+example, in <span lang="cr">ê-itwêt</span>, you would write it in
+syllabics on this keyboard by typing <kbd>ᐁ</kbd> <kbd
+  class="nnbsp">&nbsp;&nbsp;</kbd> <kbd>ᐃ</kbd> <kbd>ᐟ</kbd> <kbd>ᐤ</kbd>
+<kbd>ᑘ</kbd> <kbd>ᐟ</kbd> (<span lang="cr">ᐁ&#x202F;ᐃᑘᐟ</span>).</p>
+
+<p>Other examples are complex words like
+<strong><span lang="cr">ᓂᓇᓅᐦᑌ&#x202F;ᓂᐹᐣ</span></strong>. This is one
+word, but you can see it has two: the beginning,
+<strong><span lang="cr">ᓂᓇᓅᐦᑌ</span></strong> (eng. “I always want to...”)
+and the core part of the word,
+<strong><span lang="cr">ᓂᐹᐣ</span></strong> (eng. “sleep”).
+Use the half space <kbd class="nnbsp">&nbsp;&nbsp;</kbd> between the two
+parts of the word to insert a small gap between the two parts. The small
+gap is noticable, but not as large as a normal space, which would indicate
+a new word.</p>
+
+<p>Unlike the normal space, the half space <strong>is not a
+word-breaker</strong>. This means that, when apps see a half-space in a
+word, they will treat it and its surrounding syllabics as one whole word,
+rather than breaking it apart and treating it as several smaller words.</p>
+
+
 <h2>Keyboard layout</h2>
 
 <h3>Default</h3>

diff --git a/release/nrc/nrc_crk_cans/source/welcome/welcome.htm b/release/nrc/nrc_crk_cans/source/welcome/welcome.htm
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
         font-size: small;
         font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;
       }
+      kbd.spacebar { min-width: 4em }
+      kbd.nnbsp { min-width: 2em }
     </style>
   </head>
   <body>
@@ -114,6 +116,43 @@ <h2>Tutorial</h2>
     <p>In this way, every word is typed phonetically &mdash; just as it sounds. </p>
 
 
+    <h2>Normal and half spacebar</h2>
+
+    <p> This keyboard has two spacebars: the normal spacebar
+    <kbd class="spacebar">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</kbd> on the very bottom row of the
+    keyboard, and the <em>half</em> spacebar <kbd class="nnbsp">&nbsp;&nbsp;</kbd>, on the
+    second-to-bottom row. The half spacebar is not only half the size of a
+    normal spacebar on the keyboard, but it also inserts a thinner space. </p>
+
+    <h3>When do I use the half spacebar?</h3>
+
+    <p>When you want to separate components <strong>within a
+      word</strong>.</p>
+
+    <p>If you are familiar with Cree standard Roman orthography (SRO), you use a
+    half space <kbd class="spacebar">&nbsp;&nbsp;</kbd> whenever you'd use a dash in SRO. For
+    example, in <span lang="cr">ê-itwêt</span>, you would write it in
+    syllabics on this keyboard by typing <kbd>ᐁ</kbd> <kbd
+      class="nnbsp">&nbsp;&nbsp;</kbd> <kbd>ᐃ</kbd> <kbd>ᐟ</kbd> <kbd>ᐤ</kbd>
+    <kbd>ᑘ</kbd> <kbd>ᐟ</kbd> (<span lang="cr">ᐁ&#x202F;ᐃᑘᐟ</span>).</p>
+
+    <p>Other examples are complex words like
+    <strong><span lang="cr">ᓂᓇᓅᐦᑌ&#x202F;ᓂᐹᐣ</span></strong>. This is one
+    word, but you can see it has two: the beginning,
+    <strong><span lang="cr">ᓂᓇᓅᐦᑌ</span></strong> (eng. “I always want to...”)
+    and the core part of the word,
+    <strong><span lang="cr">ᓂᐹᐣ</span></strong> (eng. “sleep”).
+    Use the half space <kbd class="nnbsp">&nbsp;&nbsp;</kbd> between the two
+    parts of the word to insert a small gap between the two parts. The small
+    gap is noticable, but not as large as a normal space, which would indicate
+    a new word.</p>
+
+    <p>Unlike the normal space, the half space <strong>is not a
+    word-breaker</strong>. This means that, when apps see a half-space in a
+    word, they will treat it and its surrounding syllabics as one whole word,
+    rather than breaking it apart and treating it as several smaller words.</p>
+
+
     <h2>Keyboard layout</h2>
 
     <h3>Default</h3>