The spaces became automatically narrow no-break spaces for the punctuation marks ; : ! ? « »
To type directly with the computer keyboard:
To type the French accent marks, you can use [alt] and one of these number:
0140
183
182
128
212
144
210
211
215
216
226
235
234
154
0156
133
131
135
138
130
136
137
140
139
147
151
150
129
174
175
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