In text tool, pasting a Unicode "Symbol For Space" character causes characters to move leftward instead of rightward

Summary:

I have a text frame with three lines, each beginning with four real spaces then some text.

When I try to paste a Unicode "U+2420: Symbol For Space" (␠) character before the first non-space text into a text frame,

  • On the second and third lines, the character pastes as expected and the text moves rightward.
  • On the first line, the character pastes as expected but the text moves leftward.

pasting_unicode_space_symbol

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open the image below in Inkscape.
  2. Select the text frame with the text tool.
  3. Copy one of the "Symbol for Space" characters.
  4. Paste it before the line␠1 text.

What happened?

The text content moves leftware.

What should have happened?

The text content should move rightward.

Sample attachments: pasting_unicode_space_symbol.svg

Version info

Inkscape 1.3 (0e150ed6, 2023-07-21)

GLib version:     2.76.4
GTK version:      3.24.38
glibmm version:   2.66.6
gtkmm version:    3.24.7
libxml2 version:  2.11.4
libxslt version:  1.1.38
Cairo version:    1.17.7
Pango version:    1.50.14
HarfBuzz version: 8.0.1

OS version:       Windows 11 22H2