"white-space: nowrap" just stops line wrapping — it won't add a space that doesn't already exist in the source code. The cleanest way to add whitespace in this

"white-space: nowrap" just stops line wrapping — it won't add a space that doesn't already exist in the source code. The cleanest way to add whitespace in this situation is to add a right margin to the icon. The quickest way is to add an HTML character entity. The lightest way is to add a single unicode space character before the text.