Horizontal ellipsis (U+2026) is quite wide
The current horizontal ellipsis has quite an open feel and is objectively wider than 3 periods one after another.
An example screenshot with the ellipsis on top and 3 periods below:
Is this normal for an ellipsis character?
In user interfaces, ellipses are used to indicate when text has been cut off because there isn't enough space to show the full string. A more compact ellipsis would be advantageous in these cases. See, for example, gnome-shell#5792 (comment 1542430) .