possible to add 'white space' in a post title? or an image?

Only via CSS, as far as I know.

thanks esmi. is it possible to add CSS to the actual title?

Via your theme’s stylesheet, yes.

esmi, here is what i’m trying to do.

the blue text would be from the actual blog post. and the ‘&’ symbol would be an image.

https://jeffsimpsondesign.com/public/zomg.jpg

each of my posts are “x & y” so I would like to add some style to it by using a larger ‘&’ symbol as you can see.

is this possible?

You can’t place an image in the middle of a post title. Only at the beginning and/or end of it.