Post AUrCVBAbPfhVVGyajA by bmp@mastodon.sdf.org
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 (DIR) Post #AUr8z1PpqOyO7c4lai by bmp@mastodon.sdf.org
       2023-04-20T21:20:02Z
       
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       #PSA Call it what you want — pet peeve or otherwise, but here it is: https://www.punctuationmatters.com/en-dash-em-dash-hyphen/
       
 (DIR) Post #AUr8z2cdMInxrb4VBA by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
       2023-04-20T21:45:58Z
       
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       @bmp I have seen far too many places, even in what should be professional work with actual typography, using two hypens in a row instead of an em dash.Now, I have a tendency to use an en dash in place of a simple hyphen, only because in most typefaces the hyphen is ugly ; an em dash for number ranges ; and an em dash with spaces before and after for parenthetical phrases. Some typefaces also offer a quotation dash, which should be a smidgeon longer than an em dash.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUrAW5UZoCsSH7cmH2 by bmp@mastodon.sdf.org
       2023-04-20T22:03:20Z
       
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       @publius The dificulty in finding em dash in many keyboard layouts and text editing software doesn't help many folks use the required dash (assuming they are looking for it). I've noticed that variable fonts tend to have better looking dashes (hyphen, en dash and em dash).
       
 (DIR) Post #AUrAyq5k99RMuQicbo by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
       2023-04-20T22:08:30Z
       
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       @bmp I use LaTeX a lot, and the automatic conversion of "--" to en dash and "---" to em dash is something I cherish. For use on the Internet, I keep a text file open on my desktop with the most-frequently-used special characters.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUrCVBAbPfhVVGyajA by bmp@mastodon.sdf.org
       2023-04-20T22:25:33Z
       
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       @publius Interesting approach with the textfile, is there a public version of this? I used to have a custom set of bash scripts, but have moved to Espanso now for text replacement (https://espanso.org/) and extremely happy with it so far.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUs6DxqrGx14hu6pRw by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
       2023-04-21T08:49:55Z
       
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       @bmp I just paste in the characters I find myself using frequently. In fact, it might be a perfect application for Xpad, which I always forget about.