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Re:Punctuation Matters: How to use the en dash, em dash and ... by kimburgess on Sunday March 12, 2023 @08:00AM (#35119101)
En space, em space, three-per-em space, four-per-em space, six-per-em space, figure space, punctuation space, thin spare, hair space, ideographic space, or Ogham space?
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Re:Punctuation Matters: How to use the en dash, em dash and ... by alpaca128 on Sunday March 12, 2023 @08:30AM (#35119307)
I have written and read text for decades without knowing the difference between those, so whatever space one gets when pressing the spacebar seems to do the job just fine. And if in doubt LaTeX etc will handle the rest well enough if I care about sub-pixel precision of some margins.
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