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0 pointsSharlin2mo ago0 comments

And macOS, at least my keyboard layout, has both en and em dashes easily typeable with Alt+- and Alt+Shift+- respectively.

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JoeJonathan2mo ago

I use emdashes and endashes all the time—but maybe that's because I'm an academic?

SharlinOP2mo ago

I use them – well, mostly en dashes because that's the custom where I'm from – because I'm a bit of a typography nerd and have grown to dislike the barrenness of ASCII.

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0 pointsSharlin2mo ago0 comments

And macOS, at least my keyboard layout, has both en and em dashes easily typeable with Alt+- and Alt+Shift+- respectively.

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JoeJonathan2mo ago

I use emdashes and endashes all the time—but maybe that's because I'm an academic?

SharlinOP2mo ago

I use them – well, mostly en dashes because that's the custom where I'm from – because I'm a bit of a typography nerd and have grown to dislike the barrenness of ASCII.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse