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[-] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago


^ this is a normal dash aka –


^ this is an em dash aka —

[-] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

some extra info:

I think most people would think of the hyphen when they think "normal" dash. the en dash is different from the hyphen, which is shorter than en dash.

hyphen - (half width of letter n)

en dash – (width of letter n)

em dash — (width of letter m)

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