“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
  • pyre@lemmy.world
    13·
    9 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)