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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoAs an actual human who uses em dashes — or usually, two or three hyphens that turn into an em dash in Markdown — I feel personally attacked.
minus-squareGinny [they/she]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoI will usually just use one (1) hyphen for that purpose - in the much same way that I will use "…" instead of “…” - because I like to upset typography nerds.
minus-squareZarobi@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoHave you tried using the dedicated triple dot character (…) instead of three separate dots (…)? It’s a life changer
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoThey said they do it to ‘upset typography nerds’ — likely they tried…
minus-squarelobut@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoaren’t those regular dashes? em dashes seem just a bit longer
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoN dashes. They are as wide as an n. M dashes are as wide as an m.
As an actual human who uses em dashes — or usually, two or three hyphens that turn into an em dash in Markdown — I feel personally attacked.
I will usually just use one (1) hyphen for that purpose - in the much same way that I will use "…" instead of “…” - because I like to upset typography nerds.
Have you tried using the dedicated triple dot character (…) instead of three separate dots (…)? It’s a life changer
They said they do it to ‘upset typography nerds’ — likely they tried…
I’m upset now
aren’t those regular dashes? em dashes seem just a bit longer
N dashes. They are as wide as an n. M dashes are as wide as an m.
But what is em?