[duxuser] Re: m-dashes and n-dashes
- From: David Holladay <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 15:28:00 -0400
These are typesetter's terms.
an n-dash is really a hyphen the width of a lower-case n in the font.
an m-dash is really a hypehn with width of a lower-case m in the font.
an m-dash is always longer than an n-dash in inkprint.
These differences are not shown in braille. But the raw inkprint file may
contain them.
I hope this helps.
At 03:23 PM 5/4/2006, you wrote:
Can anyone enlighten me on m-dashes and n-dashes? What is their purpose
as opposed to an ordinary dash?
Thanks
Don
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