Am Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:51:44 +0100 schrieb Cecil Westerhof: > Until now I always used a - (minus sign) to define a sub sentence or for an > optional word, like: > This is -now- not necessary, > > I understood that normally you use the em dash for this. But for only a > word, this seems a little big. Could I then use an en dash or should I keep > using a minus sign?
It depends. In germany I would use an en dash and put spaces around it: dies ist -- noch -- nicht notwendig. Older english books often use --- without spaces: is---now. But spaces and endash with spaces are used too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#En_dash_versus_em_dash So check the typography rules of your country/language. -- Ulrike Fischer ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
