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On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Alan Fregtman <alan.fregt...@gmail.com>wrote: > That would be the "em dash" or "mutton" (though I've never seen or heard > it called the latter.) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Em_dash#Em_dash > > And an "em"? It's a typographical unit of measurement and the "—" dash is > in fact 1em unit in width for any given font size (which by the way is > measured in units called "points".) A "—" dash at font size 14 is 14 > "points" (pt) wide, for example. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Em_%28typography%29 > > But what are "points" you ask? Twelfths of a "pica" which itself is 1/72th > of 1 foot, or 1/6th of an inch, or my prefered answer, "very small". > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_%28typography%29 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_%28typography%29 > > > So now you know how dashes and font sizes relates to some british king's > feet size. Who knew, right?! > > > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Fx Person <fxper...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > >> By the name of it, I was expecting like a squished little circle lol! >> >> Of course I've seen that a bunch of times, but thought it was more to >> express like "etcetera" >> >> I'll also look-up what's the long dash also briefly referenced in the >> article (about the three little dots) >> >> And guess I was missing a dot :) >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Stephen Blair <stephenrbl...@gmail.com> >> ** >> Hi >> >> In English writing, especially in e-mail messages, an ellipsis is used to >> indicate a pause or a falter, or a trailing off ... >> >> http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis >> >> >> >> >> On 07/01/2013 12:10 PM, Fx Person wrote: >> >> Hi Brent, >> >> >> As for the punctuation, perhaps. The double dots .. are meant to act >> like “long pauses” to which I’m not aware of a standard way of expressing >> that. >> I have seen the extended(long) dash used as such, though not exactly, & I >> actually didn’t find it in the Character Map. >> >> >> >> >> >
