Didn't know Mr. Mootz also developed characters. ;p And how did you type that? Skimmed through every page of the charmap!
Seems to also be an "en dash" the width of an "n" as opposed to an "m" So the following are various uses for the "mutton" (funny word) quoted from here An em dash is the width of an m. Use an em dash sparingly in formal writing. In informal writing, em dashes may replace commas, semicolons, colons, and parentheses to indicate added emphasis, an interruption, or an abrupt change of thought. ________________________________ From: Alan Fregtman <[email protected]> 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 "—" dashis 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > > >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. >> > > >
