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On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:28 PM, Adam Sale <[email protected]> wrote: > wow... > > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Alan Fregtman <[email protected]>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 "—" 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >
