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Slightly off topic but this goes to show how poorly hyphens/dashes are implemented in modern typography. Idk if its because I've been reading the word "right-w
by preommr 7y ago
Slightly off topic but this goes to show how poorly hyphens/dashes are implemented in modern typography.
Idk if its because I've been reading the word "right-wing" a lot or what it is but when I saw "right-knowledge" I thought it was a specific term when it seems like they're using it as an em-dash even though the unicode for the character is for en-dash.
I get that its harder to type a dash, but c'mon, for an official online publication their publication software should have some easy shortcut for it.
- tc313 7y agoThey could have used a colon instead to avoid the confusion.
- taneq 7y agoSemicolon, rather.
- tc313 7y agoIn this case, either one would work. A semi-colon separates two independent clauses, while a colon can be used to define or introduce something. I think it is more natural to use a colon (“:”) here because you’re defining what Douglas Adams was right about, but either one would make the title more clear.
- taneq 7y agoSure, but you'd have to capitalise the 'knowledge' after the colon. :) If you're willing to make two edits rather than one, then yeah, either would work.
- Yver 7y agoThe original article uses a spaced en dash: "Douglas Adams was right – knowledge without understanding is meaningless" Not as distinguishable as an em dash but much better than an en dash with no spaces.
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