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Most importantly, https://emdash.fan/ https://emdash.fan/ is the best emdash site on the internet.

tkgally 7y ago
My go-to site for copying special symbols is Wikipedia, which is, of course, well-behaved: Dashes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash Diacritics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diacritic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diacritic Precomposed Latin characters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_precomposed_Latin_characters_in_Unicode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_precomposed_Latin_char... Currency symbols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency_symbol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency_symbol Japanese typographic symbols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Japanese_typographic_symbols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Japanese_typographic_s... etc.
- amanzi 7y ago
  MS Word will autocorrect two hyphens into either an en dash or an em dash based on what it believes you were trying to type. So this: "em--dash" becomes this: "em—dash" while this: "en -- dash" becomes this: "en – dash"
  - joegahona 7y ago
    En dashes are for ranges and sometimes for compound modifiers, like "billiard-ball–size hail" or "New York City–based attorney." Not sure who advised MS Word to turn two dashes into an en dash, ever, but it's not correct. Whether an em dash has spaces around it is a matter of style.
    - amanzi 7y ago
      Word will only change it if you've used two hyphens, it won't autocorrect the examples you have.
    - distant_hat 7y ago
      MS has never worried about correctness :)
  - divbzero 7y ago
    On macOS ⌥- = en dash ⇧⌥- = em dash where ⇧ = shift ⌥ = option - = hyphen
    - JdeBP 7y ago
      Now those are the symbols that I find myself going to a WWW page to copy and paste. Fortunately, it's my WWW page. * http://jdebp.uk./FGA/iso-9995-7-symbols.html http://jdebp.uk./FGA/iso-9995-7-symbols.html
- teddyh 7y ago
  Use the GNOME Character Map¹ program, or your local equivalent². Not everything needs to be a web site. 1. https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap 2. https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap#See_Also https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap#See_Also

My go-to site for copying special symbols is Wikipedia, which is, of course, well-behaved: Dashes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash Diacritics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diacritic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diacritic Precomposed Latin characters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_precomposed_Latin_characters_in_Unicode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_precomposed_Latin_char... Currency symbols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency_symbol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency_symbol Japanese typographic symbols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Japanese_typographic_symbols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Japanese_typographic_s... etc.

amanzi 7y ago
MS Word will autocorrect two hyphens into either an en dash or an em dash based on what it believes you were trying to type. So this: "em--dash" becomes this: "em—dash" while this: "en -- dash" becomes this: "en – dash"
- joegahona 7y ago
  En dashes are for ranges and sometimes for compound modifiers, like "billiard-ball–size hail" or "New York City–based attorney." Not sure who advised MS Word to turn two dashes into an en dash, ever, but it's not correct. Whether an em dash has spaces around it is a matter of style.
  - amanzi 7y ago
    Word will only change it if you've used two hyphens, it won't autocorrect the examples you have.
  - distant_hat 7y ago
    MS has never worried about correctness :)
- divbzero 7y ago
  On macOS ⌥- = en dash ⇧⌥- = em dash where ⇧ = shift ⌥ = option - = hyphen
  - JdeBP 7y ago
    Now those are the symbols that I find myself going to a WWW page to copy and paste. Fortunately, it's my WWW page. * http://jdebp.uk./FGA/iso-9995-7-symbols.html http://jdebp.uk./FGA/iso-9995-7-symbols.html
teddyh 7y ago
Use the GNOME Character Map¹ program, or your local equivalent². Not everything needs to be a web site. 1. https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap 2. https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap#See_Also https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gucharmap#See_Also