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> I can’t stand using a hyphen to mean negative or subtract I wonder what the difference is. Maybe in unicode one is slightly longer than the other, but at the
by fogof 6y ago
> I can’t stand using a hyphen to mean negative or subtract
I wonder what the difference is. Maybe in unicode one is slightly longer than the other, but at the end of the day, aren't they both just a horizontal line?
- Skeime 6y agoIn proportional fonts, the minus sign is significantly longer and usually slightly higher and thinner than the hyphen (so it lines up with the horizontal bar of the + sign). If you’re used to it, it looks much better than a hyphen. (Similar to using real quotation marks instead of the straight ones etc.)
- susam 6y agoCompare the following two examples: 5 − 2 = 3 5 - 2 = 3 The first one is correct. It contains the Unicode character 'MINUS SIGN' (U+2212). The second contains the Unicode character 'HYPHEN-MINUS' (U+002D) which is not suitable for representing the minus sign in mathematical typesetting. Also, see https://i.imgur.com/ngFI3JB.png https://i.imgur.com/ngFI3JB.png for a few examples typeset with MathJax. The first example has a proper minus sign (correct) whereas the second one contains a hyphen (incorrect). By the way, in plain HTML, the character entity reference "−" displays the minus sign, although I just use MathJax when proper mathematics typesetting is required in HTML pages.
- a1369209993 6y ago> I wonder what the difference is. A properly rendered minus is identical to the horizontal stroke of a plus (whereas hyphen is frequently shorter and/or incorrectly vertically aligned).