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I actually like the interpunct way better (which I first saw when I visited Italy and saw historical carvings): instead⸱of⸱putting⸱spaces⸱you⸱put⸱a⸱small⸱dot⸱be
by kccqzy 11mo ago
I actually like the interpunct way better (which I first saw when I visited Italy and saw historical carvings): instead⸱of⸱putting⸱spaces⸱you⸱put⸱a⸱small⸱dot⸱between⸱words⸱instead.
- piskov 11mo agoWhy would you use visible noise for something that should be void
- vntok 11mo agoWhy should it be void?
- piskov 11mo agoLook into this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_(negative_space) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_(negative_space)
- vntok 11mo agoThis is about the use of void in art, specifically the perception of beauty and care that comes from the artist taking time to focus the eye of the viewer onto particular zones. It has nothing to do with text legibility.
- Terr_ 11mo agoNowadays I only see/use the middle dot to cla⸱ri⸱fy syl⸱la⸱bles in lyr⸱ics.
- rerdavies 11mo agoOh, nice! I've been using '-'s, but I'm going to switch.
- kccqzy 11mo agoThere are different Unicode characters though so be careful. Some allow browsers to break at the dot, others are non-breaking so the browser will consider it a single word.
- rerdavies 11mo agoMy specific use-case was breaking syllables in lyrics embedded in sheet music so that they line up with the associated notes on the staff above. (I write a lot of lead sheets).
- mrsvanwinkle 11mo agoI love that better! I was also just in Italy recently and you made me double take this tablet hanging on a canopy in one of the peregrination churches and they ARE interpuncts but for names only
- dhosek 11mo agoThis is still the standard in setting Ethiopic text
- Maxatar 11mo agoI also prefer that and in fact I enable "visible whitespace" in every text editor that supports it, such as VS Code.