Oct 6, 2010 · Usage of the em dash, since that's what dmckee's explanation doesn't tackle: it's nicest to think of the em dash as a dramatic pause in a sentence, and it need not be used parenthetically. Chicago (6.87) calls it "the most commonly used and versatile of the dashes", and lists among its uses:

Apr 26, 2012 · Just came here for an answer, since the em dash looked like a space in the PDF previewer I was using. Turns out the font just had a very thin line for a dash. I embiggened the previewer, and voila!--there were the em dashes! In case someone else has the same issue. –

Sep 9, 2017 · It places an — (em-dash) in the spot associated with |. To highlight this, consider the following example: \documentclass{article} \begin{document} \showoutput | --- \end{document} \showoutput adds content to the .log that shows the construction of the output pages. The following excerpt was taken from the above example's .log:

Jul 1, 2012 · I've noticed that en dashes and em dashes run into certain numbers and letters, and I don't believe it's standard to use spaces with these. For example, if a 'b' comes before the dash or a '6' comes after, the dash looks like it's actually touching the character unless you zoom way in.

Mar 7, 2015 · I am using XeLaTeX. My goal is to display a Unicode em dash in my PDF file. The \dash will not compile, below: it says ! Undefined control sequence. Here is the minimal (non)-working example: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \DeclareUnicodeCharacter{2014}{\dash} \begin{document} hello \dash there! \end{document}

Dash --or ---is used generally in a place of comma , or as an interval, like 2009--2011. In "classical" English typography, you don't put spaces around dashes---like just here; it is because English typography tends to make all the inter-word spaces equal, no matter whether there's a dash or comma between the words. "Modern" typography changes ...

Feb 18, 2021 · clause-per-line, inconsistent em-dash spaces: The food ---which was delicious--- reminded me of home. The food, which was delicious, reminded me of home. I would like both sources to render the same, but the clause-per-line version introduces a space before or after an em-dash. I could instead use. sentence-per-line, em-dash spaces:

Feb 28, 2019 · LuaLaTeX is not inserting em dashes unless there is space around the triple dash. It works fine when using a unicode em dash, or explicitly using the \\textemdash macro. Here is a MWE: \\documentcl...

Jan 31, 2019 · For those using Debian Linux with a German keyboard (I know you're out there), the “Alt Gr” key in conjunction with the hyphen key produces the en dash, and the “Alt Gr” in conjunction with the underbar (Shift-hyphen) produces the em dash.

Oct 10, 2018 · A 破折号 (pòzhéhào, Chinese em dash) is a punctuation mark used in Chinese typesetting. It has very similar usage to the Western em dash. The Chinese em dash has two important features: It occupies the same width as two ideographic characters. It aligns with the vertical center of the ideographic em‑box.