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stouset 26 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphe...

It’s quite hard to mistake an em dash for a hyphen in a proportional font.

self-fulfilling

self—fulfilling

One of these looks very, very wrong.

johnisgood 26 days ago [–]

I agree, although I still prefer spaces between —.

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