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Re: Handy resource when you need a specific character (em dash, en dash, ...)
Subject:Re: Handy resource when you need a specific character (em dash, en dash, ...) From:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:06:52 -0700
I do like dash of wine.
(Or is that a splash....?)
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Rick Stone <rstone75 -at- kc -dot- rr -dot- com> wrote:
> LOL, probably not.
>
> However, I seem to be the only one that doesn't care if a dash is a
> regular dash, an en dash an em dash or a hot dog dash. If I need a dash
> I just tap the dash key on the keyboard as I figure that's its purpose.
>
> I suppose it's like wine. There are folks that drink it and are happy
> with an inexpensive bottle. Then there are others who cannot seem to
> stand anything but a bottle costing hundreds of dollars.
>
> I guess that means I'm not refined. ;)
>
> Cheers... Rick :)
>
> David Castro wrote:
> > Wow. Am I *really* the only one who finds the plethora of dashes in the
> > Arial character set daunting? :-)
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