[gui-talk] The voicing of m dash

[Lloyd Rasmussen]

I had read about an "em" and an "en" in a braille dictionary in the 
60's.  But I didn't have to deal with this stuff until we moved from 
typewriters to typography, in the Windows era.  If you ignore some of the 
geeky stuff toward the beginning, this six-year-old article about 
typography on the web will add a little more information to Joel's exposition.

http://www.alistapart.com/stories/emen/

At 10:17 PM 10/4/2007, you wrote:
>What's the difference in meaning between the two characters?  I don't 
>remember seeing anything about it in school in the 50's and 60's, and 
>haven't heard any explanation of it since.  In fact, asking sighted folks 
>I know they tell me they never use it and don't understand why some 
>publications do.
>
>I'd be interested to know.

Lloyd Rasmussen, Acting Head, Engineering Section
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