Re: Hyphens, Ens or Ems?

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From: Don McCahill
Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 12:14

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I used to set mathematics a lot in my earlier days, and often would use the true minus sign from Symbol or another math font. It is perfect for use for a negative (go figure) and also has the advantage of being the same width as the plus sign (from the same font). 

When giving a range of numbers, always use the en dash, never the em dash. This is a fairly consistent style rule.

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