How to generate an en-dash (–) other than - LaTeX Stack Exchange 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
LuaTeX and em dashes - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange 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
Unicode support for em-dash - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange 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: \\
Correct use of hyphen, en dash, or em dash in compound words 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
Source Han: Em dashes (U+2014) fail to compose as U+2E3A and U+2E3B Due to historical reasons, the Western em dash and the half of the Chinese em dash share the same unicode U+2014, but their lengths and vertical positions are usually different The team behind Source Han Sans and Source Han Serif resolves this issue in the design phase (e g , this discussion on GitHub)
Semantic line breaks and spaces around em-dashes - TeX The food --- which was delicious --- reminded me of home which render the same as each other and make the em-dash spacing situation consistent with the comma situation I would like to defer the style choice of how much space is around an em-dash, and be able to try different choices without modifying the source throughout
en-dash for Authorname in bibliography sbl - TeX How can I replace the standard em dash used for repeated author names in the bibliography with an en dash instead? Here is my example: \documentclass {scrbook} \usepackage [ngerman] {babel} \usepackag
en dash and em dash spacing - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange 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