• @SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social
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    223 months ago

    Since this is about punctuation, what’s with the double dashes? Trailing off is usually written with an ellipsis, though an em dash can be used, since this is more of a break in speech. And yes, double dashes are sometimes used as a substitute on a keyboard or with a typeface that doesn’t have an em dash.

    But this is hand-lettered text— just draw the em dash!

    • Jeffool
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      13 months ago

      Most of the time I see em dashes and en dashes though should just be commas anyway.