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Sternhammer@aussie.zone 3 weeks agoI’ve long been an enthusiast of unpopular punctuation—the ellipsis, the em-dash, the interrobang‽
The trick to using the em-dash is not to surround it with spaces which tend to break up the text visually. So, this feels good—to me—whereas this — feels unpleasant. I learnt this approach from reading typographer Erik Spiekermann’s book, *Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works.
mr_satan@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
My language doesn’t really have hyphenated words or different dashes. It’s mostly punctuation within a sentence. As such there are almost no cases where one encounters a dash without spaces.
Sternhammer@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Sounds wonderful. I recently had my writing—which is liberally sprinkled with em-dashes—edited to add spaces to conform to the house style and this made me sad.
I also feel sad that I failed to (ironically) mention the under-appreciated semicolon; punctuation that is not as adamant as a full stop but more assertive than a comma. I should use it more often.
mr_satan@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I rarely find good use for a semicolon sadly.
elbarto777@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What language is this?
mr_satan@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Lithuanian. We do have composite words, but we use vowel, if necessary, as connecting sounds. Otherwise dashes usually signify either dialog or explanations in a sentence (there’s more nuance, of course).