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submitted 1 day ago by QuantumEraser@fedia.io to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 20 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

aren't those regular dashes? em dashes seem just a bit longer

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 26 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

N dashes. They are as wide as an n. M dashes are as wide as an m.

[–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 5 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

But what is em?

[–] moriquende@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Em means the letter M. That's what it's called. Historically, M in a font was equally as wide as it was tall, so it's used to refer to the font size.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 9 points 19 hours ago