Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. typography The symbol (—) (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis)
Etymologies
- Named because the symbol (—) has the same width as the letter 'm', approximately twice the width of an en dash. (Wiktionary)
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Marks
names of punctuation marks, accent marks, and other graphic signs and graphical characters used in printed, written, or digital text.
comma, period, parenthesis, apostrophe, colon, semicolon, slash, stroke, brackets, dash, em dash, en dash and 72 more...
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abrupt, erupt, rupture, sync, appropinquity, heterochromia, homochromatic, monochromatic, willy nilly, nitty gritty, kowtow, wonton and 455 more...
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Words I have learned that I can't eve...
fillip, tocsin, subfusc, lacuna, popinjay, sylvan, dubiety, doff, mimetic, cogitate, chthonic, neophyte and 134 more...
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Design lingo
dog's breakfast, widow, colophon, em dash, en dash, ligature, sad mac, marching ants, lede, hed, poop, smartquotes
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points, accents, and curious characters
terms for punctuation, accents, typography, etc.
guillemet, ellipsis, tilde, diaeresis, dieresis, umlaut, virgule, pilcrow, alinea, etc., hyphen, em dash and 16 more...
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The Glyphs & How to Name Them
Being a list of the proper names of glyphs, both exotic and common, found in the typographer's toolbox.
ogonek, macron, horn, hook, dot, diaeresis, umlaut, circumflex, cedilla, inverted breve, breve, double grave, grave and 60 more...
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Bergen
words related to Morednism, Christianity, Philosophy, Religion, and stuff
cul-de-sac, solipsism, a forbidding book, self-refuting, Luddite, desultory schooling, hort-listed, about-face, a significant cor..., corollary, em dash, exonerate and 24 more...
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Graphic Design
serif, stem, rag, bleed, ligature, grotesque, river, orphan, widow, kearning, leading, em dash and 5 more...
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kewpid This is the 'dash' we use when enclosing clauses, words or phrases, or to detach one end of a sentence from the main body. Cf en dash and hyphen.
more info. Dec 9, 2007