0 a long dash (= the symbol —), used especially when typing on a computer or in printing to separate parts of a sentence: --
An en dash is approximately half the width of an em dash.
Create an em dash by pressing opt+shift+hyphen.
You should not use a single hyphen to represent an em dash.
I still don't know what en and em dashes are, or why they are desirable.
An em dash is as wide as an "m" in the typeface.
NIEUWE WOORDEN
European
May 10, 2021
WOORD VAN DE DAG
Shimmer
em dash