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Please shorten U+2014 (em dash) #32

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da2x opened this issue Jul 2, 2021 · 2 comments
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Please shorten U+2014 (em dash) #32

da2x opened this issue Jul 2, 2021 · 2 comments

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@da2x
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da2x commented Jul 2, 2021

EM dash in Nimbus vs Helvetica

There’s just not enough space around the EM dash and its neighbors. Could it be shortened?

@chris-liddell
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We (Artifex) have referred this URW++ themselves, and we await their response.

@apodtele
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Em and En dashes in Tahoma.ttf are just as long. They probably have traditional typographic widths in mind, with En = ½ Em.

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