[DejaVu-bugs] [Bug 10366] EM DASH (#x2014) should be shorter than HORIZONTAL BAR (#x2015)

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10366


moyogo at gmail.com changed:

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------- Comment #1 from moyogo at gmail.com  2007-03-21 11:42 PST -------
(In reply to comment #0)
> EM DASH is used in pairs to offset parenthetical text, there is usually a gap
> in between the two elements.  As of version 2.11, the EM DASH element is just
> as long as the HORIZONTAL BAR element.  I cannot tell these two apart.  The
> unicode character charts show that EM DASH (#x2014) is slightly shorter than
> HORIZONTAL BAR (#x2015) and slightly longer than EN DASH (#x2013).
Horizontal bar doesn't have to be wider than em dash. It can be, but doesn't
have to be. Horizontal bar, know as quotation dash, is used for quotations but
it is often as wide as em dash. They are two different characters but can be
the same glyph.

> NOTE also EN DASH (#x2013) appears to be centered, where I see it as being
> aligned to the left.
En dash currently doesn't have any right nor left bearing, so it is centered.
I don't see why it should be aligned to the left. Could you clarify?


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