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2 em-dash & 3 em dash
Is there any way to insert the 2 em-dash and 3 em-dash using the Calibre editor? Using serial em-dashes is the best I've been able to manage, but that risks having a line break when the longer 2 em-dash or 3 em-dash is needed. I tried pasting those characters, but they didn't display as expected.
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Try this.
2em dash. Type 2e3a then press alt-x 3em dash. Type 2e3b then press alt-x |
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Never mind
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On Linux en-dash is Compose --. and em-dash is Compose ---
Other longer dashes risk not being displayed in an ereader or app. Gives: – — You can copy/paste those too. |
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dashes via special characters, snippets, compose
I make all these different kinds of dashes with snippets or .Xcompose. If you are in tag editor you can click 'insert special character' and search for 'dash' to see them all. From there, it is easy to make a calibre snippet. Or, if you prefer, there are .Compose key inputs for some. For the ones missing in .Compose you can make your own in .Xcompose. Best regards, Pop
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Am I missing something here? This the EDITOR section.
There is a character tool IN the Editor The icon is black and white crossed pages (letter A showing on the black) en and em spaces are some of the first showing |
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Yep, the OP wants 2em and 3em which is not shown. You have underlined spaces, not dashes.
https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+2E3A https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+2E3B |
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And the suggestion by @rjwse@aol.com of using a negative letter spacing, is probably not recommended either. I know it does not work on the Kobo Libra 2 which I tried to use once for a heading, which worked nicely on the Calibre viewer, but not on the Kobo. |
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Why would you want 2 & 3 em-dashes? They will look very much off.
Just use a single em-dash. |
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... or create a line in a graphics program or an svg line.
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Many thanks. I'd found that the 2-em dash, when copied/pasted, generated a control character in the Calibre editor. I didn't look any further, but after your reply, found that the 2e3a Alt-X sequence creates the identical control character in the editor. This time, I bothered to look at the viewer as well, and there was the 2-em dash, plain as day. Oddly, the 3-em dash displays as such in both the editor and viewer (i.e., no control character). I'll report back if there are display problems on my actual eReaders. Last edited by RMOP; 05-12-2024 at 04:01 PM. |
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Why, indeed? Because the author of the books I've converted to ePub format uses them, and it would look very much off if I didn't follow suite. He uses the em dash very frequently, the 2-em dash infrequently, and the 3-em dash only a very few times and in only one book. He uses each type of em dash for different purposes, and while his style is a bit eccentric, so is his content, and I enjoy being as consistent w it as possible.
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