[mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Typography

[Bogdan Butnaru]

On Feb 11, 2008 8:42 AM, David K. Gasaway <dave at gasaway.org> wrote:
> On 6 Feb 2008 at 2:52, Brian Schweitzer wrote:
>
> > Considering that the en-dash, the em-dash, the minus, and the hyphen
> > each are different punctuation marks, if some people are choosing to see
> > the distinction between them as simply one of typography, it's no wonder
> > we're still having this debate.
>
> I asked that someone conclusively demonstrate that they are all
> different puctuation marks (as opposed to different typographical
> variations of the dash punctuation mark).  I don't think anyone
> responded.

What exactly do you mean by "conclusively demonstrate"? If you mean a
mathematical demonstration, we need a pair agreed-upon logic and
axiomatic systems. If you'll accept an appeal to authority:

Sorry I can't link to exact pages. You can look at the table of
contents, or search in the books looking for hyphen and dash. (Note
they're explained in different chapters):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0966722183
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0738207853
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0877799210
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1592573932
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0393329801

http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Ahyphen
http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Aem+dash
http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Aen+dash

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash

If all this doesn't satisfy you, please explain how would you
conclusively prove that W is not VV (ie, two Vs). (I'm not sarcastic,
I'm really curious.)

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