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Subject:Re: hyphen or en-dash? From:"Guy K. Haas" <ghaas -at- selectica -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 30 May 2000 10:17:58 -0700
"Steven son, Rebecca" wrote:
>
> That's "The MAC is Not a Typewriter," thank you. <g>
>
> Rebecca
> friendly Mac-user
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lisa Wright [SMTP:liwright -at- uswest -dot- net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 2:12 PM
> > To: TECHWR-L
> > Subject: RE: hyphen or en-dash?
> >
> > Danielle,
> > There is an excellent book that covers the use of em- vs. en-dash vs.
> > hyphen. The book is called "The PC is not a Typewriter" (possibly "Your
> > PC...").
ISBN: 0938151495 Nov 1992
"The PC Is Not a Typewriter: A Style Manual for Creating
Professional-Level Type on Your Personal Computer" by Robin Williams
Apparently a revision of Robin's original "The Mac Is Not a Typewriter:
A Style Manual for Creating Professional-Level Type on Your MacIntosh"
from Nov 1990.
--Guy K. Haas ghaas -at- selectica -dot- com
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