Re: double hyphen

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Mon Mar 07 2005 - 03:57:46 CST

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At 00:47 -0800 2005-03-07, Patrick Andries wrote:

>BTW, the "cleverness" of some software that
>replace this « - - » into an emdash presents
>more problem today in France since a new family
>name decree has become law. I leave a space
>between the two "-" here, so that the double
>hyphen appears clearly with all fonts.

Surely the problem is on the side of the people
who made the decree without thinking of the
processing consequences.

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