← Back to context Comment by nicbou 8 hours ago Some keyboards and operating systems — iOS is one of them — convert two dashes into an emdash. 4 comments nicbou Reply Sharlin 2 hours ago And macOS, at least my keyboard layout, has both en and em dashes easily typeable with Alt+- and Alt+Shift+- respectively. Nevermark 7 hours ago I can’t wait for my keyboard to start auto-completing “Your” with “are absolutely right!” nicbou 6 hours ago In this case Apple has cared about typography since its very beginning. Steve Jobs obsessed over it. The OS also replaces simple quotes with fancier ones.I do the same on my websites. It's embedded into my static site generator.Very related: https://practicaltypography.com/ Nevermark 6 hours ago Agreed that is useful, despite the unintended consequences of dash meddling.
Sharlin 2 hours ago And macOS, at least my keyboard layout, has both en and em dashes easily typeable with Alt+- and Alt+Shift+- respectively.
Nevermark 7 hours ago I can’t wait for my keyboard to start auto-completing “Your” with “are absolutely right!” nicbou 6 hours ago In this case Apple has cared about typography since its very beginning. Steve Jobs obsessed over it. The OS also replaces simple quotes with fancier ones.I do the same on my websites. It's embedded into my static site generator.Very related: https://practicaltypography.com/ Nevermark 6 hours ago Agreed that is useful, despite the unintended consequences of dash meddling.
nicbou 6 hours ago In this case Apple has cared about typography since its very beginning. Steve Jobs obsessed over it. The OS also replaces simple quotes with fancier ones.I do the same on my websites. It's embedded into my static site generator.Very related: https://practicaltypography.com/ Nevermark 6 hours ago Agreed that is useful, despite the unintended consequences of dash meddling.
And macOS, at least my keyboard layout, has both en and em dashes easily typeable with Alt+- and Alt+Shift+- respectively.
I can’t wait for my keyboard to start auto-completing “Your” with “are absolutely right!”
In this case Apple has cared about typography since its very beginning. Steve Jobs obsessed over it. The OS also replaces simple quotes with fancier ones.
I do the same on my websites. It's embedded into my static site generator.
Very related: https://practicaltypography.com/
Agreed that is useful, despite the unintended consequences of dash meddling.