Emdash fans!

[dirtyancom@kolektiva.social]

@mcc Yes and no. It depends on the length of the content behind or within the emdash or if the emdash closes. If it's just a word or phrase, especially at the end of a larger statement, I don't. If it contains a longer statement, I do.

[Guest]

I was about to say that we'd never dream of putting space around a long dash, but I think I have in fact done that for some obscure practical reason that I can't remember…I think it was simply to make sure that the character wasn't considered part of a URL or something of that sort. ~Chara of Pnictogen

[jonah@mastodon.neat.computer]

@mcc it depends on the font I'm using, because sometimes—like this—I will use an em-dash without spaces, and sometimes – like this – I will use an EN dash with spaces, depending on what I think looks better.

Em dashes with spaces seems superfluous to me in all cases though.

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@mcc obviously the first one—how could I not always go for the Chicago Style emdash

[adamshostack@infosec.exchange]

@mcc Real pros — like me — — — put mdashes around their mdashes.

[julian@activitypub.space]

@mcc@mastodon.social absolutely — they just look nicer that way.