> The en dash is the least loved of all; it’s not easily rendered by the average keyboard user (one has to select it as a special character, whereas the em dash can be conjured with two hyphens)
on macOS:
- - => - (hyphen/minus)
- ⌥ - => – (en dash)
- ⇧ ⌥ - => — (em dash)
There are so many of these convenient typographical shortcuts that a long time ago I made Apple layouts for Windows and Linux.
And many are mnemonic too, like:
- of course ÷ (division) is ⌥ / (slash, which is poor man's division)
- of course ¿ is ⇧ ⌥ / because ⇧ / is ? so logically ⇧ ⌥ / is ⌥ ? which is ¿
- guess what ≤ ≥ ± ≠ are
- ¬ (logical negation) is ⌥ L because it's a L sideways
- £ (pound) is ⌥ 3 because ⇧ 3 is # (octothorpe, abused as sharp or pound - the other kind)
on macOS:
- - => - (hyphen/minus)
- ⌥ - => – (en dash)
- ⇧ ⌥ - => — (em dash)
There are so many of these convenient typographical shortcuts that a long time ago I made Apple layouts for Windows and Linux.
And many are mnemonic too, like:
- of course ÷ (division) is ⌥ / (slash, which is poor man's division)
- of course ¿ is ⇧ ⌥ / because ⇧ / is ? so logically ⇧ ⌥ / is ⌥ ? which is ¿
- guess what ≤ ≥ ± ≠ are
- ¬ (logical negation) is ⌥ L because it's a L sideways
- £ (pound) is ⌥ 3 because ⇧ 3 is # (octothorpe, abused as sharp or pound - the other kind)