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[-] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I will usually just use one (1) hyphen for that purpose - in the much same way that I will use "..." instead of “...” - because I like to upset typography nerds.

[-] Zarobi@aussie.zone 2 points 5 days ago

Have you tried using the dedicated triple dot character (…) instead of three separate dots (...)? It's a life changer

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 5 points 5 days ago

They said they do it to ‘upset typography nerds’ — likely they tried…

[-] Zarobi@aussie.zone 2 points 4 days ago
[-] tyler@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago

on mac if you type three dots it autocorrects it to the triple dot character…

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