Em and En Dashes Are Reversed on PostScript Printer

• Microsoft Windows 3.0

SUMMARY

The PostScript printer driver version 3.2 prints em dashes and en dashes incorrectly. The em dash (ALT+0150) displays correctly on the screen but prints as a short dash. The en dash (ALT+0151) also displays correctly on screen but prints as a long dash. You can print an em (long) dash by entering the code for an en dash and then entering at least two spaces before typing the text that follows it. If you use the em code to get an en dash, it leaves a space before the text that follows the dash.

MORE INFORMATION

An em dash is a typographer's term for a dash that measures one "em" long and is approximately as wide as it is tall. An en dash is half as long as an em dash.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Windows 3.0 PostScript printer driver version 3.2. This problem was corrected and does not occur in later versions.

Additional query words: 1.0 1.00 1.1 1.10 1.1a 1.10a 2.0 2.00 3.00 post script em-dash en-dash

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Version : WINDOWS:3.0
Platform : WINDOWS
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