GlyphIndexInterruption
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The paired dashes surround an interruption.
Em dash
An em dash — marks a break in a sentence or sets off an interruption. Follow your publication’s spacing style throughout the text.
EM DASH
Appearance can vary by font.
Character details
♡→✦
3 code pointsMeaning and context
An em dash — marks a break in a sentence or sets off an interruption. Follow your publication’s spacing style throughout the text.
How to use it
Follow one house style consistently. A pair of em dashes can enclose a short interruption; a single one can introduce a concluding phrase.
Examples
Closing emphasis
We kept one rule—label every example.
The dash introduces the concluding point.
Similar shapes, different characters
En dash
U+2013An en dash is a separate character often used for ranges.
DetailsTwo hyphen-minus characters
U+002D U+002DThe sequence has two code points rather than one.
Sources and method
- Unicode 18.0.0 character database — Pinned standard character identities and properties; the application computes UTF encodings from the original text.
- Unicode character code charts — Reference glyphs are not a guarantee of the appearance in a user’s font.