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Dash Symbol Guides

Four focused guides: how to type a dash on any device, when to use an em dash or an en dash, thirty annotated em dash examples, and how a hyphen differs from both. Every guide includes copyable examples and the Unicode code points behind them.

8 min readEm Dash vs En DashOne is for asides, the other for ranges — and neither is a hyphen.Read guide →10 min readEm Dash ExamplesThirty sentences, sorted by the job the dash is doing.Read guide →9 min readHow to Type a DashAlt codes, Mac shortcuts, phone long-presses and the fastest route of all.Read guide →7 min readHyphen vs DashA hyphen joins, a dash separates — here is how to tell them apart.Read guide →

Which guide should I read first?

If you are choosing punctuation for a sentence, start with the hyphen vs dash guide. It explains which mark joins words, which one marks a range, and which one interrupts a sentence.

If you already know you need a long mark, read em dash vs en dash. If you want sentence-level models, open em dash examples. For keyboard routes on Windows, macOS, Linux and phones, use how to type a dash.

If you only need the character, skip the guides and open the copy grid, or convert a whole text with the dash converter.

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