Dash Insert drop-down menu. Dash The dash is a punctuation mark that is similar in appearance to and , but differs from these symbols in both length and height. The most common versions of the dash are the en dash (–), equal to half the height of the font; the em dash (—), twice as long as the en dash; and the horizontal bar (―), whose length varies across typefaces. Historically, the names of en dash and em dash were loosely related to the width of a lower-case "n" and upper-case "M", respectively, in commonly used typefaces. Usage varies both within
Japanese punctuation direct HTML equivalent is the codice_1 entity (em-space) which outputs the same fullwidth " " glyph. A fullwidth space may be used where a colon or comma would be used in English: ("Yamato Bank, Osaka Branch"). The resembles a lengthened tilde , which does not exist in JIS X 0208. Uses in Japanese include: The Japanese versions of these punctuation marks are usually full-width characters. A full-width space is usually left after such marks when writing in Japanese. The consists of two equally sized dots centered on the same vertical line. As a rule, a colon informs the reader that