Horizontal Punctuation

It has been brought to my attention that most novice designers do not know what a hyphen is correctly used for. Hyphens should only be used for connecting words such as co-worker or pickup-truck. They should not be used for dates or separate thoughts. An en dash is used for ranges such as dates, an em dash should be used to connect separate thoughts. Its critical for designers to use these punctuations correctly, especially when work is being sold to the public.


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