My word processor changes the form of dashes to something longer sometimes – becomes —. I change it back sometimes. I’m obsessed by punctuation. I bought and read a book on the semi-colon, and love using Oxford commas. This article on Mental Floss outlines the dash or hyphen, the en-dash, and the em-dash (both named …
Pierrick Calvez promises a five minute visual guide to the better use of typefaces. It is very helpful. As a special bonus it teaches the differences between the Hyphen -, the En Dash –, and the Em Dash —; along with examples of their correct use. Go here.
March 25 is observed by some Christians as the date on which the annunciation by the angel of Mary’s pregnancy with Jesus took place. It is very unusual for the day to be shared by Good Friday. Read more about that here. From Mockingbird, a poem by John Donne, “Upon the Annunciation and Passion Falling …
I do so little hand writing; the items I do hand write are generally pieces that I desire to look good. When doing so I live in fear of making mistakes. The AxiDraw is a pen plotter that can do handle all sorts of graphics, including facsimile hand writing.
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