When type was set by hand, the M dash was the width of the letter M as ihn Mary. There is the N dash, as in November, and the hyphen, all used in different ways. Somebody smart put it together here http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/091502.htm Be sure to work past the stuff at the top of the page. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carmichael Kimberly J - CS" <Kimberly.J.Carmichael@xxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 12:31 PM Subject: What Character Hi I have been encountering a character that looks like a dash in braille, but JAWS says something like m dash. Can anybody tell me what the character is that sounds like that? Thanks Kim -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx