Hi Margaret,
I have seen a form which had a date marked as __/__/__
Which was transcribed as:
⠨⠤⠸⠌⠨⠤⠸⠌⠨⠤
(three underscores separated by slashes)
So naturally, I would assume:
⠨⠤⠤⠨⠤⠤⠨⠤
(three underscores separated by hyphens)
for the case with hyphens. Not particularly friendly to read.
If you wanted to substitute anything, you could substitute dashes for hyphens,
which would make things a little better.
I would not suggest replacing the whole thing with just a single underscore,
because this loses that there are three parts to fill in.
I hope this helps.
With best regards,
James.
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Subject: [ueb-ed] Blanks to be filled in, separated by hyphens in print?
Greetings
UEB Rule 7.2.3 is clear in the use of the low line/underscore representing
blanks in print (including sequenced blanks as in d _ _ ght _r).
In a document with a date to be filled in, represented by blanks separated by
hyphens (__-__-__), would you use:
a single low line to represent the entire date?
low line hyphen low line hyphen low line?
three low lines separated by spaces?
Each option seems to have its benefits and problems.
Thoughts?
As ever, your input is appreciated!
Margaret
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