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nicbou 2 hours ago

Some keyboards and operating systems — iOS is one of them — convert two dashes into an emdash.

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Nevermark 41 minutes ago | parent [-]

I can’t wait for my keyboard to start auto-completing “Your” with “are absolutely right!”

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nicbou 30 minutes ago | parent [-]

In this case Apple has cared about typography since its very beginning. Steve Jobs obsessed over it. The OS also replaces simple quotes with fancier ones.

I do the same on my websites. It's embedded into my static site generator.

Very related: https://practicaltypography.com/

	▲	Nevermark 27 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Agreed that is useful, despite the unintended consequences of dash meddling.