Usage of different dashes

hyphen textendash textemdash

Source

• https://zhanksun.github.io/posts/en-dashes-em-dashes/

• there are three main types (lengths) of dashes
  • the hyphen -,
    • it’s used for inter-word hyphenation like “well-being”
  • the en-dash \textendash{} which is slightly longer than the hyphen, and
    • it’s used for ranges, e.g., July 9 \textendash{} August 17 or pp. 37 \textendash{} 59
  • the em-dash \textemdash{} which is even longer than the en-dash
    • it’s used for strong breaks, where a comma might be too subtle, e.g., We bought markers, paper, pens, and tablets \textemdash{} all of which were on sale, of course \textemdash{} for our clients to use in the courtroom., or
    • to separate words from each other in a title, e.g., \section{Der kontinuierliche Fluss \textemdash{} Contiflow}