Em dash and en dash not displaying properly in content

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pcas
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Em dash and en dash not displaying properly in content

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When I use Insert > Character > Em Dash to enter an em dash in my text, Flare 7 appears to insert an en dash. If I try to insert an en dash, Flare 7 appears to insert a regular hyphen. Has anyone else experienced em dashes appearing as en dashes and en dashes appearing as regular hyphens?

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Re: Em dash and en dash not displaying properly in content

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Does it show up correctly in the output? Very often, the Flare editor makes text look differently than it does in the final version.
You can submit an enhancement request (or is this a bug?) here - https://www.madcapsoftware.com/bugs/submit.aspx
pcas
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Re: Em dash and en dash not displaying properly in content

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lacastle wrote:Does it show up correctly in the output? Very often, the Flare editor makes text look differently than it does in the final version.
You can submit an enhancement request (or is this a bug?) here - https://www.madcapsoftware.com/bugs/submit.aspx
It doesn't look correct in the output either . . . line is too short in both cases.

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Re: Em dash and en dash not displaying properly in content

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What font are you using? Flare doesn't support OpenType fonts. Or is it the other types of fonts? Whatever the new types of fonts are. When you use one of those fonts, things tend to look a little wonky, although most people have had a problem with the font spacing, not the size of the em/en dashes.

Anyway, what font are you using?
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Re: Em dash and en dash not displaying properly in content

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LTinker68 wrote:What font are you using? Flare doesn't support OpenType fonts. Or is it the other types of fonts? Whatever the new types of fonts are. When you use one of those fonts, things tend to look a little wonky, although most people have had a problem with the font spacing, not the size of the em/en dashes.

Anyway, what font are you using?
We are using GillSans 11 pt.

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Re: Em dash and en dash not displaying properly in content

Post by LTinker68 »

That's a relatively standard font, so that shouldn't be a problem. Does it look the same way if you use the keyboard shortcut to insert the en (ALT + 0150) or em (ALT + 0151) dash?
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