– –en dash
For a short but good explaination of when to use en-dash, em-dash, and figure-dash in English, see this English Language & Usage question at Stack Exchange.
To produce an en dash (“nut”):
- Windows
- Alt 0150 (using the numerical keyboard, with Num Lock on)
- OS X
- ⌥ Opt -
- Linux · BSD
- ⎄ Compose - - . or
Ctrl ⇧ Shift u 2 0 1 2 ⏎ Return (or Space) or
Shift AltGr - - . - Microsoft Word
- Ctrl - (using the hyphen from the numerical keyboard)
- LibreOffice · Open Office
- Space - - Space (if enabled in the autocorrect options)
- Android · iPhone
- ◎ tap and hold -
- Unicode
U+2013
- HTML
–
·–
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- LaTeX
\textendash
or
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Similar characters: figure dash, ‒; em dash, —; quotation dash―; minus sign, −; swung dash, ⁓