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Originally Posted by DNSB
[...] I dug into the ebook and found the author instead of using an em dash had used the straightness character ( 0x23E4 ⏤ ).
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Strange, I never ran across that specific character.
From a quick search, and looking at the surrounding Unicode characters, I believe it's used in technical drawings (like schematics):
https://www.gdandtbasics.com/straightness/
The two characters right next to it kind of gave me the hint:
⏥ (U+23E5) FLATNESS
⏦ (U+23E6) AC CURRENT
Definitely should be reported/fixed.
Who knows how Text-to-Speech would deal with it. Imagine hearing an entire book full of "straightness" instead of a brief pause.
Reminds me of the "famous" 2014 self-published book with the minus sign instead of en dash:
https://www.reddit.com/r/writing/com...05a/?context=3