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Old 07-11-2021, 03:26 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by Turtle91 View Post
I understand that the actual ellipses character display changes with the font selected... but isn't that the point? Don't you want the ellipses to be internally consistent with the font being used. If it looks inconsistent, then the font wasn't designed very well, wasn't it?
Often the ellipsis is designed to be the same width as a figure, so it can be used in tables easily, so columns of figures line up. Which is much too narrow for people who like to use it in text.

In text I use . . . and . . . .
Would prefer to use thinner spaces, but those allow the ellipsis to split on a linewrap. I tried all the various space entities and in ebooks, only nbsp could be depended on to be "no break".

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