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Jellby · 12-16-2012, 07:30 AM

First, different languages have different typographic convetions/traditions, so even though it may be usual to add a space before an ellipsis in English, it is most often wrong in Spanish, for instance.

In English ePubs, I tend to put a normal space before and after an ellipsis, when it is in the middle of a sentence (and by the way, I don't use … most of the time), and a   at the end:

Code:

She would not sleep, she thought; she could last until tomorrow night.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;. The train wheels clicked in accented rhythm.

"But&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;." said Taggart, "but .&nbsp;.&nbsp;. but nobody's ever used it before!"

(in red, the actual ellipsis: . . .)

I don't think it's so wrong to break the line before an ellipsis in the middle of a sentence.

12-16-2012, 07:30 AM	#2
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,516 Karma: 18512745 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	First, different languages have different typographic convetions/traditions, so even though it may be usual to add a space before an ellipsis in English, it is most often wrong in Spanish, for instance. In English ePubs, I tend to put a normal space before and after an ellipsis, when it is in the middle of a sentence (and by the way, I don't use … most of the time), and a   at the end: Code: She would not sleep, she thought; she could last until tomorrow night. . . . The train wheels clicked in accented rhythm. "But . . ." said Taggart, "but . . . but nobody's ever used it before!" (in red, the actual ellipsis: . . .) I don't think it's so wrong to break the line before an ellipsis in the middle of a sentence.