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Double oblique hyphen in a Fraktur typeface
In Latin script, the double hyphen⹀ is a punctuation mark that consists of two parallel hyphens. It was a development of the earlier double oblique hyphen⸗, which developed from a Central European variant of the virgule slash, originally a form of scratch comma. Similar marks (see below) are used in other scripts.
In order to avoid it being confused with the equals sign =, the double hyphen is often shown as a double oblique hyphen in modern typography. The double hyphen is also not to be confused with two consecutive hyphens (--), which are often used to represent an em dash — or en dash – due to the limitations of typewriters and keyboards that do not have distinct hyphen and dash keys.
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-- and end with -->. For compatibility with SGML, the string "--" (double-hyphen) is not allowed inside comments; this means comments cannot be nested...
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UCS L2/03-329 N2639 Everson, Michael (2003-10-03), On the use of HYPHEN and DOUBLEHYPHEN in Fraktur typography L2/03-354 N2655 Freytag, Asmus (2003-10-10)...
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