En (typography)

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An en is a typographic unit, half of the width of an em. By definition it is equivalent to half of the height of the font (e.g. in 16 point type it is 8 points). As its name suggests, it is also traditionally the width of a letter "N".

The en dash (–) and en space ( ) are each one en wide. In English the en dash is used for inclusive ranges (e.g., "pages 12–17" or "August 7, 1988–November 26, 2005").


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Typography terminology
Page Pagination · Recto and verso · Margin · Column · Canons of page construction · Pull quote Lowercase 'a' in Adobe Caslon
Paragraph Widows and orphans · Leading · River · Baseline · Median · Alignment · Justification
Character Ligature · Letter-spacing · Kerning · Majuscule · Minuscule · Initial · x-height · Ascender · Descender · Diacritics · Counter · Subscript and superscript
Style Serif · Italic · Slab serif · Sans-serif · Blackletter · Script · Dingbat
Punctuation Hanging punctuation · Hyphenation · Curly quotes · En dash · Em dash
Typesetting Type design · Type foundry · Movable type · Calligraphy · Phototypesetting · Letterpress · Typeface · Font · Computer font · Point · Pica · Cicero · Agate · Em · En · Lorem ipsum · Hamburgefonts · Punchcutting · Pangram
Digital typography Font formats · Typesetting software · Character encoding · Rasterization · Hinting
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