http://printwiki.org/Closed/OpenRecent Changes of the page "Closed/Open" on PrintWiki.en-us http://printwiki.org/Closed/Open2007-09-06 12:00:00Encyclopedia of Graphic Communications Import <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Closed/Open<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 1: </td> <td> Line 1: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ In typography, a closed character or symbol is one which has been filled in, or is solid, such as a closed ["bullet"]. An open character or symbol is one which exists essentially as an outline, such as an open bullet.<br> + <br> + The ''open/closed'' dichotomy is also used to refer to the typesetting of ["dashes"]. In this case, ''closed'' refers to a dash set without a word space at either end (such as "word—word") while ''open'' refers to a dash set ''with'' a word space at either end (such as "word — word"). On older typesetting systems, open dashes were preferred, as they allowed the typesetter more places to break lines (typesetting systems tend to look for word spaces as places to break lines), but more sophisticated devices know enough to break lines at either end of an em or en dash.</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div>