my problem with the emdash

[nibot]

I think the mdash — which I am ilustrating right here — should be offset with spaces.

Convention is that the emdash—which is just a hyphenated parenthetical interjection—is not.

Comments

[forvrkate.livejournal.com]

Wrong or not, I prefer double dashes without spaces.

[kaolinfire.livejournal.com]

double dashes, no spaces.

I did spaces for a long time, then "learned better", and I actually think it looks better all bunched together. The spaces seem juvenile. But that's psychology for you. ;)