Definitions for "Dashes"
Keywords:  emdash, hyphen, fonts, quarter, rarely
Standard fonts include, at minimum: an em dash ( — ), an en dash (–) and hyphen (-). A figure dash and three-quarter emdash are often included as well, and a one-third em dash more rarely.
often used for the same purpose as brackets (parenthesis). One dash may be used to indicate a pause in thinking before speech.