# Correct hyphen: Unicode HYPHEN or HYPHEN-MINUS

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/correct-hyphen-unicode-hyphen-or-hyphen-minus/19610>\
**Category:** Style\
**Tags:** unicode, punctuation\
**Created:** [April 6, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/correct-hyphen-unicode-hyphen-or-hyphen-minus/19610 "2016-04-06T13:06:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kid\_Devine](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/kid_devine/32/17561_2.png) [@Kid\_Devine](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Kid_Devine)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/correct-hyphen-unicode-hyphen-or-hyphen-minus/19610/38 "2019-01-29T16:32:23Z")

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> [@Using HYPHEN character instead of HYPHEN-MINUS?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/using-hyphen-character-instead-of-hyphen-minus/415042/1):
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> But I feel less confortable to impose it to everyone with my edits when the question occurs.  
> Like here in [https://musicbrainz.org/edit/59022786](https://musicbrainz.org/edit/59022786) where it is pointed out that it does not render properly on some computer.

Is the U+2010 HYPHEN displaying correctly for you, if so, I wonder what font your browser is using? If it helps, I use the Font Finder extension to check what fonts are actually displayed. I think it’s available on most browsers.

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