typogrify: Remove dash after two- or three-em-dash

standardebooks · Jan 3, 2025 · 1f5dbe4 · 1f5dbe4
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diff --git a/se/typography.py b/se/typography.py
@@ -376,6 +376,9 @@ def typogrify(xhtml: str, smart_quotes: bool = True) -> str:
 	# Replace single obscured year digit with figure dash
 	xhtml = regex.sub(r"\b([0-9]{3})-([^0-9\p{Letter}])(?!abbr)", r"\1‒\2", xhtml)
 
+	# Replace a common error, two- or three-em-dash followed by dash
+	xhtml = regex.sub(r"(⸺|⸻)-", r"\1", xhtml)
+
 	return xhtml
 
 def hyphenate(xhtml: Union[str, EasyXmlTree], language: Optional[str], ignore_h_tags: bool = False) -> str: