If you’re on a Mac or iOS, it’s extremely easy to use the global text substitution to replace three periods (..., v...) with ellipsis (…, ⋮), and other symbols ((c), (r ), ^o, etc.) with their Unicode equivalent (©, ®, °, etc.).
replyEllipsis, at least, has been trivial to type (alt-semicolon) since long before global text substitution existed…
replyOnce upon a time there was COMPOSE.exe on Windows, then allchars, and now we've come full-circle to wincompose:
reply> … while available as a special character, it is often better to construct this using suitably sized non-breaking spaces
replyI'm curious why? Kerning? Regardless, it sounds like a lot of work
> but really should find a copy of the actual magazine....
Uh, "..." ;)
The big reason for manually constructing an ellipsis is to ensure consistent spacing for the 3 and 4 dot forms --- some typefaces will include both, but may not fit well if the type specs have the text set tight or loose.
replyMy apologies, should I have typed \thinspace.\thinspace.\thinspace.\thinspace.?