German and typography and dashes is fascinating, especially how they’re named according to their function.

• Halbgeviertstrich is a (half-length) long dash. Used as:
  • Gedankenstrich (like parentheses, “beat"s, etc.)
  • Bis-strich - “steht für das gesprochene Wort ‘Bis’”: (“A-Z”)
  • Gegenstrich (“Roma-Napoli”)
• Kurzstrich AKA Viertelgeviertstrich AKA “minus”
  • Bindestrich (“H-Milch”)
  • Ergänzungstrich (“Haupt- und Nebeneingang”)

Related is the English-language Wikipedia page about the 4 kinds of dashes.