If I wanted to make a horizontal line, I would do this:
We can use the sin wave character '∿' character and then
Set a negative value for letter-spacing
FIDDLE
Just for fun we can use different characters to get other squiggles:
FIDDLE #2
div {
font-size: 50px;
font-family: verdana;
}
.tilde {
letter-spacing: -19px;
}
.ohm {
letter-spacing: -6px;
}
.ac {
letter-spacing: -25px;
}
.acd {
letter-spacing: -11px;
}
.curlyv {
letter-spacing: -12px;
}
.frown {
letter-spacing: -13px;
}
∿∿∿∿∿∿∿∿∿∿∿∿∿∿∿
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⋎⋎⋎⋎⋎⋎⋎⋎⋎⋎⋎⋎⋎⋎⋎⋎
⌢⌢⌢⌢⌢⌢⌢⌢⌢⌢⌢⌢⌢⌢⌢⌢⌢
∾∾∾∾∾∾∾∾∾∾∾∾∾∾∾∾∾∾∾∾∾
ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ