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From:	Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSw DOT ab DOT ca>
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rOn Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:13:08 +0200 (EET), Esa A E Peuha
<peuha AT cc DOT helsinki DOT fi> wrote:

>On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, DJ Delorie wrote:
>
>> Especially when, in the current ISO-8959-1, ` and ' are not
>> symmetrical.  However, you do not want to use " (the inch symbol) when
>> you *do* have symmetrical quotes.  See:
>>
>>     http://www.delorie.com/users/dj/brain/graphics/bits-glyphs/
>>
>> Reference the bottom, you use (d) quotes when coding, but you should
>> use (e) quotes to indicate spoken English.  If you use ` and ', you
>> get (a) and (c) quotes.  You *used* to get (b) and (c) quotes, which
>> is where the habit started.
>
>There are two errors in (c): one is 0x0x27, the other is that many (if
>not most) Windows fonts use a glyph for 0x27 that looks like half of
>that for 0x22; in other words, it's a vertical stroke, not a curl.

It looks as if Windows TrueType code page 1252 fonts have vertical
0x22 quote " and 0x27 apostrophe ', mirrored 0x60 grave ` and 0xB4
acute ´, as well as mirrored 0x91-92 single ‘ ’, and 0x93-94 double
quote “ ” pairs. 


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Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis

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