Re: Significant whitespace (was Re: Blogging sucks)

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From: Juerd
Subject: Re: Significant whitespace (was Re: Blogging sucks)
Date: 16:37 on 17 Oct 2005

A. Pagaltzis skribis 2005-10-17 17:21 (+0200):
> The straight quotes were a typewriter invention, along with
> monospace fonts.

And both have proven to work extremely well in many circumstances. 

Also, the apostrophe is not a single quote. You send us RIGHT SINGLE
QUOTATION MARK (U+2019), in places where you should use APOSTROPHE
(U+0027).

It's hateful, but acceptable to send us special quotes, but not to
replace apostrophes. Apostrophes are straight.

(Careful readers will note that APOSTROPHE is the ASCII character abused
for single quote. I don't mind, and even prefer, this abuse.)

Next time, please get things right (or straight) before you send the
wrong thing and belittle your audience's settings.


Juerd
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