Name: Anonymous 2020-03-26 19:43
I was searching the web for someone to tell me which kind of quote style I should use, and I came across this: https://typographyforlawyers.com/straight-and-curly-quotes.html
Super weird article. Lots of words are broken down into syllables; e.g. "replace", "technique", "single", "difference". I would presume to avoid collision with legal definitions of words but nonetheless jarring.
I see a lot of programmers using grave single quotes, I think because of ASCII specification or whatever, but it can't be that binding, can it? Or else more programs would pay attention to other standards like IBM standard bindings, but everyone always uses their own keybinds, sometimes even hardcoded. Straight quotes are more practical and get the job done, like how people put two spaces before their sentences, but the latest APA says you only need one space. People still do it, because it's hard to keep up with that stuff. And LaTeX evaluates to curved quotes, anyway, but most people use WYSIWYG editors like Word. It's very much a tool problem.
Super weird article. Lots of words are broken down into syllables; e.g. "replace", "technique", "single", "difference". I would presume to avoid collision with legal definitions of words but nonetheless jarring.
I see a lot of programmers using grave single quotes, I think because of ASCII specification or whatever, but it can't be that binding, can it? Or else more programs would pay attention to other standards like IBM standard bindings, but everyone always uses their own keybinds, sometimes even hardcoded. Straight quotes are more practical and get the job done, like how people put two spaces before their sentences, but the latest APA says you only need one space. People still do it, because it's hard to keep up with that stuff. And LaTeX evaluates to curved quotes, anyway, but most people use WYSIWYG editors like Word. It's very much a tool problem.