Re: Apostrophe, and DIN keyboard

From: Robert Wheelock <rwhlk142_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:07:26 -0400

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Robert Wheelock <rwhlk142_at_gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Robert Wheelock <rwhlk142_at_gmail.com>wrote:
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>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Andreas Prilop <prilop4321_at_trashmail.net
>> > wrote:
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>>> On Mon, 13 Aug 2012, Otto Stolz wrote:
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>>> >> http://www.machsmit.de/media/mainteaser/header-ichwillserleben.png
>>> >> http://www.machsmit.de/kampagne/printmedien.php
>>> >> show what the braindead German DIN keyboard layout has done to
>>> >> the apostrophe (’): Killed by the acute accent (´).
>>> >
>>> > Andreas’ example does not present any evidence that
>>> > an acute accent is involved. It could as well be a
>>> > real U+2019 apostrophe, rendered in a slanted, sanserif
>>> > font. As the text is presented in PNG, i. e. grafic,
>>> > format, you really cannot tell the difference.
>>>
>>> You are typographically challenged. People who understand fonts
>>> better than you will recognize Helvetica Condensed Black Oblique.
>>> http://store1.adobe.com/type/browser/gifs/HLVQ/C_HLVQ-70019100.GIF
>>> http://www.fonts.com/font/adobe/helvetica/condensed-black-oblique
>>>
>>> It is really sad that even academic persons today cannot see
>>> the difference between an apostrophe (’) and an acute accent (´).
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>> —Reply—
>> Quite a shame indeed! (Agonistes!) The same kind of awkwardness exists
>> in modern monotonic Greek writing, where the *tonos* (overtick,
>> Knappen's *universal accent*) gets confused with the true *oxeia* (acute
>> accent)! Much less, to have them confused—further still—with modern
>> quotation marks and apostrophes...
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>> Robert Lloyd Wheelock
>> International Symbolism Research Institute
>> Augusta, ME U.S.A.
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> —Reply—
> The *tonos* (overtick) is a STRAIGHT 90º accent mark, whereas the *oxeia* (acute)
> is usually slanted at 45º.
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> Robert Lloyd Wheelock
> International Symbolism Research Institute
> Augusta, ME U.S.A.
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—Reply—
The proper angles for some overstruck (nonspacing) accent marks include:
U+0300 *vareia* (grave) 135º
U+0301 *oxeia* (acute) 45º
U+0302 *perispomenē* (circumflex) a combination of a 45º acute with
a 135º grave—being the union of the acute and the grave
U+0304 *makra* (macron) 0º STRAIGHT across
U+030D *tonos* (overtick) 90º STRAIGHT up-and-down

  <*`*> <*´*> <*ˆ*> < *̄ *> <* ̍ *>

Robert Lloyd Wheelock
International Symbolism Research Institute
Augusta, ME U.S.A.
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