From: Adam Twardoch (list.adam@twardoch.com)
Date: Thu Jun 08 2006 - 10:43:24 CDT
Andreas Prilop wrote:
> U+2018 and U+201C are *rotational* images of U+2019 and U+201D.
> U+201B and U+201F are *mirrored* images of U+2019 and U+201D.
Says who? I know that the Germans like to standardize things, but there
really are more typeface designs than just DIN. And there are more
solutions to a question mark than the ones you're focusing on.
> A few typefaces such as Courier New, Tahoma, Verdana have glyphs
> in U+2018 and U+201C which really belong into U+201B and U+201F.
No. These glyphs were designed specifically with readability issues in
mind. They were optimized for small screen resolutions. If the quotation
marks were designed in the way you are suggesting, U+201C and U+201D
would be indistinguishable.
> Comic Sans MS, Courier New, Tahoma, Verdana are still waiting for
> correction.
There is nothing to be corrected there. These typefaces have perfectly
readable quotation marks optimized for small resolutions. You may not
*like* their design but the fact that you don't *like* them does not
constitute them *wrong*.
-- Adam Twardoch http://www.twardoch.com/
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