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zemtu
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Use typographic correct apostrophe
Use typographic apostrophe
Oct 14, 2016
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I'm happy to learn about this unicode character and I know I'm going to use it. |
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So funny. Above, I didn’t use it. So, here it is, in this comment! |
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This is a neat way to get around escaping apostrophes! Closing this as there is no issue here, just sweet, sweet typography tricks Feel free to continue to discuss! |
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How about #666? |
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zemtu commentedOct 14, 2016
If you’d use the typographic apostrophe you wouldn’t have to make this exemption.
Typewriter apostrophe: 'we'd have to escape'
Typographic apostrophe: 'we don’t have to escape'
Typographic apostrophe:
Mac: Shift + Alt + #
Linux: Alt Gr + #
Windows: Alt + 0146
HTML:
’See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Computing
http://practicaltypography.com/apostrophes.html
http://typefacts.com/artikel/apostroph