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Article #166Re: Straight apostrophe favoured over curly
From: Carol Odlum
Date: Sun, 07 Aug 1994 00:28
Date: Sun, 07 Aug 1994 00:28
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> A serif font (Times, Bookman, Garamond, etc) would have a > "curly" apostrophe. A sans serif font (Helvetica, etc.) > would have a "straight" variety. As with most generalizations, there are exceptions. For example: GillSans, a sans serif typeface, has a "curly" apostrophe, while Palatino, a serif typeface, has a "straight" (albeit angled) apostrophe. But I don't know of *any* proportionally spaced typeface, serif or sans, that uses a vertical straight apostrophe. These, IMHO, look really ugly in typeset material. > Anyone else as anal as me about this? Absolutely!!! Carol Odlum Salt Spring Technical carol@dreamer.eyrie.com phone: (503) 684-1416 fax: (503) 639-6652
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 168819,97c366762e01f4d8 X-Google-Attributes: gid168819,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-08-06 17:28:59 PST Sender: Postmaster@netnewsinre.asu.edu Newsgroups: bit.listserv.copyediting-l Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!primenet!netnews.asu.edu !netnews.asu.edu!netnews Comments: Gated by news.asu.edu Comments: gating comments -> Thom.McCarty@asu.edu Return-Path: <copyediting-l@cornell.edu> Errors-To: bgl1@cornell.edu Message-ID: <m0qWsB4-000ZjfC@dreamer.eyrie.com> Comment: Copy Editors and Editing Originator: copyediting-l@cornell.edu Errors-To: bgl1@cornell.edu Reply-To: copyediting-l@cornell.edu Sender: copyediting-l@cornell.edu Version: 5.5 -- Copyright (c) 1991/92, Anastasios Kotsikonas From: Carol Odlum <carol@dreamer.eyrie.com> Subject: Re: Straight apostrophe favoured over curly Date: Sat, 6 Aug 1994 20:28:59 -0400 Lines: 26