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Inches and seconds should really use ″, U+2033 Double Prime, if you’re not going to use the ASCII quotation mark for everything.
by carey 9y ago
Inches and seconds should really use ″, U+2033 Double Prime, if you’re not going to use the ASCII quotation mark for everything.
- vacri 9y agoThe amusing thing is that we never care about this distinction in handwriting. "Oh, your two tiny vertical-ish lines denoting 'inch' are not ever-so-slightly slanted..."
- thaumasiotes 9y agoIn my handwriting, all quotation marks are pretty heavily slanted. That doesn't mean I would consider them distinct from hypothetical vertical marks. Fancy quotes are a display choice, not a distinct glyph.