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ASCII doesn't have have all the punctuation regularly used in English.
by DagAgren 7y ago
ASCII doesn't have have all the punctuation regularly used in English.
- kazinator 7y agoASCII doesn't have a direct representation of all the punctuation used in English print, like 66 99 quotes, and different kinds of dashes (distinct from minus). For non-print, it's entirely fine. Typesetting should be handled by a markup language anyway. Adding a few characters to Notepad doesn't create a typesetting system. A typesetting system needs to be able to do kerning, ligatures, justification. Not to mention bold, italics, and different fonts.
- DagAgren 7y agoWhy would print be different here? A screen is as much "print" as a paper is these days. Choosing correct punctuation is not typesetting, either.