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I think “smart quotes” is fine as a name, since most people who type them still do it automatically via a context-based logic (whether it’s a word processor or
by D13Fd 4y ago
I think “smart quotes” is fine as a name, since most people who type them still do it automatically via a context-based logic (whether it’s a word processor or text box input on an iPhone). And it works better than “curly quotes” since they are not curly in some fonts.
If you’re going to be pedantic, I’m not sure that “left-quote” or “right-quote” is correct either. Shouldn’t it be “left double quotation mark” or “right double quotation mark”?
- svat 4y agoI know you said “most people”, but I always type these typographically correct quotes manually (no automatic substitution or “smart” quotes involved). It's Opt+[ (etc) on macOS, for example. So the name is disorienting for me at least, and as the top comment said, they predate computers and weren't called “smart” then. But see also https://smartquotesforsmartpeople.com/ https://smartquotesforsmartpeople.com/ :-)
- lupire 4y agoIf you learn them as "double quote brackets" just like "round brackets", "square brackets", "angle brackets", and "curly brackets" then the key name is not disorienting.