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Technically, ’ isn't an apostrophe at all, but a right single quotation mark. I honestly thought this post was going to finally be some validation of my annoyan
by mminer237 3y ago
Technically, ’ isn't an apostrophe at all, but a right single quotation mark. I honestly thought this post was going to finally be some validation of my annoyance at everyone using the wrong Unicode character just because font makers make the apostrophe more “ugly”.
- geesh 3y agoAbsolutely not, the Unicode Standard explicitly states that U+2019 (’) RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK “is the preferred character to use for apostrophe”. You can see this in the code chart at https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2000.pdf https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2000.pdf and it is restated in section “Apostrophes”, 6.2 General Punctuation.
- mminer237 3y agoHuh, TIL. That's kind of annoying but good to know, thanks!