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Looks like some people use quotes when they intend to ‘emphasize’ a word. To be fair, I wouldn’t know what would be a more appropriate way of indicating that.
by thih9 3y ago
Looks like some people use quotes when they intend to ‘emphasize’ a word.
To be fair, I wouldn’t know what would be a more appropriate way of indicating that. Other than markdown, I assume this doesn’t count.
- Izkata 3y agoEmphasis has *long* been done with asterisks. That's why they create italic on here.
- thih9 3y ago> Emphasis has *long* been done with asterisks. Source? Sounds interesting; but earliest continuous use I’m aware of would be Usenet. That’s not that long and quite niche (in the context of typography and its history).