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[2dlife]

You know, I wish LJ had an option for “smart” quotation marks when posting, such that they replace ' and " with ‘, ’, “ and ” as appropriate.

And if your browser can’t display the appropriate marks, use a better font or a better browser.

Comments

[2dlife]

It seems that some external programs that post to LJ do this already. Hmmm... I need to find them.

[silveradept]

Smart wuotes would be good - except when they replace the quotes in HTML links - then things can get funny, as I found out. But if it's smart enough to tell the difference, then go for it.

[rimspace]

Um... why though?

Except when using large fonts on a not-gigantic resolution screen, the difference is virtually undetectable. They're only really of relevance when printing, I've found - otherwise it's just 7 bytes of data where one would serve as well...

[2dlife]

Actually, I’m moving away from Arial (which is the only font in which it is undetectable small). In most fonts, it’s almost identical to a comma, which is most definitely slanted even at 10 pt.