Hi. For many years I have been using " for double quotation marks in
the HTML code, but the opening and closing quotation marks render the same
in my browser.
I'm considering going through and using “ and ” (in pairs as
needed) instead. Are there any *disadvantages* to doing so, besides the time
it will take to make the change?
Thanks.
May 18 '07
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Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:09:47 -0400 from Sherm Pendley <spamtrap@dot-
app.org>:
"Jukka K. Korpela" <jk******@cs.tu t.fiwrites:
present, using the correct quotation marks is safe enough and a good
way to make a visible difference -
Assuming it's done correctly, of course. :-\
I wish I had a nickel for every ? I've seen instead of quotation marks,
emdashes, ellipses, etc. on pages with mislabeled encoding. You have to
either get the encoding right, or use entities.
It's not just quotes.
I use http://www.excite.com for my local TV listings, since there is
no longer any printed guide worth the name. Accented characters come
through wrong, every time. I'm not certain I remember this particular
example right, but for example é comes through as ý.
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HTML 4.01 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/
validator: http://validator.w3.org/
CSS 2.1 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/
validator: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
Why We Won't Help You: http://diveintomark.org/archives/200..._wont_help_you
Scripsit David E. Ross:
At 12 point, I can't see the difference between "curly" and "straight"
quotes in Arial,
"David E. Ross" wrote...
: At even 14 point, I have to get much closer to my monitor than usual
: to see the difference between "straight" and "curly" quotes for Arial.
: The latter appear merely longer than the former. Only when I expand
: to 16 point do I see a curve to the latter.
The configuration of the monitors can play a role in this as well. The
DPI setting (common on Microsoft Windows OS) is typically set to
96 DPI (dots per inch). However, there's another setting, 120 DPI
quite common, but I'm just not sure how many people use the "other"
DPI settings. And I know nothing about MacIntosh systems.
To get to the DPI on a Windows OS, right click upon the desktop.
Then click on the "Settings" tab. Then click upon the Advanced
button.
Once you switch from 120 to 96 or vice versa you see a big change
in things.
It would be interesting to know the DPI settings on your system, and
upon others.
--
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