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Re: [groff] [patch] modernize -T ascii rendering of opening single quote


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [groff] [patch] modernize -T ascii rendering of opening single quote
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 23:29:46 +0100 (CET)

> I've always found the rendering of the asymetrical single quotes
> like `this' quite odd, so I vote for.

Many years ago, in the age of bitmap fonts, they *were* symmetric.
However, the symbols are *intentionally* asymmetric today to avoid
confusion with real quote characters.

That I still use `foo' indicates that I became old :-)


    Werner



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