From: Philippe Verdy (verdy_p@wanadoo.fr)
Date: Wed Jun 07 2006 - 12:50:22 CDT
Using Verdana, it works. Choose your option:
a.. "Example"
b.. "Example"
c.. "Example"
d.. "Example"
e.. « Example »
f.. »Example«
And, exactly the same text with Times New Roman:
a.. "Example"
b.. "Example"
c.. "Example"
d.. "Example"
e.. « Example »
f.. »Example«
What's wrong there? Nothing. It's standard Unicode, and the way Verdana renders these quotation marks are correct. So choose the characters according to the locale.
Note that Unicode does not indicate the role of characters in every locale. The normative name for characters is not a normative use for all languages...
We don't need ophtalmologists,and we don't need tweaked fonts specialized for particular locales that will mirror and change the position of type of glyph used.
Unicode admits that different characters are used for quotation marks depending on languages. And that's why the CLDR contains resources for selecting the correct character to use for each locale.
Philippe.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andreas Prilop" <nhtcapri@rrzn-user.uni-hannover.de>
To: <unicode@unicode.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: Glyphs for German quotation marks
> On Sun, 04 Jun 2006, Adam Twardoch wrote:
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>> I don't see anything wrong with using Verdana
>> quotation marks as they are for German or Polish.
>
> Please consult an ophthalmologist.
>
> http://www.heckmeck.de/computerstuff/anfzeichen/anf_verdana_de.png
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