20 Jan
2010
20 Jan
'10
10:39 a.m.
Hi Alan, Alan BRASLAU wrote:
Furthermore, some "editors" such as MS-Word break the source, substituting RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK (Character: ’ U+2019) for APOSTROPHE (Character: ' U+0027) for some insane reason cited as the preferred character to be used for apostrophe.
From the Unicode specification: 0027 ' APOSTROPHE = apostrophe-quote (1.0) = APL quote * neutral (vertical) glyph with mixed usage * 2019 is preferred for apostrophe * preferred characters in English for paired quotation marks are 2018 & 2019 So I think Word actually does the right thing (assuming you can live with its auto-correct features in the first place) Best wishes, Taco