Re: True quotes -Reply
Charles Peyton Taylor (CTaylor@wposmtp.nps.navy.mil)
Fri, 19 Jul 1996 08:59:18 -0800
Message-Id: <s1ef4e86.036@wposmtp.nps.navy.mil>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 08:59:18 -0800
From: Charles Peyton Taylor <CTaylor@wposmtp.nps.navy.mil>
To: www-html@w3.org
Subject: Re: True quotes -Reply
>>> David Perrell <davidp@earthlink.net> 07/18/96 12:34pm >>>
> Abigail wrote:
>
>> I've always failed to see the problem with quotes. I've been
>using ' ` and "
>> for 20 years or so, and anyone always understood what I meant.
>
>This is a form of esthetic retardation caused by over-exposure to
> character-mapped displays and typewritten text.
"Esthetic retardation"?!?
>Unlike the typewriter vestige ", true opening and closing quotes
>vary a great deal between fonts, and their distinctiveness grows
>with font size and screen resolution. For those who discern the
>emotional quality of letterforms and layouts, their lack is
>sorely felt.
>David Perrell
Am I the only person who doesn't see this as being
a greatly important issue (well, Abigail and myself)?
I mean, we're talking about whether they curl to the
left, or curl to the right.
I think it says something bad about the human condition
that this might happen before <MATH> would. (Then again,
maybe it's just easier to implement.)
Charles Taylor,
My words are my own.