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From: aptagliabue@amherst.bitnet
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Subject: Re: TrueType glitch?
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Date: 20 Mar 91 09:43:27 GMT
References: <4067@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> <1991Mar18.085110.18717@midway.uchicago.edu> <1991Mar18.124746.22658@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <27E52F1F.7319@orion.oac.uci.edu>
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In article <27E52F1F.7319@orion.oac.uci.edu>, eaeu137@orion.oac.uci.edu 
(Andrew Theodore Laurence) writes:

> Whenever I want to use smart quotes (read: always), I just check "Smart 
> Quotes" in Preferences.  Works every time.  None on this command-option-[ 
> stuff.

Not true! Programs using a "Smart Quotes" option DO NOT get it right every
time. Try typing a year like '91 or a word which needs an apostrophe at the
beginning like 'til. Smart Quotes will enter an opening single quote, not
an apostrophe (same as a closing single quote). On a college campus one
quickly notices this problem with so many documents with references to
people's class years (John Doe '91). It's a sign of careless DTP to see
uncorrected single quotes.

Drew Tagliabue
aptagliabue@amherst