March 2008
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“In the end, I would say that of course it is always preferable to use type...”
– Ministry of Type on March 6th, 2008. We are still waiting to be shown an example of the supposed enhanced meaning that a “straight quote” might provide. We’ve also been waiting to see a unicorn.
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“Did you know there were people who profess to prefer dumb quotes to proper ones?...”
– John Gruber in reference to a ridiculous thread on Metafilter about Apostrophe Atrophy.
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“The purpose of prime marks, or hatch marks, is to indicate inches and feet....”
– Ellen Lupton in Thinking With Type, page 164
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“There is the apostrophe, and then there’s the prime (which is used for “feet” or...”
– Marian Bantjes (in a comment on Speak Up)
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