 Quick typographic crash course: • 👈 This is a “Bullet” character (U+2022). You can type it on a Mac with Option + 8 or Alt + Numpad 7 on Windows. Use this for lists and nothing else. Please boost far and wide to save a soul from typographic damnation. 16 comments
  @samhenrigold vital information that, as a designer, I'm ashamed to say I didn't know.  Oh btw. What's the thing with apostrophes? I always use ' but I sometimes see people use some other character instead (you do it too) that's almost the same but a bit slanted. Why?  @grishka @samhenrigold the way the apostrophe looks depends on the font you are using and the system set up. Most systems are set up to replace the vertical character you use with a single quote character. Serif fonts will give you a single curly quote instead of that slanted straight quote. @Nanajandee @grishka Bingo. Typographically, it’s best to try and use “curly quotes” so I always try to use them in the strings I write. https://practicaltypography.com/straight-and-curly-quotes.html  @grishka @samhenrigold ‘ (slanted) is the correct one. If you’re single-quoting, you want the opposite one at the start and that one at the end: ‘for example’ (these are different: the first is heavy at the bottom, the second at the top!) And it’s language-specific, too. French uses these for double quotes: «ou là là». German uses these: „Hallo!“ But English uses these: “What’s up?” (English has both at the top. Also, German faces inwards, hugging the content.)  @samhenrigold Might have to try your Windows numbers today. Iʼve always done 0149 and 0183 respectively.  @samhenrigold I’m happy to be the first to raise you “・” U+30FB and it’s smaller relative “･” U+FF65  @samhenrigold Similarly… @samhenrigold thanks! I’ve had to update my profile on every social media platform I’m a member of 😂 |
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I am guilty of this CONSTANTLY because it’s hard to judge which character is which when it’s not next to the other one. When in doubt, type out the other and delete the incorrect one. Okay thanks love you