>Content-type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1460880.kvvaLEfHLx"; > protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >On Tuesday 07 March 2006 17:24, Louis Desjardins wrote: >> Hi Team! >> >> Is there a particular reason why in the new Insert menu we find the 2 >> first options : >> >> Apostrophe [ ' ] (straight apostrophe) >> Straight double [ " ] (straight quotation mark) >> >> I am asking this question for 2 reasons: >> >> 1. These glyphs are readily accessible from many keyboard layouts (at >> least the ones I know). >> >> 2. The so-called "apostrophe" has been a typographic nightmare ever >> since DTP was born and even in the notes from Unicode officials, it >> is said that the recommended apostrophe in typography is the curved >> one. So why insist on that wrong apostrophe that is so easily >> accessible from the keyboard anyways? The same reason applies for the >> Straight double which is often used as quotes (guillemets) ... and is >> also a typographic nightmare! >> >> Say we take them out, the menu will look more attractive (less >> crowded) AND we will help users develop their taste for nice >> typography... :) >> >> Any thoughts? Maybe I'm missing something obvious or I look at this >> from my too narrow point of view (french typography) ?! > > >Basically for completeness, because I have never seen an Arabic, Indic, >Russian, Thai etc keyboard. For that matter, I've never seen a Polish, >Portuguese, etc etc.. and FWIW, I REALLY REALLY hate the French keyboard :)
You're gonna hurt yourself! Don't hate like this! French might not be so easy, but the keyboard is! We'll be happy to show you how it works when we're in Lyon! :) :) :) Louis > >Craig > >Content-Type: application/pgp-signature > >Annexe convertie: Nicole:Sans titre 135 (????/----) (000B6152) >_______________________________________________ >Scribus mailing list >Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de >http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus
