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Re: Units per em
Linotype matrices were specified to .001" increments (with machining tolerances of half that) — which is much finer than a quarter of a point, and effectively no unitization at all. Unlike the M…6 -
Re: “French” apostrophe?
In Slovak, that is not an apostrophe! (Despite how it may perhaps be input sometimes in some “dumb” environments.) It is an accented letter: Ľ. So, yes, it is thought of as part of a single letter.2 -
Re: Special dash things: softhyphen, horizontalbar
Nina — As I said, I only double-encode U+00AD in case there is a validation tool that needs the codepoint in order to permit indication of certain codepage coverages. I suspect, as John does, that it…2 -
Re: Special dash things: softhyphen, horizontalbar
My preferred approach to U+00AD softhyphen is the same as U+00A0 nbspace — which is to say, I prefer to double-encode them with their default references hyphen and space. These two are unique charact…6 -
Re: Typopo, a single-click online tool to wipe out frequent typos
Christian — I believe most English style guides would advise similarly. It should be punctuated in the same manner as would the translated phrase it abbreviates: “for example.”1
