curly quotes

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curly quotes are pairs of quote marks that are shaped with curves to indicate the start and end of a quotation, like “ ” and ‘ ’ , and should be used in prose content and posts.

Why

You should use curly quotes in prose content for improved typography and better readability around quotations and as apostrophes in contractions and possessives.

How to

Different systems have different ways of entering curly quotes. You may find the following useful for copy/pasting:

“ ”   ‘ ’

Brainstorming

  • a set of bookmarklets one for each curly quote so you can quickly select the one you want, curlypastelets or just pastelets

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