straight single quote

straight single quote

[Stuart Jansen]

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While I appreciate TeX's support for attractive curly quotes, when
representing console text it is important to use straight single and
double quotes. I've been googling, exploring the list archives, reading
the source, and beating my head against a nice blue pillar over by the
window. None of these approaches has resulting in a straight single
quote.

What is the best way to get a straight single quote that matches the
straight double quote of the current font?

-- 
Stuart Jansen <sjansen@gurulabs.com>
Guru Labs, L.C.

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Re: straight single quote

[Hans Hagen]

Stuart Jansen wrote:
> While I appreciate TeX's support for attractive curly quotes, when
> representing console text it is important to use straight single and
> double quotes. I've been googling, exploring the list archives, reading
> the source, and beating my head against a nice blue pillar over by the
> window. None of these approaches has resulting in a straight single
> quote.
> 
> What is the best way to get a straight single quote that matches the
> straight double quote of the current font?

\type{"}

\type{'}

Hans



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Re: straight single quote

[Stuart Jansen]

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On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 00:01 +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
> Stuart Jansen wrote:
> > While I appreciate TeX's support for attractive curly quotes, when
> > representing console text it is important to use straight single and
> > double quotes. I've been googling, exploring the list archives, reading
> > the source, and beating my head against a nice blue pillar over by the
> > window. None of these approaches has resulting in a straight single
> > quote.
> > 
> > What is the best way to get a straight single quote that matches the
> > straight double quote of the current font?
> 
> \type{"}
> 
> \type{'}

To expand on Hans' somewhat curt response for the next poor sap to
stumble down this road: "This is actually quite simple. Just make sure
you're using a font that includes a straight single quote. Computer
Modern doesn't have one."

Unfortunately, that doesn't actually appear to be the solution. On my
system at least, I'm getting commas with a raised baseline, not single
quotes. I've attached a PDF that demonstrates.

Is using a different font encoding worth exploring?

-- 
Stuart Jansen <sjansen@gurulabs.com>
Guru Labs, L.C.

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Re: straight single quote - solution found but not understood

[Stuart Jansen]

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Well, I found the character I want in the two fonts I'm using. I'm sure
I don't understand all of the details, however.

\char129 gives the character I want, a true straight single quote. My
research seems to indicate that the position should be influenced by the
encoding of the current font, but this doesn't appear to be the case.

A cursory examination of 

\usetypescript [sans] [vera] [ec]
\usetypescript [sans] [vera] [texnansi]
\usetypescript [sans] [vera] [8r]

all appear to produce the same result.

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Stuart Jansen <sjansen@gurulabs.com>
Guru Labs, L.C.

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