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#lang pollen
◊ ( define - meta title "foot and inch marks" )
◊ hanging - topic [ ( topic - from - metas metas ) ] { Use straight quotes , not curly }
◊ first - use { Foot and inch marks } — also known as minute and second marks or prime and double prime marks , depending on what they ’ re labeling — are not curly . Use straight quotes for these marks .
“ But back in ◊ xref { straight and curly quotes } , you told me to turn on smart quotes . So now , when I try to type foot and inch marks , they come out curly , not straight . ” A fair point .
◊ ( omission )
Typography purists would point out that proper foot and inch marks have a slight northeast - to - southwest slope to them . True , but those characters aren ’ t available in many fonts . So straight quotes are the most reliable tools for the job .