Hi Steffen,
> ` U+0060, GRAVE ACCENT, "backtick"
>
> is displayed as
>
> ‘ U+2018, LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
>
> which in Liberation Mono (at least!) this reverses the direction of
> the tick.
This shows the problem.
pango-view --backend ft2 --header --font 'Liberation Mono' \
--dpi 96 --hinting none \
-t "$(troff -Tutf8 <<<'`'\'' \`\'\'' \(aq' | grotty)"
The font's designers have chosen to make the 6 and 9 quotes both lean to
the right and, as is common today, to have very slight bulges so they
are similar in appearance.
Fortunately, the command also provides a way to preview a better choice
of font. :-)
--
Cheers, Ralph.
