On 10 Jun 2002, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Jan" == Jan Warnking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Jan> Talking about quotes and spaces in French, I have an offtopic > Jan> question: Are spaces after opening << and before closing >> > Jan> really good typography in French? I know about the spaces (thin > Jan> protected ones) before :;?! but am just not sure about the <<>>. > Jan> I wrote a text in french (not frenchb, what's the difference?) > Jan> and left out all such "typographic" spaces. Babel put them in for > Jan> me before :;?!, but not between the guillemets and the following > Jan> (preceding) word. The text "looks" fine to me but then, I'm not > Jan> french... > > See for example the bottom of this page: > http://bisance.citi2.fr/typo/
Thank you for your response. Unfortunately, I'm still not convinced. Are you referring to this part: "Les guillemets ouvrants ou fermants sont, respectivement, precedes ou suivis d'un blanc." (For people on the list not speaking french: "The opening and closing quotes are respectively prededed and followed by a space.") To me, this means a space _before_ << and one _after_ >>. I think there is no discussion about these. I was asking about spaces after << and before >>... And since we are already way offtopic, I feel no shame repeating my question concerning the difference between french and frenchb. How do I know which one I need? (BTW, frenchb doesn't put spaces between french quotes and enclosed text, either...) Jan
