On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Robert Wheelock <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Andreas Prilop > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Mon, 13 Aug 2012, Otto Stolz wrote: >> >> >> http://www.machsmit.de/media/mainteaser/header-ichwillserleben.png >> >> http://www.machsmit.de/kampagne/printmedien.php >> >> show what the braindead German DIN keyboard layout has done to >> >> the apostrophe (’): Killed by the acute accent (´). >> > >> > Andreas’ example does not present any evidence that >> > an acute accent is involved. It could as well be a >> > real U+2019 apostrophe, rendered in a slanted, sanserif >> > font. As the text is presented in PNG, i. e. grafic, >> > format, you really cannot tell the difference. >> >> You are typographically challenged. People who understand fonts >> better than you will recognize Helvetica Condensed Black Oblique. >> http://store1.adobe.com/type/browser/gifs/HLVQ/C_HLVQ-70019100.GIF >> http://www.fonts.com/font/adobe/helvetica/condensed-black-oblique >> >> It is really sad that even academic persons today cannot see >> the difference between an apostrophe (’) and an acute accent (´). >> >> > —Reply— > Quite a shame indeed! (Agonistes!) The same kind of awkwardness exists > in modern monotonic Greek writing, where the *tonos* (overtick, Knappen's > *universal accent*) gets confused with the true *oxeia* (acute accent)! > Much less, to have them confused—further still—with modern quotation marks > and apostrophes... > > > Robert Lloyd Wheelock > International Symbolism Research Institute > Augusta, ME U.S.A. > > > > > —Reply— The *tonos* (overtick) is a STRAIGHT 90º accent mark, whereas the *oxeia* (acute) is usually slanted at 45º. Robert Lloyd Wheelock International Symbolism Research Institute Augusta, ME U.S.A.
