On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Robert Wheelock <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > 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. > > > > —Reply— The proper angles for some overstruck (nonspacing) accent marks include: U+0300 *vareia* (grave) 135º U+0301 *oxeia* (acute) 45º U+0302 *perispomenē* (circumflex) a combination of a 45º acute with a 135º grave—being the union of the acute and the grave U+0304 *makra* (macron) 0º STRAIGHT across U+030D *tonos* (overtick) 90º STRAIGHT up-and-down <*`*> <*´*> <*ˆ*> < *̄ *> <* ̍ *> Robert Lloyd Wheelock International Symbolism Research Institute Augusta, ME U.S.A.
