![]() ![]() (It saves SO MUCH TIME and has helped me catch HUNDREDS of actual typos I otherwise would've missed.) So that throws away a whole class of false positives, so the stuff you're manually stepping through is very likely ACTUAL issues it caught. Multiple paragraphs in a row with only an OPEN QUOTE (very common in Fiction for very long dialogues).Ignore apostrophes in the middle of words.Toxaris's tool step-by-steps through the document with you, pointing out each case.00.1% require manual validation/correction.(Similar to what my 2016 regexes linked above do.).00.9% will be automatically corrected with a user's list of exceptions.99.0% of quotes will be taken care of fine.With Toxaris's EPUB Tools + Dialogue Check: I swear it was in one of the threads where I described how Toxaris's EPUB Tools + Dialogue Check is the only way to properly nest/check ALL cases of wrong/missing/broken quotes. I explained this exact problem in extreme detail, especially the egregious "wrong quotes" that Word/LibreOffice do as you type and how "dumb" the algorithms are + how I couldn't believe it's still not fixed after all these decades. ![]() There's this one rant I wrote a few years back, but I can't find it now. There's nothing smart about them, Those wrongly oriented curly quotes are probably the "smart quote" feature getting it wrong, so I think smart-ass quote is appropriate You wouldn't want the world to go spinning off its axis and into the sun. So, do yourself a favor and always use correct punctuation + italics! if they messed up the little stuff, what OTHER things did they botch? I can't trust one thing coming out of this book! A missing thin space between the quotes? THE HORROR!!! If I spot such a thing wrong/missing, I know exactly who to blame.Īnd then I think. Or italicizing their molecules in chemistry: Or accidentally using italics for functions or Units: ✓ I was 5′11″ after standing with my back straight.✗ I was 5’11” after standing with my back straight.The wrong apostrophe in a shortened word/year: This thin space is one of those rules I watch it like a hawk, like. Yes, yes, of course I am! Yep, custom fonts to fix this issue everywhere. Open the font in FontForge and add the kerning You're using your own side-loaded font, aren't you? Where I discussed French spacing + non-breaking characters in extreme detail.įrench uses THIN SPACES all over the place, so this gap around punctuation becomes MUCH more of an issue. Side Note #2: For more technical info, see: If you know your font actually has it + the device/program you're using supports it properly, then use it instead. Technically, the most-correct Unicode character is: To be non-breaking, and many fonts already include that character. * Side Note: Most word processors + print layout programs already cause: Go with any of the other options instead. Then in a far third/fourth, I'd settle for: Ugly, but will work everywhere, in every font, on every device.Max compatibility, while still giving you "a space AND non-breaking".If I wanted to add some space, I'd add a non-breaking thin space (U+202F). I say no, I'd rather let the font kerning take care of those (even if they normally don't). ![]()
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