Re: [Groff] gkurz, a short introduction for german users

[Axel Kielhorn]

Am 27.08.2007 um 13:53 schrieb Tadziu Hoffmann:

> > About half of that document is about my pet peeve, the
> > quotation marks:-)
>
> While we're discussing german quotes I'd like to point out
> a potential pitfall: even though in many fonts you can use
> the english left quote as german right quote, *this is not
> true in all cases* (see attached picture).  In particular
> several widely used sans-serif fonts (Tahoma and Verdana) use
> "Courier-style" quotes (for want of a better term), but the
> german Word seems to assume it can *always* use the english
> left quote as the german right quote.

Thanks for this information.
I will keep it in mind, but I think it is too advanced for an 
introductory document.
When I use Courier (or something similar) it is usually to show 
computer input or output and in this case I will use ".

Axel