Re: Proposed: QS/QE macros for quotation in man(7)

[onf]

On Fri Dec 20, 2024 at 8:18 PM CET, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:
> > In any case, as far as I know, \[Bq] and \[lq] is the way to
> > obtain German-style quotes in groff. If you know of a better
> > way, tell me, please.
>
> We had a discussion on this topic some time ago on this list, see
>
>   https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2007-08/msg00115.html
>
> The problem is illustrated in the image attached to that message.
> Adobe's Courier and Microsoft's Verdana and Tahoma all have this
> problem, IBM's Courier is an exception by using a different style
> of quotes (which IBM also continues to use in Plex).

>From that message I get the impression that your claim of \[Bq] and
\[lq] being "terrible advice" was quite overstated; it seems to come
down to a small number of bad typefaces. The only thing I find
suboptimal about \[lq] as right German quote is its spacing.
Any advice on how to fix that?

By the way, I don't understand how you arrived at the conclusion that
\[lq] and \[rq] are preferrable to \[Bq] and \[lq] in Adobe Courier;
from the image it seems to me that \[Bq] and \[rq] would achieve the
same effect as the IBM Courier example.

~ onf