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

[Tadziu Hoffmann]

> > Attached is a PDF showing the differences.  If you zoom
> > in, you can see that the \[lq] in IBM Courier, which is
> > bottom-heavy (like the \[lq] in Times), is not the same
> > as \[rq] in Adobe Courier, which is top-heavy.
> 
> I get that, but by using \[lq] and \[rq] you end up with a
> top-heavy right quote anyway, so how does that make a
> difference?

What is important in German and English typography is that
the opening and closing quotes exhibit a certain symmetry to
each other, specifically a point reflection as in Times and
IBM Courier, or a mirror symmetry as in Adobe Courier.