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		Foot and Inch Marks: Use Straight Quotes, Not Curly (practicaltypography.com)
		1 point by susam on Nov 20, 2020 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 3 comments

pmdulaney on Nov 20, 2020 | [–]

Reminds me of a quote from John Ruskin:

He who can take no interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.

BentFranklin on Nov 20, 2020 | | [–]

Please make a whole new post about non breaking spaces and dashes.

mikro2nd on Nov 20, 2020 | [–]

Hint: Nobody in the world cares about feet and inches outside of Myanmar, North Korea and the USA. Nobody.

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