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BumRushDaShow

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11. Thank you for clarifying

Reply to AZJonnie (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 09:34 PM

4 hrs ago

because on my browser, the single quote is not "curly". The double quotes are but I have seen double quotes that actually lean to the left at the beginning of a quoted section and lean to right at the end too, meaning there are different font styles of quotes!

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All that garbage appeared when you previewed or edited your post AZJonnie 5 hrs ago #1

It's only doing it for the single and double quote marks BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago #2

Yes, I know exactly what it is and why it's happening. AZJonnie 5 hrs ago #3

It just started happening today BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago #4

It started yesterday actually, but yeah, it's very recent. AZJonnie 4 hrs ago #7

Appreciate much BumRushDaShow 4 hrs ago #10

I can paste this sentence from Word onto DU, with curly quotes and you'll see them just fine/normal AZJonnie 5 hrs ago #5

It's not just the curly quotes but the single quote marks too BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago #6

Where did I say curly double quotes? I said curly quotes. Meaning either single or double. AZJonnie 4 hrs ago #9

Thank you for clarifying BumRushDaShow 4 hrs ago #11

Every font set supports a presentation of straight 'single' and "double quotes", and curly 'single' and "double quotes" AZJonnie 3 hrs ago #12

There's a thread in the Community Help forum about this BumRushDaShow 4 hrs ago #8

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