WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Dashes and quote marks http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/dashes-and-quote-marks WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Dashes and quote marks en Sat, 25 May 2013 04:36:48 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 ldmartin1959 on "Dashes and quote marks" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/dashes-and-quote-marks#post-733517 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:46:11 +0000 ldmartin1959 733517@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Another typo. The code:

non- "big names"

should read:

non-"big names"

Sorry about the 'cut and paste' error.

]]> ldmartin1959 on "Dashes and quote marks" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/dashes-and-quote-marks#post-733197 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:19:00 +0000 ldmartin1959 733197@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Whoops. The line:

"When I am coding this is a CSS file..."

should read:

"When I am coding this in a CSS file..."

Sorry about that.

]]> ldmartin1959 on "Dashes and quote marks" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/dashes-and-quote-marks#post-733190 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:10:40 +0000 ldmartin1959 733190@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I have noticed that usually the opening quote mark gets screwed up if it is not immediately preceded by a space. In other words:

non- "big names"

renders as:

non- ”big names”

You notice that the "opening" quote mark is incorrectly rendered as a closing quote mark. The solution is to span the space thusly:

<span style="margin-left:-.35em;"> </span>

When I am coding this is a CSS file, I call the class ".reverse" (appropriately enough). This little trick can actually be used to accomplish to things:

First, as in the sample above (you can see this live at < http://recommend1959.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/howard-smith-totally-committed/ >, paragraph 5) this allows you to insert a space for the purposes of coding while hiding it visually to the reader. This can be used to allow for a line wrap in a long text string which would not otherwise wrap and might extend beyond the bounds of a container.

Second, it can be used to prevent a line wrap by replacing the standard space with a non-breaking space. This will allow you to prevent a line wrap a hyphenated word that might otherwise wrap.

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