ldmartin1959I 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.
The blog I need help with is ldmartin1959.wordpress.com.
