Quoting words as words
Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2007-07-18
The <q> quotation tag is meant for quotes only. It is on a style tag! However many authors use it for instance when emphasizing words with quotation marks. Here is what to do instead:
When emphasizing words you can use <span class="style-quotes">instead</span>. Leaving the semantics of the <q> tag uncluttered. This requires that you have defined quotes in your style sheet. Like this:
.style-class, :quotes { content: '"' '"'; }
Notably authors should try using strong and emphasized (<strong>, <em>) text instead when referring to words as words.
3 comments
Don't you all just hate it when WordPress screws up even when you have escaped tags?…. I am sorry about the above post. I will try and fource WordPress to post it correctyl. However I cannot bypass the WordPress auto formatting. I think I have to update WordPress to get it to work.
Daniel Aleksandersen at 2007-07-18 @077.
Wait, what's wrong with using "actual" quotation marks?
Benjamin Melançon (Subscribed) at 2007-07-22 @806.
Nothing is wrong with them. But they should not be used to emphasize words! Quotation marks should only be used to indicate quotations from other sources.
By the way: The quotaion marks looking glyphs on your keyboard are not quotation marks! They are prime and double prime marks. They are used eg. in programing.
Daniel Aleksandersen at 2007-07-22 @024.
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