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Grammar Issues: Ten Typographical Mistakes Everyone Makes
Starting with the obvious smart vs. dumb quote issue, what are some of the other common typographical errors that we are all regularly making? Receding Hairline has posted a list of Ten typographic mistakes everyone makes that starts with the smart/dumb quote issue, but moves on to primes, degrees, hyphens, em dashes, and even the interpunct.
Ok, I’ll admit it. I didn’t know what an interpunct was either, but maybe it’s ok since it’s Latin and British... Maybe?
Anyway, Receding Hairline explains:
Grammar nazis are so last century. Welcome, friends, to the brave new world of the typography nazi. Below are ten mistakes that everyone makes, an explanation of why each is wrong, and details on how to fix them. At least, you’ll see how to fix them on the Mac; under Windows, you’ll need to dig through tables of Alt characters. Have fun.
To have that more fun, go read the whole thing: Ten typographic mistakes everyone makes.
— michael | April 5, 2008 09:58 AM | Random bits
