Re: 1.23: UTF-8 device: more display oddities

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Steffen,

>   ` U+0060, GRAVE ACCENT, "backtick"
>
> is displayed as
>
>   ‘ U+2018, LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
>
> which in Liberation Mono (at least!) this reverses the direction of
> the tick.

This shows the problem.

    pango-view --backend ft2 --header --font 'Liberation Mono' \
        --dpi 96 --hinting none \
        -t "$(troff -Tutf8 <<<'`'\'' \`\'\'' \(aq' | grotty)"

The font's designers have chosen to make the 6 and 9 quotes both lean to
the right and, as is common today, to have very slight bulges so they
are similar in appearance.

Fortunately, the command also provides a way to preview a better choice
of font.  :-)

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.