On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Marcelo Acuÿfffff1a wrote:
Hi all, I writing with Koma script book style. In several books I can see that quotations appears: Smith said: "blah blah blah". in others appears: Smith said: "blah blah blah."
Marcelo, Ah! You've come to the great Atlantic divide. The European typographic standard is the first one (which used to be taught over here back in the early Pleistocene, when I went to school). The American typographic convention is the second one. My book's copy editor made me go throught the text and change, not quotes, but quoted words in lists. PITA! I still have trouble adapting after so many years of writing the "wrong" way. If your effort will be professionally published, ask the editor what she prefers. Otherwise, close your eyes and toss a dart. :-) And, if you think this is trivial, take a look at typographic conventions for the ellipsis (...). There's a subtle difference between \textellipsis and \ldots. Springer-Verlag wants the latter. That's another change I made, but this was a simple search-and-replace. TLC2 explains better than I can. Rich -- Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President | Author of "Quantifying Environmental Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) | Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic" <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863
